A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares : directing all buyers of large plate, or small works (as silver or goldhilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, money-boxes, tobacco-boxes, bells and sockets for corals, buttons and tags for garments, chirurgeons-instruments, rings, chains, lockets, or other goldsmith works), how to know whether they buy or wear such as are of the lawful standard-allay, or adulterated and unlawful, and how to recover recompence against the offenders : and also discovering the principal matters of the goldsmiths and cutlers (and material things of all other manual) trades.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ...,
1679.
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| Edition: | The second edition / |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "Charter of the cutlers of the city of London" (caption title): pages 171-189. "A brief and easie way by tables to cast up silver ... and gold ... / calculated by John Reynolds ..." ([151] pages at end) has special t.p. Includes index. Numerous errors in paging. Imperfect: pages tightly bound with some loss of printing. Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([18], 218, [151] pages) |