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W. B. (William Badcock)
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A touch-stone for gold and silver wares. Or, a manual for goldsmiths, and all other persons, whether buyers, sellers, or wearers of any manner of goldsmiths work discovering the rules belonging to that mystery, and the way and means to know adulterated wares from those made of the true standard allay, and what are the true weights appointed for weighing of the same : together with the several statutes now in force for regulating abuses committed in that craft and the charter of the Goldsmiths Incorporation taken fron the record and truly rendered into English to which is annexed the laws in force against brass hilts, and brass buckles, &c. and directions for discovering the counterfeit coyn of this kingdom and also a catalogue of the forraign coyns, with particular weights, allay, and value of each coyn / By W.B. of London, goldsmith.
W. B. (William Badcock)Date: 1677- Books
A touchstone for gold and silver wares: directing how to know adulterated and unlawful goldsmiths' works, and the greatness of the cheat therein; and how to punish the offenders, and recover recompence to the party wronged. Being a treatise of great use for every buyer of plate, and all buyers and wearers of silver-hilts, and silver-buckles, and all other kind of goldsmiths works / [W.B. (William Badcock)].
W. B. (William Badcock)Date: 1678- Books
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A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares. Directing all buyer of large plate, of small works, (as silver or gold hilts, 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 goldsmiths works) how to know whether they buy or wear such as are of the lawful standard-allay, or adultered and unlawful; and how to recover recompence against the offenders. And also discovering the principal matters of the goldsmiths and cutters (and material things of all other manual) trades. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged, by W.B. of London, goldsmith. To which is added, the useful and easie tables of Mr. John Reynolds, of the mine, (with a key to the same) plainly shewing how to cast up and make all sorts of gold and silver true standard.
W. B. (William Badcock).Date: 1708
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The admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman. Seduced by a magician that made her to become a witch and the princes of sorcerers in the country of Province, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised in the yeere 1610 in the moneth of November / by the authority of the Reverend father, and frier, Sebastian Michaëlis ... ; Whereunto is annexed a pneumology, or discourse of spirits ... Translated into English by W.B.
Michaelis, Sébastien, 1543?-1618.Date: 1613- Books
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The admirable historie of the possession and conversion of a penitent woman. Seduced by a magician that made her to become a witch and the princes of sorcerers in the country of Province, who was brought to S. Baume to be exorcised in the yeere 1610 in the moneth of November / by the authority of the Reverend father, and frier, Sebastian Michaëlis ... ; Whereunto is annexed a pneumology, or discourse of spirits ... Translated into English by W.B.
Michaelis, Sébastien, 1543?-1618.Date: 1613