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
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ..., 1678.

Physical description

9 unnumbered leaves, 218 pages, 76 unnumbered leaves : engr. frontispiece, plate ; (8vo)

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Edition

The second edition with additions /

References note

ESTC R228273
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), B382A

Notes

"A brief and easie way by tables, to cast up silver ... and gold ... Calculated by John Reynolds", [151] p. at end, has special title-page dated 1679
Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned, A-O⁸, P⁵; A-I⁸, K⁴
Title within double line border. Paragraph notes
Bound in old calf.

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    EPB/B/11873

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