A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares : directing all buyers of large plate or small 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 ... trades /

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Author / Creator:	W. B. (William Badcock)
Edition:	The 2nd ed., corrected and much enl.
Imprint:	London : Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ..., 1679.
Description:	[18], 218, [151] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 02287. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Gold -- Standards of fineness -- Early works to 1800. Silver -- Standards of fineness -- Early works to 1800. Gold -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Silver -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Gold -- Law and legislation. Gold -- Standards of fineness. Silver -- Law and legislation. Silver -- Standards of fineness. Great Britain. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5970418

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Other uniform titles:	Reynolds, John, of the Mynt of the Tower Brief and easie way by tables. W. B. (William Badcock). Touch-stone for gold and silver wares.
Notes:	The author's name appears after the edition statement. First edition published as: A touch-stone for gold and silver wares, or, A manual for goldsmiths and all other persons, whether buyers, sellers, or weavers of any manner of goldsmiths work. "Here followeth a brief and easie way by tables ..." / calculated by John Reynolds, of the Mynt in the Tower of London: [151] p. (last group). Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Wing B381. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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