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86 - [SILVERWARE] JACKSON, Charles James. An Illustrated History …
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[SILVERWARE] JACKSON, Charles James. An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular, Tracing the Development of Form and Decoration in the Silver and Gold Work of the British Isles from the Earliest Known Examples to the Latest of the Georgian Period. A comprehensive history of English silverware, in its first edition. A standard work on silverware. London, ‘Country Life’ Limited, 1911. 2 volumes, large quarto, pine-green half-shagreen with corners edged with a double gilt line, spine with faux raised bands, double gilt line framing the panels, gilt capitals. XXVIII and 1085 pp. (continuous pagination), colour frontispiece, 76 plates reproduced by photogravure and 1500 illustrations in the text. In English. Minor scuffing from handling, worn corners, water stain at the bottom of the second volume. First edition of this illustrated history of English tableware, both ecclesiastical and secular, tracing the evolution of forms and decoration in the silversmithing of the British Isles, from the earliest known examples to the Georgian period. Good copies.
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