Howard, Montague — Old London Silver: Its History, Its Makers and Its Marks

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First. Hardcover. Remnants of gree leather gilt embossed cover mounted on new cloth boards, as well as spine remnants. 405 pp. 5 full-page illustrations in silver-gilt including frontispiece, 173 bw figures in text, and over 4,000 facsimilies of makers marks and hall-marks. A classic book. Summarized from the preface: Includes a short history of the silversmiths' art in England, illustrated by portraits of distinguished ones, and "pieces of silver that one finds on a well-appointed table-The list of makers' marks is the most elaborate ever compiled-The difficult question of frauds is considered. VG, a very nice restoration .