College And Corporation Plate: A Handbook To The Reproductions Of Silver Plate In The South Kensington Museum, From Celebrated English Collections. By Wilfred. Joseph Cripps, M.A., F.S.A.

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Scarce first edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. pp.12/pp.155/1p. - Clophon]. Green calf spine and corners over green buckram boards. Spine with lightly rubbed gilt titles: "College And Corporation Plate - Cripps". Marbled endpapers. Small blue booksellers label to verso of the front board: "B. T. Batsford, Archetectural & Engineering Bookseller & Publisher 94 High Holborn, London". Small library stamp to front endpaper: "Birmingham Assay Office Library". Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. ** "Wilfred Joseph Cripps CB FSA (8 June 1841 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. In the early 1870s W. J. Cripps began research on old English plate. In 1878 he published Old English Plate, which went through nine editions by 1906 and provided valuable information for buyers of antique plate. In June 1880 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1889 Birthday Honours." - See Wikipedia . N° de ref. del artículo 46975

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