A catalogue of the books in the library at the Assay Office, Birmingham.
Birmingham.
[Printed at the Midland Counties Herald Office], 1900.
Quarto.
[1], 36 leaves. Uncut in original publisher's printed brown wrappers. Rubbed, creased, and chipped. A trifle dusty.
The earliest known catalogue of the holdings of the Birmingham Assay Office library.
The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, was founded in 1773 and to this day remains responsible for testing the purity of precious metals and issuing hallmarks of certification.
The library – recently dispersed - was somewhat understandably predominantly comprised of works on metallurgy and mineralogy.
COPAC records a single copy (Newcastle); OCLC adds no further.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 23282
The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, was founded in 1773 and to this day remains responsible for testing the purity of precious metals and issuing hallmarks of certification.
The library – recently dispersed - was somewhat understandably predominantly comprised of works on metallurgy and mineralogy.
COPAC records a single copy (Newcastle); OCLC adds no further.
