A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares : directing all buyers of large plate, or small works (as silver or goldhilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, money-boxes, tobacco-boxes, bells and sockets for corals, buttons and tags for garments, chirurgeons-instruments, rings, chains, lockets, or other goldsmith 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 (and material things of all other manual) trades.
| Author/creator | W. B. |
| Other author | Reynolds, John, of the Mynt in the Tower. |
| Other author | Cutlers' Company (London, England) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The second edition / corrected and much enlarged by W.B. of London, goldsmith ; to which is likewise added the useful and easie tables of Mr. John Reynolds, of the mint (with a key to the same), plainly shewing how to cast up and make all sorts of gold and silver true standard. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ..., 1679. |
| Description | [18], 218, [151] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240863657 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | "Charter of the cutlers of the city of London" (caption title): p. 171-189. |
| General note | "A brief and easie way by tables to cast up silver ... and gold ... / calculated by John Reynolds ..." ([151] p. at end) has special t.p. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Numerous errors in paging. |
| General note | Imperfect: pages tightly bound with some loss of print. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. |
| References | Wing B381 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1540:6) |
| Stock number | CL0037000055 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |