A new touch-stone for gold and silver wares
Subtitle: 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.
Contributors: Reynolds, John, of the Mynt in the Tower; Cutlers' Company (London, England)
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.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1540:6.
Publisher: Printed for J. Bellinger ... and T. Basset ...
Published: 1679
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Goldwork -- England.; Silverwork -- England.; Cutlery -- England.
Notes: "Charter of the cutlers of the city of London" (caption title): p. 171-189.

"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.

Includes index.

Numerous errors in paging.

Imperfect: pages tightly bound with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Wing B381

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1540:6)