As canal construction burgeoned in the late C18th a great many entrepreneurial canal companies were founded, each with a need to validate legal documents. To do so required a company seal cast and engraved in metal, often with elaborate armorial insignia.
Greenland being very much in the news, we highlight some of the books we offer for sale covering the little-known archaeology of the region:
The buried remains of the largest Roman villa in Wales have been detected and mapped using ground-penetrating radar by a team of archaeologists from Swansea University. Lying hidden in the su
With thefts from the Louvre in Paris and 600 artefacts from Bristol Museum’s archive we offer several books relating to the security of historic artefacts: