Illustrated.  Hardback.  105 pages.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 5052

A massive survey of historic lead artefacts - fonts; pipes; cisterns; spires; domes; lanterns; statues; urns; coffins; charms; tobacco boxes; and pilgrim badges.  Illustrated throughout with 440 b&w photographs.  Includes a bibliography.

A history of James Cook's three cartographic and astronomical voyages to the antipodes and New Zealand in particular.

The Rampur Raza Library established in C18th in Uttar Pradesh house a unique assemblage of Islamic manuscripts and a fine collection of thirteen astronomical instruments from the medieval Muslim world – astrolabes, celestial globes and quadrants – all of which are described and illustrated here i

This book describes the unique collection of raw materials, tools and the exquisite Japanese lacquer collection held by Kew whose origin dates from the report ‘The Lacquer Industry of Japan’ commissioned in 1881by the British Government.

A history of the Welsh harp from medieval times and a compendium or Welsh harpers and harp makers from the early C18th onwards with biographical notes and archive portraits of many.  Paperback.  68 pages.  Text in Welsh.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 4045

A thorough and comprehensive history of the cultivation of flax from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt up to the C20th, with a complete history of  harvesting practices and the evolution of retting, combing and spinning techniques over the centuries to produce linen cloth.  Paperback.

Fourteen experts in ethnological food research throw new light on the social and economic aspects of the history of food and drink and the accessories used in its preparation and consumption.

An anthology of fifty-two plates of mechanical inventions dating from 1570 to 1630 and taken from early printed books.  Each plate has a facing page of text detailing a history of the invention and an explanation of how the machine or device works and its intended purpose.

History of Civil War military engagements in the Dean region with chapters on extant signs of earthworks, historic houses, and the many small finds - buckles, musket balls, weapons, buttons, horse shoes - dug up in recent years.