This nice antique reference book is "The History of Silver" - general editor is Claude Blair - hardback with dust jacket; 1987 Ballantine Books, 256 pages. Nice chapters with excellent color and black and white photography. Covers the ancient world, Middle Ages, Renaissance and Mannerism, Baroque Silver, Rococo silver, neoclassicism, 19th and 20th Centuries, Art Deco silver and contemporary silver. Excellent condition - minor rubs to dust jacket, all interior pages clean and bright.

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