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NEW BOOK by Brian Read |
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This book differs from most other publications on buttons, in that examples of metal button-like objects and buttons dating between c .900 BC – c. AD 1700 are subjected to a detailed manufactory analysis, each being described both textually and illustratively. Although not foolproof, this information is essential for the dress historian, button collector, archaeologist, museum curator, metal-detectorist, dealer, or anyone with an interest, seeking to gauge the age of any particular button.
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Contents: Late Bronze Age Buttons; Early Iron Age Buttons; Late Iron Age and Roman Period Toggle Fasteners; Roman Period Button-and-Loop Fasteners; Roman Period Buttons; Medieval Buttons; Post-Medieval Buttons and Post-Medieval Cuff Links.
242mm x 172mm format; four colour 240gm2 gloss board cover; 105 pp on 115gm 2 silk paper; archaeological line-drawings and many colour photos of 410 buttons and associated objects; and 16 colour plates. ISBN 0 9532450 4 7
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Principal illustrators: Patrick Read & Nick Griffiths. Foreword by Geoff Egan of the Museum of London.
Published
by Portcullis Publishing,
Cover
price ONLY £12.00, U.K.
post free.
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