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Bookstamp for the cover of 'The Earliest Chemical Industry' by Charles Singer (The Folio Society, 1948): P.384-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bookstamp for the cover of 'The Earliest Chemical Industry' by Charles Singer (The Folio Society, 1948)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gooden, Stephen Frederick (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

20th Century
1947 -

Note

Stamped in gilt on vellum. As embossed on copies 1-100 of the book, on red Morocco

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.384-1985
Primary reference Number: 211000
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Friday 23 December 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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