"The Grasshopper" in Lombard Street
1892, First Edition. London : Leadenhall Press ; New York : Scribner & Welford. Very good copy in a strong library binding of gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, with some scuffs to the rear. Some library marks remain, with margins showing occasional faint smudges; the interior is otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #463797
Physical description; xx, 328 pages, [25] leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits, plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The partners — The business — The premises — The customers — Appendices A-H: Style of the Grasshopper, from endorsements, receipts, etc. 1688-1770 — Signatures on receipts, cheques, etc., drawn on Messrs. Child & Co., 1688-1770 — Names of the partners, with the witnesses, as appended to the annual balance-sheets — Representatives in Parliament of the borough of Tewkesbury, 1734-1885 — "The mystery of the new fashioned goldsmiths or bankers," etc., 1676 (in facsimile) — Copy of "Perticular of writeings" relating to the title to the Grasshopper previous to 1700 — Epitome of the title of the Grasshopper, 1670-1741, and of the Plough, 1792 — Pedigree of the families of Baring, Biddulph, Labouchere, Martin, Stone, etc. — L'envoi. Subjects; Martin's Bank (London, England) History. Child & Co. (London, England) History. Banks and banking England London History 17th century. Banks and banking England London History 18th century. Banks and banking England London History 19th century. Goldsmiths England London History. Private banks England London History. Bankers England London Biography. Gresham, Thomas 1519?-1579. Gresham family. Baring family. Biddulph family. Labouchere family. Martin family. Stone family. Lombard Street (London, England) History. Tewkesbury (England) Biography.
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