William Blades

A List of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, & in Connection with Printers and the Art of Printing William Blades

A List Of Medals, Jettons, Tokens, & In Connection With Printers And The Art Of Printing - By William Blades - TO THE READER. - THE present publication, purposely restricted to a bare description of each Medal, is intended as a forerunner of a similar work upon a more extended scale. Several reasons have induced me to publish thus prematurely, of which perhaps the chief is an ardent wish to redeem promises made long since to various kind friends and correspondents. Two years ago I thought a month or two would suffice to exhaust the subject and little did I then anticipate the many pleasant walks in the bye-paths of life.....................