Fire & light in the home pre-1820
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Type of record: Book
Title: Fire & light in the home pre-1820
Other titles: Fire and light in the home pre-1820; Making fire & light in the home pre-1820; Making fire and light in the home pre-1820
Classmark: Bedford Collection B037
Creator(s): Caspall, John (1931-)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Antique Collectors' Club (Sponsoring institution)
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club
Publication city: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date(s): 1992
Language: English
Size and medium: 278 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729037
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019854002305181
Description
"Reprinted 1992"--Title page verso.
Cover title: Making fire & light in the home pre-1820.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-275) and index.
The advent of fire -- The candle: its evolution -- Candlesticks of copper alloy: pricket candlesticks -- Candlesticks of copper alloy: socket candlesticks -- Chamber candlesticks -- Candleholders and candlesticks in wrought iron -- Rushlights and candle-firs -- Lamps fuelled by animal and vegetable oils -- Candle lanterns and lantern candlesticks -- Candle wall sconces -- Miscellaneous -- The American situation.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B037: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front fly leaf: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: L/3.
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