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Statuts Et Privileges Du Corps Des Marchands Orfevres Joyailliers De LA Ville De Paris An 18th Century Compendium of the Laws Governing Silversmithing in Paris

Statuts Et Privileges Du Corps Des Marchands Orfevres Joyailliers De LA Ville De Paris An 18th Century Compendium of the Laws Governing Silversmithing in Paris

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  • ISBN-13: 9780892367184
  • ISBN: 0892367180
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Publisher: Getty Publications

AUTHOR

Le Roy, Pierre, Micio, Paul

SUMMARY

By the eighteenth century, hundreds of laws governing silversmithing in France had been enacted.Many had become outdated or were no longer enforced.The master smith Pierre Le Roy codified, for the first time ever, all of the applicable regulations into a single volume.Originally compiled in 1734, the book was revised in 1759, and it is this definitive version that is published here in a facsimile edition.In French, with an introduction in French and English, the book provides a window from which to observe luxury trade of silversmithing.The Statuts reveal, for instance, that the metal standard used by the smiths was the same as that used for the coinage of the realm, thus rigorously controlling the purity of the silver.The status also describe the strict moral and educational requirements for becoming a master smith.The book strengthens our understanding of how precious metal objects were made and marketed in the eighteenth century and why le poincon de paris was renowned as the finest silverin Europe.Le Roy, Pierre is the author of 'Statuts Et Privileges Du Corps Des Marchands Orfevres Joyailliers De LA Ville De Paris An 18th Century Compendium of the Laws Governing Silversmithing in Paris', published 2003 under ISBN 9780892367184 and ISBN 0892367180.

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