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SOUTH KENSIiNGTON MUSEUM ART HANDBOOKS.
IRONWORK.
TO THE END OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD.
IRONWORK.
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE END OF
THE MEDIAEVAL PERIOD.
J. STARKIE GARDNER.
WITH FIFTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
Published for the Committee of Council on Education,

BY

CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld., ii, HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
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PREFACE.
Although the literature of iron is extensive, its history, either
as a craft or a fine art, has not been written — a fact which, con-
trasted with the number of works devoted to gold and silver,
appears remarkable. Monsieur F. Liger, who has kindly lent many
illustrations from La Ferronnerie, made a serious effort to deal
exhaustively with it, but he only brought the history down to the
time of the collapse of the Western Empire ; and as no further
volume has been issued since 1875, it would appear either that he
has relinquished the task or that the difficulties in his path are
exceedingly great. Dr. Ludwig Beck published, in 1884, what
might almost be regarded as an abridged edition of Liger's
work, with a short addendum on the ironwork of the Middle
Ages. The Bibliothfeque des Merveilles includes a small volume
on Le Fer, by M; Jules Gamier, 1878; and ten years later.
