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|  | | Compendium of Scottish Silver II
The catalog of antique and modern Scottish gold and silver provides comparative descriptions of more than 6,000 pieces with information originating from museums, antique shops, trade publications and private collections. Photos of Scottish silver introduce each section of chronological listings.
Compendium of Scottish Silver II is the most comprehensive catalog of Scottish silver and gold published to date and is an essential reference for readers of art, antiques and history. More than 6,000 descriptions of pieces from the 14th-21st centuries are organized chronologically by category (e.g. bowls, mugs, flatware, teapots, etc.) with 54 photos introducing categories. A timeline aids readers in dating pieces and evaluating rarity, and a glossary defines decorative arts terms. Expanded from the original Compendium, a Cornell University Digital Library project, Compendium II has more than | |  | | Strategies For Protecting Your Child's Immune System
Strategies for Protecting Your Child's Immune System is the first book to focus on prevention of environmental damage to the immune system of embryos, babies and older children. It provides expecting and existing parents, their families and physicians with science-based information to protect and proactively manage their child's immune system. Environmental exposures (pollutants, allergens, drugs, diet, physical factors) in the home, school and community can damage the developing immune system and increase the risk of lifelong chronic diseases such as allergies, asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease and neurological problems. This book imparts specific tools to parents and their physicians to help keep the early-life immune system out of harm's way and minimize environmental health risk.
This book provide parents and parents-to-be with tools to use(in working with their physicians) to more effectively protect the immune system of their children. The immune system is most vulnerable to environmental insult during fetal, neonatal and childhood development. Effective protection of the immune system against damage in early life can pay health dividends throughout your child's lifetime.
Specific strategies are presented to help parents, working with health providers, in planning for a reduced- risk, immunlogically-friendly environment. Topics discussed include: home | |  | | The Edinburgh Goldsmiths I: Training, Marks, Output and Demographics
Guide to the Edinburgh goldsmiths and apprentices. This volume includes details of their maker's marks, training, output, and demographics. The book is a must for those interested in British silver. It is also important for other silver collectors and researchers since many Edinburgh trained craftsmen immigrated elsewhere.
This book represents the first work describing the network of training and the social structure surrounding the Edinburgh goldsmiths. It spans nearly 500 years of the history of the City of Edinburgh Incorporation of Goldsmiths. The book also includes more than 130 maker's marks as actual images in the context of the master-apprentice relationship. Many of these marks have never been published in any prior context. The book should be appreciated by antique collectors, dealers, lovers of history and indivuduals searching for their family roots in Scotland. |
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