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CEREMONIAL BARGES ON THE RIVER THAMES, A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES AND OF THE CROWN, signed,
, London, Unicorn Press, 1997, Bound, red cloth, illustrated dustjacket, decorated end papers, 210 x 300mm., 184pp., profound colour illustration.
From the mid-15th century to 1856 when the processions ceased, water-borne pageantry on the River Thames was an important and splendid part of London life. The history of the events and the whereabouts of the surviving artifacts in the possession of 49 Livery Companies are traced. In good condition. Signature of the author.
