Keys
Their history and collection
Published on 30. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-0-7478-0422-2 (ISBN)
Description
The oldest keys known to exist date from around 4,000 BC in Ancient Egypt. These were simple wooden cylinders that were part of a mechanism to secure doors. By the time of the Roman Empire, metal keys were in common usage and had begun to adopt the recognizable pattern of keys today. This book tells the complete story of the key, backed by numerous photos from all time periods. Today, old keys are more than just security mechanisms. They are highly collectable artifacts that can either be artistically beautiful or coldly functional, but either way, they can help us unlock the secrets of the past.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
52 b/w
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
163 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0422-2 (9780747804222)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Eric Monk
Keys, Their History and Collection
Book
10/1974
Shire Publications
€24.34
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Person
Following service with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, Eric Monk joined the building industry, initially as an architectural draughtsman, then as a designer of specialised building products and subsequently in technical sales in the industry. He has now returned to his first interest the drawing board and works as a freelance illustrator, mainly of architectural subjects. A founder member of the Society of Architectural Illustration, he operates from his home in the delightful Cotswold village of Minchinhampton, where he enjoys recording with his pen the stone buildings of the area.
Content
1) From latch to lock and key
2) Warded locks and elaborate keys
3) Innovations versus the lock-picker
4) The trade and the collector
5) Collective cost
6) Comparative size of keys
7) Further reading
8) Places to visit
9) Index
2) Warded locks and elaborate keys
3) Innovations versus the lock-picker
4) The trade and the collector
5) Collective cost
6) Comparative size of keys
7) Further reading
8) Places to visit
9) Index