Author: Donald, M.B.
Title: Elizabethan Monopolies: The History of the Company of Mineral and Battery Works from 1565 to 1604.
Description: Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, (1961). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xv,256,(10)pp, Dustwrapper repaired with cellophane tape. Some page-edge spotting.. Frontis, 10pp photoplates.. Some rubbing. Binding stained. Good. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Secession from the Company of Mines Royal; Grants of Letters Patent; Patentees; Shareholders & their Interests; Company Organisation & Finance; First Developments Near Tintern Abbey; Pure Iron & Iron Wire Manufacture in Monmouthshire; Patent Infringement Allegations in Lead Manufacture in Derbyshire; Brass Manufacture at Isleworth in Middlesex; Conclusion; Appendices.

Keywords: British Business History, Monopoly, Patent Law, Great Britain, Iron Wire, Lead Manufacture, Brass Industry, Industrial Economic, Economics