A remarkable collection of books from The Birmingham Assay Office Library will be offered at Forum Auctions in London on March 26.
The library collection of more than 35 lots includes a number of works on metallurgy and design, as would be expected from such a library. But it also includes a wide range of rare books such as those that had formed part of the personal library of Matthew Boulton, the Birmingham silversmith who founded the assay office back in 1773.