The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London, Compiled from Their Records and Other Sources, by Sidney Young, One of the Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Barbers of London, with Illustrations by Austin T. Young, Blades, East & Blades, London, 1890, 623pp, cloth, 10 x 13", 4to

Fair condition.  Minor age-related wear to boards.  Minor bumping to tips.  Frontispiece opposite title page.  No known marginalia.  Toning and age-staining throughout textblock.  Illustrations throughout textblock.  Binding intact.  Please see photos.

Numbered 3 of 60.

The Worshipful Company of Barbers is one of the livery companies of the City of London, and ranks 17th in precedence.  The Fellowship of Surgeons merged with the Barbers' Company in 1540, forming the Company of Barbers and Surgeons, but after the rising professionalism of the trade broke away in 1745 to form what would become the Royal College of Surgeons.  The company no longer retains an association with the hairdressing profession, and principally acts as a charitable institution for medical and surgical causes.  In modern times, between one-third and one-half of the company's liverymen are surgeons, dentists, or other medical practitioners.