Table of Contents

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

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A look at the long history of the key and the various designs and types that have been employed over the ages.

About the Author

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.