Private Banking in Europe - Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History, Professor of Economic History, European University Institute) a Cottrell, Philip L. (Formerly of the University of Leicester)

For centuries private bankers owned and managed their banks, usually with unlimited liability.In the mid-19th century they faced increasing competition. This book traces the rise and decline of this original form of banking, and its revival in the late 20th century as a response to the development of a new market - the management of personal wealth