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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS, &C, TOGETHER WITH THE APPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AND EVIDENCE UPON THE SAME, RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF PREVENTING THE FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.
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First edition (Levis, p. 468; Bridson & Wakeman B48; Goldsmith 22503; Kress C. 414). All six plates present. With the bookplate of Gavin Bridson. An important comment on the prevention of forgery. Contains a number of articles including: one by T.C. Hansard who proposed the use of Diamond type arranged in patterns (including an example plate); by T. Ransom recommending copper plate engraving (including a sample bank note showing the work of three different engravers); by R.H. Sully also recommending copper plate engraving (with a sample bank note and an engraved plate showing the design for a new copper plate printing machine); and by Richard Williamson recommending steel engraving (with two fine steel engraved plates). Old ink stamp of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia on a number of the pages and all the plates. The plates are faintly water-stained.
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BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
by Walton, William
Limited to 350 numbered copies. Inscribed by Walton. Based on the biblical account of the fall of the Babylonian Empire in the Book of Daniel, when the king Belshazzar saw the handwriting on the wall of his palace. Introductory essay by Michael Kennedy. Music by Osbert Sitwell. Includes the text, orchestration and the musical score. Cover illustration of the front exterior of Nebuchadnezzar's palace and endpapers illustrated with mezzotint Belshazzar's Feast by John Martin.
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