A Treatise on Counterfeit, Altered, and Spurious Bank Notes, with Unerring Rules for the Detection of Frauds in the Same. Illustrated with Original Steel, Copper, and Wood Plate Engravings, Prepared Expressly for This Work. together with a History of Ancient Money, Continental Currency, Banks, Banking, Bank of England, Our American Bank-Note Companies, and Other Valuable Information as to Money. [Forgery, Counterfeiting]

Wilber, E.J.; Eastman, E.P.

Published by Published for the Authors / John F. Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper, 1865

About this Item

Second edition. Boards soiled and rubbed, front free endpaper removed, 1 inch chip from bottom corner of single leaf (pp. 43/44), lightly foxed, a few plates toned. Three sheets on photographic paper showing currency and engravings associate with its production laid in. 1865 Hard Cover. iv, 51, [1], 20 pp. 8vo. Five engraved plates, in-line engraved illustrations. This second edition, published in the year the Secret Service was established to combat counterfeiting, includes additional plates and a 20-page article on the American Bank Note Company not present in the original 1858 edition.

Seller Inventory # 2331968

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Treatise on Counterfeit, Altered, and Spurious Bank Notes, with Unerring Rules for the Detection of Frauds in the Same. Illustrated with Original Steel, Copper, and Wood Plate Engravings, Prepared Expressly for This Work. together with a History of Ancient Money, Continental Currency, Banks, Banking, Bank of England, Our American Bank-Note Companies, and Other Valuable Information as to Money. [Forgery, Counterfeiting]
• Publisher: Published for the Authors / John F. Trow, Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper
• Publication Date: 1865
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 13 ounces