Ames on Forgery: Its Detection and Illustration, with Numerous Causes Celebres

[Presentation copy] Inscribed, with flourish, to G. S. Morse "with compliments of the author". Octavo. Original tan cloth, black and red leather spine labels. 293 pages ; 26 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Daniel T. Ames was a major figure in American ornamental penmanship, engrossing and illustration, and a leading expert in forgery detection who testified at many prominent trials in the U.S., Canada and other countries. He was also a pioneer in American penmanship publishing, who founded and edited the 'Penman's Art Journal' in New York City. Mr. Ames authored a number of books on penmanship, engrossing, designing and forgery detection. He testified as a handwriting expert in many important cases. In London, he was called as as a witness in the case of the Crown vs W. H. Hulbert. He was also a witness in the Davis will case, tried in Butte, Montana, in which $13,000,000 depended upon the authenticity of a single signature.