[Rarebooks] FS: "A Treatise on Counterfeit, Altered and Spurious Bank Notes" Poughkeepsie, NY: 1865

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Wilber, Edwin J. and Edward Porter Eastman. 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... Together with a History of... Continental Currency... Our American Bank-Note Companies... Poughkeepsie, NY: Published for the Authors. 1865. iv,(3)-51,(1)pp. Plus at rear (as published) is bound an article by A. H. Guernsey, entitled "Making Money," reprinted from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 24, pages 306-325 (here numbered (1-20). Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece view of Poughkeepsie, New York, and 4 plates. The Harper's reprint at back is profusely illustrated with text woodcuts, including two full-page United States Demand Notes, and an example of Continental Currency. Original brown cloth, a bit stained and with covers slightly bowed. Harper's article with some old stains.    $375.00 (trade discount allowed)

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