| Description |
A Second Copy of OrmsbyNew York: W.L. Ormsby, 12 Vesey Street / London: Willoughby & Co., 22 Warwick Lane. MDCCCLII (1852). Folio [34.5 by 26.5 cm], later crimson leather and green cloth; original gilt-decorated and lettered spine laid on. viii, 102, (2) pages; illustrated throughout and on 12 finely engraved plates (of 13 called for) demonstrating different technologies and depicting bank notes, vignettes, and various design elements, with tissue guards. Lacking final plate depicting Perkins's "New System." Minor intermittent foxing. Near fine, apart from the missing plate. A sumptuous work, produced at great expense with a remarkable panoply of superb bank note engravings. Estimate $1,000. Ex: Stack Family library; George F. Kolbe (1/2010). Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15369 (realized $660).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11479 |
