BANK NOTES - MANUFACTURING BRADBURY (HENRY) On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes. A Lec...

BANK NOTES - MANUFACTURING BRADBURY (HENRY) On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes. A Lecture as Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.... Friday Evening, May 9, 1856, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 3 engraved plates depicting specimen bank notes for ten pounds and a hundred pounds designed and signed 'John Leighton F.S.A.' on India-proof paper mounted as issued, pink tissue guards, damp-stain at gutter margin of opening leaves, early maroon cloth preserving original printed upper cover, SCARCE, 4to, Bradbury and Evans, 1856 Footnotes: Scarce work by Henry Bradbury (1829–1860, best known for his introduction of nature-printing to Britain) on the manufacturing of bank notes and the ease with which they are forged. Sadly four years later he 'committed suicide in Cremorne Gardens by drinking soda water laced with prussic acid' (ODNB). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing