The Gilbart Prize Essay. On the Adaptation of Recent Discoveries in the Science and Art of the Purposes of Practical Banking

by Granville Sharp

$3,500 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

London, 1854. Third Edition. 5 3/4 x 9. Frontis Plate 1 , vii, portrait of Sharp Plate 2 , 356 pages. Plus 88 specimens numbered 3-90 which include plates and/or multi-page text material. 32 of the specimens have supplemental specimens alphabetically designated. For example, specimen 13 is 13a-p. , in reality, 16 leaves. There are a number of double page as well as folding plates. Affixed to the rear pastedown are 15 actual red wax seals. Publisher's

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