BARRAUD, Philip (illus.).

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A New Book of Single Cyphers, Comprising Six Hundred. Second printing of this pattern book of cypher designs for pocket watches, created by the grandfather of the founder of Barraud & Lund clockmakers. The book also contains five plates of royal achievements and cyphers, including a dedication page to Queen Charlotte, elaborate cyphers of the Queen and King George III, and a vignette title page depicting the classical messenger god Hermes.This work was first published 1782.

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