ORMSBY, W. L. A Description of the Present System of Bank Note Engraving, showing its Tendency to facilitate Counterfeiting; with which is

added a New Method of Constructing Bank Notes to prevent Forgery. 13 engraved plates, including color-printed frontispiece. Folio, original cloth, rubbed, spine faded; some light foxing, minimally affecting text. New York, 1852 FIRST EDITION of a polemical technical manual by a temperamental but accomplished engraver who sought to reform bank note production in the United States. Amex Bank 339 ("OF EXCEPTIONAL RARITY"); see DAB.