Lot 77
Banking.- Franklin (Abraham) The Bank Restriction Barometer..., printed broadside, together as issued with engraved 'Specimen of a Bank Note' [by George Cruikshank], William Hone, [?1819], bound in a vol. of satirical pamphlets & other ephemera, 1819-21.
Hammer Price: £800
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Banking.- Franklin (Abraham) The Bank Restriction Barometer; Or, Scale of Effects on Society of the Bank Note System, and Payments in Gold, printed broadside, 440 x 260mm., together as issued with engraved 'Specimen of a Bank Note' [by George Cruikshank], 130 x 198mm., signed 'J. Ketch' in the plate, tipped onto fore-edge of broadside and with related clipping pasted to verso, broadside with few light stains and some tears and fraying to edges and along central fold, but no text loss, some spotting to both, [Goldsmiths' 22907], Published by William Hone, [?1819], bound in a vol. containing 9 satirical pamphlets, several by William Hone, & other ephemera, including [Hone (William)] The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, twenty-eighth edition, title vignette and illustrations by George Cruikshank, 'toy' card ladder published with the pamphlet laid down to final advertisement f., Printed by and for William Hone, 1820, the odd tear, scattered spotting and soiling, 19th century navy half morocco, printed paper label "Hone's Political Sketches" to spine and another later to upper cover, worn at extremities, 8vo, 1819-21.
Description
Banking.- Franklin (Abraham) The Bank Restriction Barometer; Or, Scale of Effects on Society of the Bank Note System, and Payments in Gold, printed broadside, 440 x 260mm., together as issued with engraved 'Specimen of a Bank Note' [by George Cruikshank], 130 x 198mm., signed 'J. Ketch' in the plate, tipped onto fore-edge of broadside and with related clipping pasted to verso, broadside with few light stains and some tears and fraying to edges and along central fold, but no text loss, some spotting to both, [Goldsmiths' 22907], Published by William Hone, [?1819], bound in a vol. containing 9 satirical pamphlets, several by William Hone, & other ephemera, including [Hone (William)] The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, twenty-eighth edition, title vignette and illustrations by George Cruikshank, 'toy' card ladder published with the pamphlet laid down to final advertisement f., Printed by and for William Hone, 1820, the odd tear, scattered spotting and soiling, 19th century navy half morocco, printed paper label "Hone's Political Sketches" to spine and another later to upper cover, worn at extremities, 8vo, 1819-21.
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