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An Analysis of the True Principles of Security Against Forgery; Exemplified by an Enquiry into the Sufficiency of the American Plan for a New Bank Note...; Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts, etc...Preventing Forgery of Bank Notes

Author Sir William Congreve British
Publisher Thomas Egerton British
Printer J. Whiting British

1820

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Title: An Analysis of the True Principles of Security Against Forgery; Exemplified by an Enquiry into the Sufficiency of the American Plan for a New Bank Note...; Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts, etc...Preventing Forgery of Bank Notes

Author: Sir William Congreve (British, 1772–1828)

Publisher: Thomas Egerton (British, active London, 1781–1837)

Printer: J. Whiting (London)

Published in: London

Date: 1820

Medium: Illustrations: commercial reproductive processes

Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 5/8 in. (23.7 x 15.4 x 1.6 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Gift of Mitchell Kennedy, 1925

Object Number: 25.42

Chronology

Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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