Banknote Revenue Stamps and Bank Restriction Barometer and Nelson
in folio scrap album
£1,071
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Blank and Red Revenue stamps one marked "Five Pence.. One", the other "One Shilling & Three Pence - Five", 11 x 18cm;
Franklin, Abraham. The Bank Restriction Barometer. London: W. Hone, [n.d.], folio, 1 sheet; and 'Bank Restriction Note', 13 x 21cm,
[Nelson, Horatio] Form of the Funeral Procession of the late Lord Nelson Thursday, January 9, 1806. Newington: J. Rayer, [1816];
The Telegraphe, or Machine for conveying intelligence with wonderful quickness as used by the French. Rathbone Place: W. Lubbock, [n.d.], large engraving on a single sheet, folio, all pasted onto sheets of a scrapbook, and other scraps, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover somewhat loose
Footnote
Note: The revenue stamps were normally placed on the back of English provincial banknotes.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.