Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. A NEW SECURITY FOR PROTECTING BANK NOTES FROM ALTERATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC COUNTERFEITS, BY THE USE OF THE PATENT GREEN TINT CONJOINTLY WITH BLACK CARBON INK, AS PRINTED BY RAWDON, WRIGHT, HATCH & EDSON, BANK NOTE ENGRAVERS, NEW-YORK.New-York: W.H. Arthur & Co., 1858. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1858, by Tracy R. Edson. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. 20 pages; exceptional full-size bank note facsimile printed in green and black ink, engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, tipped in, as issued. Volume folded; lightly stained toward top. Very good, with a bold and impressive bank note facsimile. <p>One of only a few known copies of this highly important work, most of which lack the magnificent green and black bank note facsimile. The firms detailed description of the new process is followed by a series of letters testifying to its efficacy. The green ink technology became the subject of a lawsuit between Tracy Edson and the American Bank Note Company in which this publication played a role. Historically important as the properties of green ink did much to influence the design of the "Greenbacks." Very rare. The Ford copy, later in the MJS Library, lacked the note. The copy in the Newman Library is the only other one of which we are aware to be offered in the numismatic market in recent years.Ex Heather Hardin-Hudson Collection.
