[engraved letterhead/address:]
Engraving, Lithographic & General Printing Office
26, Waterloo Place,
Edinburgh

May 16^th 1862

Dear Sir/

I have sent you by railway 1½ lbs of the very finest Frankfort black & specially made up to suit the character of your plates.

We shall have pleasure in trying the ruling upon the Varnished Glass if you will run the risk of success or failure.

Yrs respectfully
William Banks

H. F. Talbot Esq

[invoice - engraved heading:]
Edinburgh, 26 Waterloo Place
to W. Banks & Son
Engravers, Lithographers, Draughtsmen, Steel and Copperplate Printers, &c.

H F Talbot Esq

1862

[invoice in 6 cols, handwritten. Col. 1, month; Col. 2, date; Col. 3, item; Col. 4, pounds; Col. 5, shillings; Col. 6, pence]

Jany 6 Paid Carriage of plates 3^d 5 proofs of d^o 2/6 . 2 9

April 5 Paper & printing 13 Proofs of 11 plates . 11 .

10 12 Sheets finest plate paper . 2 6

. 2 Proofs of each of 3 plates 8^vo . 5 .

12 4 do of each of 3 [illegible] small . 2 .

15 Supply of Frankfurt [sic] black mixing up d . . .

. Hard[?] for d^o 18/- _{'' '' ''} [illegible] . 18 .

2 1 3.

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq^re.
Millburn Tower
by Gogar
near Edinburgh