I would think the ones with the lettering are prints. The others might be preparatory drawings for engravers.
What an odd presentation. What does the title page look like? AbeBooks has several sets, Belcher 1903, 4 vols., varying colors, a more expected...
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That has a hope-springs-eternal price.
It's a nice engraving and looks nicely colored. It's true about the acid burn from the mat. You might ask the seller to clarify the dimensions:...
There's engraving there for sure, but I think there's also tools being used that are not engraving.
What am I looking at here? Is this a before and after situation? Working metal like that is called chasing.
I have similar looking pieces from Anchor Hocking. Mine are smaller, about 3" across. I was told they are test slugs, I'm guessing the purpose...
I don't think that one-size-fits-all sort of a band is a good sign.
May be images from "Picturesque California". Here's a Julian Rix currently listed on eBay from that publication:...
This is a die cast toy. In my very limited experience, die cast cars and trucks have the name of the series and/or the manufacturer cast into the...
The treatment is called goofus. Lancaster? La Belle Rose?
Hogarth engravings have been printed and reprinted. The plates were re-engraved when they became too worn and printed some more. I have no idea...
Maybe cufflinks?
I'd never heard of Lachrymatory tear catchers. It's a romantic idea, but this article says not no:...
Maybe a bell: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bronze-age-chinese-bells-tells-story-ancient-innovation-180964459/
I'll random order all the names, and then we'll see who gets what.
One item to each of 4 people. (See how confident I remain despite the disaster of my last attempt.) Limited to people with at least 50 posts on...
It's nice. I would have guessed it was older.
It also associates the number with the 1st Paris edition. It will be an etching, not a woodblock. If it's laid paper, hold it to the light and...
Separate names with a comma.
