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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 10259977, member: 56&quot;]Have you checked the back of the title page for plate marks?&nbsp; Sometimes larger illustrations, involving multiple vignettes, can be aggregate assemblages of multiple plates.</p><p><br /></p><p>A long time ago, someone on these boards discussed a technique where multiple plates were blocked together and a casting made of the combined surface.&nbsp; By using such casts, large volumes of prints could be produced with no wear to the original plates.&nbsp; There was a word for it that I cannot remember ( as I recall, a word still used today for something of no value, and it&#039;s been driving me crazy that I can&#039;t remember it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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