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Message:: [QUOTE="bosko69, post: 12818949, member: 16283"]Welcome to the Forum Alex.I'm an amateur-but these could be true 18th Cent engravings. It'd probably be best to have an experienced Antiquarian specialist look at them, in person if possible. When you hold it up to the light do you see a watermark in the paper, and is it a 'laid' construction,ie: 'book paper was predominantly laid paper during the first half of the 18th century. It was made by hand using a wooden frame fitted with closely spaced wire lines that left a ribbed texture. Wove paper without these lines was only invented around 1757.' <ul> <li>Ribbed Texture: Features fine vertical or horizontal "laid lines" crossed by wider-spaced "chain lines" from the wire mold.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Material Composition: Made from natural linen and cotton rags rather than modern wood pulp.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Watermarks: Frequently contains maker marks or symbols sewn into the wire grid of the hand mold.</li> </ul>[/QUOTE]