On 19/10/2017 11:35 PM, Don Schwartz wrote:
> On 2017-10-19 1:38 AM, Claudio DeLorenzi wrote:
>> Some of the images seem to be identical to some of mine? Maybe there were
>> stock engravings for multiple publishers?  Or did the manufacturers 
>> supply
>> the engravings?
> 
> 
> Claudio:
> 
> When I visited Remscheid, the Werkzeugmuseum had these wood block 
> engravings on display, along with salesman's samples. I suspect they 
> were provided by the manufacturers.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/33057984@N.../5855947254/in/album-72157
626886873961/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/33057984@N.../5855947254/in/album-7
2157626886873961/

Those are not wood engravings, though they may be derived from wood 
engravings. My guess is that they are stereotypes, cast in metal from 
original wood engravings. If that is what they are, it could have been 
that the tool manufacturer commissioned wood engravings (which are 
laborious and costly to make) from which multiple stereotypes were made 
for printing catalogues and magazine advertisements.

If they are not stereos made from wood engravings, they could be line 
blocks made by photo-engraving from ink drawings.

Any letterpress printing experts here? Care to comment?

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Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au