bookplate

Counterproof

Bookplate engraving

A counterproof is a mirror-pulled impression taken directly off a freshly inked plate, made to check the engraving before it goes to press, and mine came from a conservator who...

Plate Mark

Bookplate engraving

Plate Mark is the foundry's first typeface, and the one I didn't go looking for. I bought a dealer's box of estate-sale ephemera for three banknote proof sheets I wanted...