Chase 5 x 8 and press identification
Hi, I am searching for a chase for a Mercury Excelsior 5 x 8 Model U for a printmaking center in Québec city.
I have bought this wonderful press in an antique place but I do not know what it is.I gues it is for book binding but…
Thank you !
Lise

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Lise—
This is a copy press—used to transfer ink from one sheet of paper to another. Bookbinders use them today as a kind of standing press (like this one here: http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/product_specific.cfm?ClientID=15&...).
Cheers,
Kelly
Kelly,
It look like a copy press but is only 3/4”. I speak french so it is not easy to explain. Thank you ! Lise
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