Description: Please see photograph, an original and seldom seen Aberdeen Printer's 'Galley' proof, printed in 1870. Size 5.25 x 10.75 cm approx. Column width approximately 6.75 cm. Dust soiling and a pencil tick on the front. Glue remnants on back. Printed on quality laid paper with vertical chain lines and partial watermark. Dated at Aberdeen, so this would most likely have been printed by an Aberdeen printer. The farm of Linhead, on the Estate of Balmuto, Parish of Kinghorn, as presently possessed by Mr Alexander Adamson ... about five miles from Kirkcaldy, and three from Burntisland... the boundaries of the farm will be pointed out, by John Crombie, Overseer at Balmuto ... The term 'Galley Proof' originates from the metal trays called galleys, in which the type was painstakingly hand set using wooden or metal blocks. They were then used to make single-column pages of type, named proofs. Proofs were the preliminary versions of the required text, which would be reviewed by the person or organisation who had commissioned the article or advertisement, in this case. If corrections were needed, the printer would have to rearrange the blocks in the galley, prior to printing again. The finished notice, when accepted and printed, may have been destined for a newspaper column, or as a poster / broadside for a notice board, or both. The proofs that I have were likely saved from destruction and collected by the printer or someone else who worked there. For combined postage - please ask for invoice before paying.
Price: 4.99 GBP
Location: Castle Douglas
End Time: 2025-01-14T12:08:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.14 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Type: Ephemera
Era: Pre-1900
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
County: Parish of Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland
