r/whatsthisworth • u/Slash5469 • Oct 05 '23

Ancient book (printed in 1585) found in grandfather's house. Any idea what this is worth? Likely Solved

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u/dIAb0LiK99 Oct 07 '23

That’s an amazing find. Those were the days where they had to put each letter one by one on a press, roll ink on it, then press it onto a piece of paper. Tada, you get a single printed page. Then rinse and repeat over a thousand more times (or for whatever number of pages on the book you’re trying to print)

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u/Practical-Tap-9810 Oct 07 '23

Each time you press on the press, another page prints. Ink lasts anywhere from 3 to 5 presses depending on formula. Thousands of pages per work day.