Tuesday, April 3, 2018 -- Hercules Matrices
I understand these and other sets of matrices were given away by Plantin at the end of the hot-metal era to any interested customers. At least they were not scrapped for their metal content. The matrices were actually glued down to the wood tray for display. It was tedious work cleaning but the silver lining was that no matrices were missing. The crushed accented upper case 'A' was damaged before I got it (top of the picture).
The matrices were very dirty and required several casts to clean them out.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 -- Hercules Matrices
I understand these and other sets of matrices were given away by Plantin at the end of the hot-metal era to any interested customers. At least they were not scrapped for their metal content. The matrices were actually glued down to the wood tray for display. It was tedious work cleaning but the silver lining was that no matrices were missing. The crushed accented upper case 'A' was damaged before I got it (top of the picture).
The matrices were very dirty and required several casts to clean them out.