06.01.095
Serial number
06.01.095
With current holder since
1980s?
Equipped with
ME / Two speed power driven inking system with ink drum. Normal speed for printing. Acceleration for ink distribution and wash-up.
LAR / Automatic wash up device incorporated in special drawer, lever operated ductor blade.
SSL / Quick action lock up bar, to block mounted plates and composition on machine bed.
More info about the press
Studio run by English émigré, Michael Caine, successor to Jean-Luc Lerebourg. Press used essentially for bookwork (often limited edition livres d'artiste) but also general jobbing work (invitations, business cards, bilboquets); posters; imprimées de toute sorte. MC also publishes his books and prints under name Editions Petropolis, using this press for editioning his own wood engravings. One-man operation with studio closed Mon Tues pm, owner teaching relief printmaking and typography at école Estienne. An excellent press!

