Unexpected find

We spent a long weekend Camping.  We had a nice spot under the tress that shaded our camper.  We did some hiking, swimming and star gazing.  We took the opportunity to visit nearby towns to taste some local beer and food.  We walked around town checking out some local shops.  We were not looking for anything in particular, and I was totally surprised to fined a small press.  Needles to say this heavy cast iron press came home with me. 

A copy press is a small press that can be used to apply equal pressure for a variety of bookbinding purposes.  A Copy press is similar to a nipping presses.  Copy presses were used to make copies of freshly written documents.  The fresh ink of the document was transferred to damp tissue paper using the pressure of the copy press.  The copy printed on the tissue paper is the reverse of the original document.  Tissue paper was used so the reader could read the through the paper.

I plan on using my copy press to compress book signatures and to print linocuts.