Date of printing from watermark.
These both point to an 1874 date, but that could be the date of printing, not actual publication.
3. Do not use in recording the date of printing, in the publication, distribution, etc., area (see 1.4F6, 1.4G4, 2.4G2).
Colophon, an inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript and giving details of its publication e.g., the name of the printer and the date of printing.
That would make any document traceable.Ironically, it was after years of collaborating with printing companies to reduce banding and thus increase the quality of prints, that he came up with the idea of introducing artificial bandings that could encode identification information, such as a printer's serial number and the date of printing, into a document.
Binders of this period rarely signed their work and very few bindings are dated; furthermore, books were commonly sold as unbound sheets, so that the date and location of a book's binding could be entirely independent of the date of printing.
It reflects FAO's best estimates, based on the most accurate and up-to-date information available at the date of printing.
The aim was to assess the number of updates/revisions made up to the date of printing out the copies (6 October 2013) and calculate the number of updates in the 12 months prior to the printing.
Adams did not edition his work, so the date of a print plays an important role in its value, as does the condition, print quality and, in some cases, the provenance that is, if it comes from a particularly well-known or important collection.
Pay close attention to the date of the print, as many images were produced long after the artist's first printing.
