Pair of binoculars for sale

Horizontal rain today in Newburgh on Ythan - time for an indoor blip I think.

These days newspapers and magazines are illustrated and composed with relative ease thanks to the powerful electronic software and devices that we have available to us. Things were much more difficult in the relatively recent past. Consider for example, this little printing block made of wood faced with a slab of engraved metal showing a pair of binoculars. The time and skill that must have gone into producing this tiny work of art is quite astonishing. All this, just to advertise a pair of binoculars for sale!

Zoomify to see the amazing detail.