Movable type had to be used. They would not have redone entire plates to fix the Hoblitzell spelling errors, Gray with stats, etc. BUT the most convincing evidence is that the last line of the Mattern back appears as the stray type in the Moran variation. How does this happen you ask? Very easy...they just did not remove the last line of type from the blocks in the printing. I also think it lends credence that the set was printed in several different printings to fix the errors.
Joshua
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