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Re: A book by its cover



Molds are reversed.  Is it possible that it is a photo of the mold?

Norton, Patrick wrote:

> Jonathan Woolf wrote:
>
> <According to the back flap, the photograph is of a cast of the Berlin
> specimen, not the actual specimen itself.  Could this explain the
> reversal?>
>
> No. Casts are duplicates of the original. This reversal is a photographic
> effect, for whatever reason.