Signature genuine?

[HH]

I collect interesting books and some ephemera on English history and
recently acquired a book, titled "The Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.: Keys to
Characters & Biographies and Portraits," published in 1904. It is signed by
H. Pereira Mendes, who wrote a short biographical account of Disraeli in the
book. See http://softadventure.net/Mendes%20signature.htm. I'm trying to
decide whether the signature is genuine, that is, not duplicated. Printing
technology in 1904 was not able to duplicate signatures, were they? What do
you think? Of course, it could have been signed by anyone, but we generally
consider a signature in a book to be by the person whose name we see.

Harlan
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I collect interesting books and some ephemera on English history and
recently acquired a book, titled "The Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.: Keys to
Characters & Biographies and Portraits," published in 1904.

I'm on the lookout for Morton's 'Compendium of Huntingdonshire Cabmen'.