Publishing plates : stereotyping and electrotyping in nineteenth-century US print culture / Jeffrey M. Makala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makala, Jeffrey, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penn State series in the history of the book

The Penn State series in the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stereotyping (Printing)--United States--History--19th century.

Stereotyping (Printing).

Electrotyping--United States--History--19th century.

Electrotyping.

Printing industry--United States--History--19th century.

Printing industry.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 201 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Explores stereotyping and electrotyping in U.S. literature and history. Examines how printers, typefounders, authors, and publishers managed the transition as new technologies displaced printing traditions of the early nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The development and spread of stereotyping in Europe and North America

Mathew Carey and the family Bible marketplace

The American Bible Society and the possibilities of large-scale printing

Material texts : trade sales, reprinting, and the book trades

Stereotyping in language, literature, and material culture

Epilogue : Abraham Hart and nineteenth-century changes in the printing trades.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271094038

0271094036

OCLC:

1341399573

Publisher Number:

40031490850