Publishing Plates – Stereotyping and Electrotyping in Nineteenth–Century US Pri…
Publishing PlatesStereotyping and Electrotyping in Nineteenth-Century US Print Culture\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey M. Makala\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271094045, 978-0271094045\nSynopsis\nFirst realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotypingthe creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable typefundamentally changed the way in which books were printed. Publishing Plates chronicles the technological and cultural shifts that resulted from the introduction of this technology in the United States.\n\nThe commissioning of plates altered shop practices, distribution methods, and even the author-publisher relationship. Drawing on archival records, Jeffrey M. Makala traces the first uses of stereotyping in Philadelphia in 1812, its adoption by printers in New York and Philadelphia, and its effects on the trade. He looks closely at the printers, typefounders, au.
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