Publishing plates: stereotyping and electrotyping in nineteenth-century US print culture

Abstract

"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.