Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in 19th-Century U.S. Print Culture

05dec7:00 pm8:00 pm Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in 19th-Century U.S. Print Culture

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Publishing Plates: Stereotyping and Electrotyping in 19th-Century U.S. Print Culture

A Book Talk with Dr. Jeffrey Makala

Tuesday, December 5, 2024
7:00 PM ET
Virtual Event | Free

First realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotyping—the creation of solid printing plates cast from moveable type—fundamentally 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. The 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.

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(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-05:00)