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Definition of Letterpress
1. Noun. Printing from a plate with raised characters.
Definition of Letterpress
1. n. Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Definition of Letterpress
1. Noun. The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image. ¹
2. Noun. (printing) : printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates. ¹
3. Noun. a machine used for such printing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Letterpress
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Letterpress
Literary usage of Letterpress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"The author describes a recent invention, known as the ' Linotype ' Composing
Machine, which enables certain kinds of letterpress printing—namely, ..."
2. Catalogue by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) (1894)
"The engraved borders to the letterpress are all added in this edition ...
The letterpress also is augmented in this edition, but on the other hand a few of ..."
3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"... permission from the letterpress issued with the last set of the first published
series of " British Geological Photographs " :—" The natural arch ..."
4. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"letterpress printing, or typography, is the art of printing from movable types,
the surface of these types being inked and then impressed on to the paper. ..."
5. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With by Clara Egli Le Gear, Philip Lee Phillips, Library of Congress Map Division (1920)
"... embracing the latest discoveries, new boundaries, and other changes accompanied
by introductory letterpress and index. New and revised edition. 117 pp. ..."
6. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
""The portions of this volume dealing with the lake» of Lugano, Como, Maggiore,
Orta, and I»eo formed the letterpress of ..."
7. The English Catalogue of Books ...by Sampson Low by Sampson Low (1858)
"Morris and Lycett, pen 2, containing b plates and 88 pages of letterpress, for
1858 Tin- Crag Mollusca, by Mr. SV Wood, containing 8 platet The Fossil ..."
8. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"London, 1834 [-35]. descriptive letterpress. fol. London, 1854. [Second edition.
... 2 Pt. 18 pis. col., with descriptive letterpress. fol. London, 1837-38. ..."
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