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Autotype

noun
1.
Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.  Synonym: autotypy.
2.
An exact copy or reproduction.  Synonym: facsimile.






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"Autotype" Quotes from Famous Books



... de G. History, Art, and Palography of the MS. commonly styled the Utrecht Psalter. 8vo. 3 facsimile plates in autotype. ...
— Illuminated Manuscripts • John W. Bradley

... sun by making its appearance in photography. By a method which combines the fidelity of that art with the permanence of prints, there is produced a species of photographic engraving, so to speak, having lamp black or carbon for its colouring matter. Indeed, in this 'Autotype' process, as it is called, any other durable pigment or pigments may be used, and a photographic picture thus obtained. In copying the works of artists, especially, the mode promises to be of value, inasmuch as by its ...
— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field



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