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polyautography|ˌpɒlɪɔːˈtɒgrəfɪ|
[f. poly- + autograph, after words in -graphy.]
Early name for lithography, as applied to the production of numerous copies of autographs or original drawings, etc.
1806(title) Specimens of Polyautography consisting of impressions taken from original drawings made on stone purposely for this work. 1819Gentl. Mag. LXXXIX. i. 350 This useful invention [lithography] introduced into this country a few years since, and then called Polyautography. 1898Daily News 11 May 9/7 Mr. Pennell prefers the term ‘polyautography’, the word lithography being ‘a seed-bed of misconceptions’. |