Book Description
The definition of the autotype process according to the Oxford English Dictionary is "a true impression of the original". The process was developed in 1868 by the famous inventor Joseph Swan and the book details the history of this photographic process and how specialist imaging progressed from the XIX century to its present format, following it through the development of the Autotype Company(now MacDermid Autotype Ltd).
From the Publisher
Rare illustrations from the Autotype archives enhance this publication and the book is not only of interest to photographic historians, but also to those readers wishing to follow the progress of a unique British manufacturing company from the late XIX century to present days.