La Imprenta de Martí­n Biedma (1872-1910)

Abstract

Established in 1872, the printing house of Martí­n Biedma soon became one of the most important publishers in Buenos Aires between the last quarter of the 19th century and the Centennial, and earned a reputation for the quality of its products. Its growth took place in a flourishing period of book industry in Buenos Aires, during which various improvements were made to modernize the profession of typographer and the printing establishments. The first edition of Potpourri (1882), by Eugenio Cambaceres, is considered in relation with the development and characteristics of this particular printing house and the epoch in question