Henry Altemus Co.

The printing and publishing firm of Henry Altemus and Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1842. Its predecessor firm was the bookbindery of Henry Altemus's father Joseph Altemus, founded in 1790. The firm closed in 1936; its assets were sold to other publishers, including Platt and Munk. See See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 9-10; sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile