The origin of printing : In two essays: I. The substance of Dr. Middleton's dissertation on the origin of printing in England. II. Mr. Meerman's account of the first invention of the art. An appendix is annexed, 1. On the first-printed Greek books. 2. On the first-printed Hebrew books, with observations on some modern editions; and a collation, from Walton's polyglott, of a remarkable passage, as printed in Kings and Chronicles. 3. On the early polyglotts.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street,
MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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| Item Description: | Edited by William Bowyer and John Nichols. Consists of abridgments of Middleton's 'Dissertation concerning the origin of printed in England' and Meerman's 'Origines typographicae'. A reissue of the 1774 edition, with an advertisement leaf following pages 144, additional appendices Nos. IV,V, and VI, and a Postscript. Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 144, 2 unnumbered pages, vii, 1 unnumbered page, 145-183, 1 unnumbered pages) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |