The origin of printing : in two essays ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowyer, William, 1699-1777.

Contributor:

Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.

Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--England--History--Origin and antecedents--Early works to 1800.

Printing.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xvi, 144 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols ..., 1774.

Contents:

(from t.p.) 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 t

Hebrew books ... 3. On the early polyglotts. +

Notes:

Rewriting of Middleton's Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England and Meerman's Origines typographicae.

Published anonymously. By William Bowyer, with the assistance of Dr. Owen and Mr. Missy. Cf. DNB.

An enlarged 2nd ed. was published in 1776 as well as a suppl. with title: An appendix to the first edition of The origin of printing, containing the additional remarks which have been inserted in the second edition. Unsold copies of

Signatures: a-b⁠́ B-L⁠́ M⁠́(-M4) T⁠́ U1.

Local Notes:

RBR # 981.

Cited in:

Bigmore & Wyman. Bibl. printing, p. 74.

OCLC:

8590487

Bound With:

With: Two Tracts on the following subjects...by Edward Spelman.d.1767