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 invention of the art. An appendix is annexed, 1. On the first-printed Greek books. 2. On the first-printed Hebre w 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.

Contributor:

Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Printing.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xvi,144 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

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'.

With a final advertisement leaf.

A reissue with the same date has additional appendices.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N10660.

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Restricted for use by site license.