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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.

Contributor:

Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England. Abridgments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Printing.

History.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xvi,144 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,vii pages, 1 unnumbered page,145-183 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 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.

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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'.

A reissue of the 1774 edition, with an advertisement leaf following p. 144, additional appendices Nos. IV,V, and VI, and a Postscript.

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 British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N60471.

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Restricted for use by site license.