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Typographia : an ode, on printing. Inscrib'd to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the colony of Virginia.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markland, J.
- Series:
- LLMC-digital (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gooch, William, Sir, 1681-1751.
- Gooch, William.
- Printing--Poetry.
- Printing.
- Virginia.
- Printing--Virginia.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Poems -- 1730.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (15 pages)
- Other Title:
- Ode, on printing
- Place of Publication:
- Williamsburg [Va.] : Printed by William Parks, M,DCC,XXX. [1730]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Typographia, an ode on printing, which included a dedication to Governor William Gooch by J. Markland, the poet of this ode, and the poem. In the dedication, Markland noted that the ode celebrated the establishment of the printing press in Williamsburg.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (LLMC Digital, viewed July 26, 2018).
- Dedication signed: J. Markland. L.C. Wroth suggests that the author is the "John Markland, attorney, New Kent" listed among subscribers to the "Collection of acts in force in Virginia," printed in 1733 by Parks. See E.G. Swem's introduction to the photographic facsimile of Typographia published at Williamsburg in 1926.
- Cited in:
- Evans 3298
- Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 812
- Other Format:
- Print version: Markland, John. Typographia.
- OCLC:
- 62813126
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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