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The origin of printing [electronic resource] : 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.
- 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.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi,144,[2],vii,[1],145-183,[1]p. )
- Other Title:
- Origin of printing
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
- 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.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N60471.
- OCLC:
- 508286804
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