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 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.
1774
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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 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.
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Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England. Abridgments
Origines typographicae. English. Abridgments.
Origines typographicae. English. Abridgments.
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London : printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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xvi,144,[2]p. ; 8⁰.
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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.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, N10660.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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