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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Middleton, Conyers
Other Authors: Meerman, Gerard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street 1774, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:A reissue with the same date has additional appendices. - Consists of abridgments of Middleton's 'Dissertation concerning the origin of printed in England' and Meerman's 'Origines typographicae'. - Edited by William Bowyer and John Nichols. - English Short Title Catalog, N10660. - Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library. - With a final advertisement leaf
Physical Description:Online-Ressource (xvi,144,[2]p) 8°