Accession number:
PML 78296
Published:
London : Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols ..., 1774.
Description:
xvi, 144, [2] p. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes:
Rewriting of Middleton's Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England and Meerman's Origines typographicae.
Published anonymously. By William Bowyer and John Nichols, with the assistance of Dr. Owen and Mr. Missy. See DNB and Library.
An enlarged 2nd ed. was published in 1776 as well as a suppl. with title: An appendix to the first edition of The origin of printing, containing the additional remarks which have been inserted in the second edition. Unsold copies of the 2nd ed. were reissued in 1781 with a new suppl. with title: Supplement to The origin of printing. See Bigmore & Wyman.
Signatures: a-b⁴ B-L⁴ M⁴(-M4) N-T⁴ U².
Imperfect: last [2] p. wanting. Cf. ESTC.
Binding:
1/2 calf, marbled boards.
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