An appendix to the first edition of The origin of printing; containing the additional remarks which have been inserted in the second edition

All titles

• An appendix to the first edition of The origin of printing; containing the additional remarks which have been inserted in the second edition
• Dissertation concerning the origin of printing

People / Organizations

• William Bowyer the younger (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776.

Added name

Nichols, John, 1745-1826.

Publication year

1776

ESTC No.

T22323

Grub Street ID

245900

Description

vii,[1],145-183,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By William Bowyer and John Nichols

A reimpression of U1r-Y1v (pp.145-162) of '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 at Harleim,' 2nd ed., London: printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776, and a textual expansion and resetting of Y2r-Z4v of that edition (occupying *Y2r-*2A4r, pp.163-183), with the addition of preliminaries (*u]4)

Also issued with copies of the 1774 first edition

Signatures: *u]4 *U-*2A]4

Signatures from Maslen and Lancaster.