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 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

All titles

• 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 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
• Dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England. Abridgments
• Origines typographicae. English. Abridgments.

People / Organizations

• Conyers Middleton (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXIV. [1774, i.e. 1776]

Added name

Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771.

Publication year

1776

ESTC No.

N60471

Grub Street ID

43541

Description

xvi,144,[2],vii,[1],145-183,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

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 the addition of additional appendices and a postscript (vii, [1], 145-183, [1] p.) having a special title page dated 1776

With an advertisement leaf issued with the original.