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LEADER: 01641nam 2200349 a 4500
001 633769
005 19850418172055.0
008 820830s1776 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 06008072
035 $a(OCoLC)08784790
035 $907-ABK-9031
039 0 $a2$b3$c3$d3$e3
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dCLU
043 $ae-uk-en
050 0 $aZ126.3$b.B77 1776
100 1 $aBowyer, William,$d1699-1777.
245 14 $aThe origin of printing :$bin two essays ... : with occasional remarks, and an appendix.
250 $aThe second edition, with improvements.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols,$c1776.
300 $axvi, 176 p. ;$c22 cm. (8vo)
500 $aRewriting of Middleton's Dissertation on the origin of printing in England and Meerman's Origines typographicae.
500 $aPublished anonymously. By William Bowyer, with the assistance of Dr. Owen and Mr. Missy. Cf. DNB.
500 $aFirst ed.: 1774.
500 $aSignatures: a-b⁴ B-Z⁴.
501 $aWith: Supplement to The origin of printing. [London : J. Nichols], 1781.
505 0 $a(from t.p.) 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, and its progress to Mentz -- Appendix to the second essay.
650 0 $aPrinting$zEngland$xHistory$xOrigin and antecedents$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aMiddleton, Conyers,$d1683-1750.$tDissertation concerning the origin of printing in England.
700 1 $aMeerman, Gerard,$d1722-1771.$tOrigines typographicae.
910 $arcp
935 $aMC2527244
910 $aMARS