The Origin of Printing: In Two Essays

by William Bowyer

This work, first published in 1774, consists of a reissue of the Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England by Conyers Middleton (1683-1750), first published in 1735, together with an abridgement of an account of the origin of printing by the Dutch lawyer Gerard Meerman (1722-71). It was compiled by the scholar and publisher William Bowyer (1699-1777) and his apprentice and later business partner John Nichols (1745-1826), several of whose works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108073832
• ISBN13: 9781108073837
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"