PRINTING--SPECIMENS. #Q 6596529
Watson, James, d. 1722, pub.
The history of the art of printing, containing an account of it’s invention and progress in Europe: with the names of the famous printers, the places of their birth, and the works printed by them. And a preface by the publisher to the print- ers in Scotland. Edinburgh, Printed by J. Watson, sold at his shop ,ete.; 1713.
24, xIvili, 64 p. illus., fold. pl. 20 Cm,
ContTENTS.—The publisher’s preface to the printers in Scotland (signed James Watson;—Specimen of types in the printing-house of James Wat- son.—The history of the invention and progress of the mysterious art of printing, &c. ;a translation of J. de La Caille’s Histoire de l’imprimerie et de la librairie, livre 1, by J. Spotiswood;—A contemplation upon the mys- tery of man’s regeneration, in allusion to the mystery of printing ;a poem;
1. Printing—Hist.—Scot- land. 2. Printing—Hist. 3. Print- ing—Specimens. 1. La Caille, Jean de, d. 1720. 11. Spotis- wood, John, 1666-1728, tr. m1. Title.
Library of Congress Z152.C42W3 10—9441
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