The origin of printing
Subtitle: in two essays ... : with occasional remarks, and an appendix.
Contributors: Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750.; Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771.
Edition: The second edition, with improvements.
Publisher: Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols
Published: 1776
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Printing -- England -- History -- Origin and antecedents -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: Rewriting of Middleton's Dissertation on the origin of printing in England and Meerman's Origines typographicae.
Published anonymously. By William Bowyer, with the assistance of Dr. Owen and Mr. Missy. Cf. DNB.
First ed.: 1774.
Signatures: a-b⁴ B-Z⁴.
With: Supplement to The origin of printing. [London : J. Nichols], 1781.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) I. The substance of Dr. Middleton's dissertation on the origin of printing in England; title: II. Mr. Meerman's account of the invention of the art at Harleim, and its progress to Mentz; title: Appendix to the second essay.