The history of the art of printing
Subtitle: containing an account of its 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 printers in Scotland.
Contributors: La Caille, Jean de, d. 1720.; Spotiswood, John, 1667-1728, tr.
Series: English bibliographical sources, ser. 3: Printers' manual ;; [no.]1; English bibliographical sources.; no. 1.
Publisher: Gregg Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Printing -- Early works to 1800.; Scotland -- Imprints -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: James Watson : the history of the art of printing 1713.
Notes: Description based on t.p. facsimile.  Reprint added t.p.: James Watson : the history of the art of printing 1713.
Reprint of the 1713 ed., Edinburgh, printed by J. Watson, sold at his shop.
Table of contents: title: The publisher's preface to the printers in Scotland [signed James Watson]; title: Specimen of types in the printing-house of James Watson.; title: 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]; title: A contemplation upon the mystery of man's regeneration, in allusion to the mystery of printing [a poem].