The history of the art of printing
Subtitle: containing an account of it's [sic] invention and progress in Europe, with the names of the famous printers, the places of their birth, and the works printed by them
By: and a preface by the publisher to the printers in Scotland.
Contributors: La Caille, Jean de, d. 1720.; Spotiswood, John, 1666-1728.; Abbey, J. R. 1896-1969 (bookplate)
Publisher: Printed by J. Watson, sold at his Shop, ... and at the Shops of David Scot ... and George Stewart ...
Published: 1713
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Printing -- History -- Scotland.; Printing -- History.; Printing -- Specimens.
Notes: Full bound brown morocco.

RBSC copy: With the bookplate of J.R. Abbey.

MASS copy: Lacking folding specimen of ornaments, and in a slipcase.
Table of contents: value: The publisher's preface to the printers in Scotland; value: Specimen of types in the printing-house of James Watson; value: 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]; value: A contemplation upon the mystery of man's regeneration, in allusion to the mystery of printing [a poem].