Printing--England--History--Origin and antecedents--Early works to 1800]]> The Origin of printing : in two essays ... : with occasional remarks, and an appendix. The second edition, with improvements. London : Printed for W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, in Red-Lion-Passage, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXVI [1776].

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 edition: 1774.

Signatures: a-b4 B-Z4

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