The Origin of Printing In Two Essays |
|
| Author:
| Bowyer, William |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-44826-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
|
| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
|
This book, first published in 1774, consists of a reissue of two early eighteenth-century essays on the origin of printing, and disputing the traditional account that Gutenberg introduced it to Europe and Caxton to England. Appendices describe progress in printing Greek and Hebrew, and the first printed polyglot Bibles.
This book, first published in 1774, consists of a reissue of two early eighteenth-century essays on the origin of printing, and disputing the traditional account that Gutenberg introduced it to Europe and Caxton to England. Appendices describe progress in printing Greek and Hebrew, and the first printed polyglot Bibles.