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Biographical and literary anecdotes of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and of many of his learned friends : containing an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom from the beginning of the present century to the end of the year MDCCLXXVIII
Title
Biographical and literary anecdotes of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and of many of his learned friends : containing an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom from the beginning of the present century to the end of the year MDCCLXXVIII / by John Nichols, his apprentice, partner, and successor.
Publication
London : Printed by and for the author, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description
viii, 231 pages, 231*-232* pages, 233-666, that is, 658 pages, 1 leaf of plates : portrait 27 cm (4 to)
Local Notes
BEIN X178 B67 +782: Autograph: J. Crosbie.
BEIN Osborn pc70: Bookplates: S. Nichols and Andrew Coltee Ducarel. Presentation inscrption from John Nichols to Andrew Coltee Ducarel.
Yale Medical historical volume the gift of John Fulton.
Notes
"List of all the printing-houses in and about the cities of London and Westminster, together with the printers names, what news-papers they print ... also, an account of the printing-houses in the several corporation towns of England [about the year 1724]": p. 535.
Signatures: A-2F⁴ 2G⁵ 2H-4L⁴ 4M⁵ 4N-4Q².
Errors in paging: nos. 231*-2* inserted; 513-520 omitted.
Provenance
Gift of George Steevens to William Cole. With autograph and ms. notes of William Cole. Also with notes in several, unidentified hands, some signed: Y. Also with bookplate of J.R.P. Forrest.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, T58716
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Also listed under
England London.
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