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A dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England : Shewing, that it was first introduced and practiced by our countryman William Caxton, at Westminster: and not, as is commonly believed, by a foreign printer at Oxford

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Type of record: Book

Title: A dissertation concerning the origin of printing in England : Shewing, that it was first introduced and practiced by our countryman William Caxton, at Westminster: and not, as is commonly believed, by a foreign printer at Oxford

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC Lt q/HIL

Creator(s): Middleton, Conyers (1683-1750)

Publisher: Printed for W. Thurlbourn, and sold by Mess. Knapton, Innys and Manby,... [et al.]

Publication city: Cambridge

Date(s): 1735

Language: English

Size and medium: pp. [3], 29

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/274681

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000090199705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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Booklist of William Thurlbourn (2 pp.) at end.

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Bound with 4 other publications in volume lettered: Miscellan tracts , with armorial bookplate of Thomas Davison. Volume contents: 1. Hill, J.: A review of the works of the Royal Society ... , 1751. -- 2. Middleton, C.: Dissertation concerning the origins of printing in England ... , 1735. -- 3. Stulkey, W.: An account of a Roman temple ..., [1721?]. -- 4. Holdsworth, E.: A dissertation upon eight verses in the second book of Virgil's Georgics ... , 1749. -- 5. Hooke, N.: Observations on I. The answer of M. L'Abbé de Vertot ..., 1758

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