Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century : comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F.S.A. and many of his learned friends; an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century; and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists; with a very copious index
1812
Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century : comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F.S.A. and many of his learned friends; an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century; and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists; with a very copious index
1812
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 9 v., [32] leaves of plates : 23 cm. (8vo) "A genealogy of the family of Tindal": v. 9, p. 302-304 An expansion of Biographical and literary anecdotes of William Bowyer (1782) cf. Dictionary of national biography Donated by John Forster Each volume has table of contents Includes engraved portraits of William Bowyer the elder (vol. 1) and William Bowyer the younger (vol. 2) Irregularities in pagination: v. 2, page 469 misnumbered 466, page numbers 623, 624 and 625 appear on one page as "623-625"; v. 3, pages 316 and 669 misnumbered 616 and 689 respectively, page 586 unnumbered; v. 5, pages 152-153 misnumbered 154-155, pages 273*-274* inserted between pages 274 and 275; v. 6, iii misnumbered ii, page numbers 130, 131 and 132 appear on one page as "130-132," page numbers 497-596 omitted from sequence; v. 8, page numbers *353-*368 inserted between 352 and 353 Pedigree of Gale; v. 4, fold. geneal. table: p. 536 Pedigree of the Marklands: v. 4, fold. geneal. table: p. 656 Preface to v. 7 signed: S.B. [i.e. Samuel Bentley] Vol. 7 in 2 parts: pt. 1 (published 1813) contains indexes to v. 1-6; pt. 2 (published 1816) contains indexes to v. 8-9 Vol. 8 has double frontispiece Includes bibliographical references and index v. 1. Typographical anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer's press 1699 to 1731. Essays and illustrations -- v. 2. Annals of Mr. Bowyer's press 1732 to 1765. Essays and illustrations -- v. 3. Annals of Mr. Bowyers press 1766 to 1777. First publication of his Memoirs, and other works. Essays and illustrations [including: History of the Stationers' company; A list of their various benefactors; Progress of selling books by catalogues; Printers and booksellers] -- v. 4. Essays and illustrations [including: On the first printed polyglotts; Of public news and weekly papers; History of the origin of pamphlets] -- v. 5. Essays and illustrations [including: History of lexicons, and anecdotes of em
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