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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 MDCCLXXVII
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- Creator
- by John Nichols, his apprentice, partner, and successor
- Other Title
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- Anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- London : Printed by and for the author, 1782
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- viii, 232 pages, 231*-*232, 233-512, 521-666 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portraits ; 27 cm
- OCLC
- ocm01932911
- Text and register are continuous despite the pagination.
- "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.
- Later ed. called "Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century".
- Includes publisher's advertisements (p. 666).
- Portrait signed: Jacobus Basire ad vivum del el sculp.
- Signatures: [A]⁴, B⁴-2F⁴, 2G⁵, 2H⁴-4L⁴, 4M⁵, 4N²-4Q².
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ESTC, T58716.