The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

PRINTING—INVENTION 205 Bowyer, William, 1699-1777, ed. 655.11 F7 99606 The origin of printing: in two essays: I. The subftance of Dr. Middleton’s DiMertation on the origin of printing in England. II. Mr. Meerman’s Account of the fir(t invention of the art. An appendix is annexed, 1. On the firft-printed Greek books. 2. On the firft-printed Hebrew books, with obfervations on (ome modern editions; and a collation, from Walton’s Polyglott, of a remarkable paffage, as printed in Kings and Chronicles. 3. On the early polyglotts. London, W. Bowyer, and J. Nichols, 1774. xvi, 144 p. 2Icm. -------- Supplement ... . [London?], 1781. [2] p., p. I79-3OO. 2Icm. Contents.—Dr. Ducarel’s letter to Mr. Meerman. — Mr. Meerman’s answer to Dr. Ducarel.—Mr. Meerman’s second answer. — Early books at Harleim. — Dr. Taylor’s letter on the subject of the Paris Bible. — Additional remarks. Bruun, Christian Walther, 1831-1906. L655.11 O900 78082 pe nyeSf-e undersøgelser om bogtrykkerkunstens opfindelse, af Chr. Bruun. Med 6 tavler og 1 5 figurer i texten. Kjøbenhavn, P. G. Philipsen, 1889. viii, 92, [4] p. illus., VI facsim. (2 fold.) 34-åcm. ‘^Udgivet af Forening for bogh aand værk.” “Oplagets størrelse 688 expl., hvoraf 38 expl. er trykt paa haandgjort papir.” Contents. — Fortale. — Laurens Janszoon Coster. — Johan Gutenberg. — Det techniske i bogtrykkerkunstens opfindelse. Castellani, Carlo, 1822-1897. 655.11 0901 90274 L’origine tedesca e l’origine olandese dell’ invenzione della stampa. Testimonianze e documenti raccolti e illustrati da C. Castellani .... Venezia, F. Ongania, 1889. 67 p. 23icm. Daunou, Pierre Claude Francois, 1761-1840. 655.11 G300 90053 Analyse des opinions diverses sur l’origine de l’imprimerie, par Daunou, ... . Lue a la seance de l’Institut national, le 2 floréal an 10. Paris, Renouard, an XI [1803]. [2], 138 p. 2Ocm. Also printed in Mémoires de l’Institut (Acad. sei. morales et politiques), t. 4, 1803; also in Lambinet, Origine de l’imprimerie, 1801, t. I, p. 311-434. De Vinne, Theodore Low. 655.11 N600 '"'s The invention of printing. A collection of facts and opinions de- scriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates. Second edition. 557 p. il. 1 pl. O. New-York: F. Hart & Co., 1878.