Francis Burges' "Observations on printing" 1701A reconstruction of the text'

TY - JOUR

T1 - Francis Burges' "Observations on printing" 1701

T2 - A reconstruction of the text'

AU - Stoker, David

PY - 2005/6/1

Y1 - 2005/6/1

N2 - The printer Francis Burges mistakenly believed he had introduced his trade to Norwich in September 1701 with the production of his own work entitled Some observations on the use and original of the noble art of printing. All copies of his small pamphlet now appear to have been lost, but almost all the text was either copied or paraphrased in one or other of five later printed books or manuscripts, dating between 1707 and 1829. This article seeks to describe the background to Francis Burges's lost work, to reconstruct his original text, and to provide annotations concerning his own sources of information.An account and reconstruction of a 'lost' history of printing published in Norwich 1701

AB - The printer Francis Burges mistakenly believed he had introduced his trade to Norwich in September 1701 with the production of his own work entitled Some observations on the use and original of the noble art of printing. All copies of his small pamphlet now appear to have been lost, but almost all the text was either copied or paraphrased in one or other of five later printed books or manuscripts, dating between 1707 and 1829. This article seeks to describe the background to Francis Burges's lost work, to reconstruct his original text, and to provide annotations concerning his own sources of information.An account and reconstruction of a 'lost' history of printing published in Norwich 1701

U2 - 10.1093/library/6.2.161

DO - 10.1093/library/6.2.161

M3 - Article

VL - 6

SP - 161

EP - 177

JO - The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society

JF - The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society

SN - 0024-2160

IS - 2

ER -