OR

THE HISTORY OF PRINTING

IN

ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND:

CONTAINING

Memoirs of our Ancient Printers,

AND A

REGISTER OF THE BOOKS PRINTED BY THEM.

Begun by the late JOSEPH AMES, F. R. & A. SS.
Considerably augmented by WILLIAM HERBERT, of Cheshunt, Herts;

And now greatly enlarged, with Copious Notes,

AND ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROPRIATE ENGRAVINGS;

Comprehending the History of English Literature, and a View of the
Progress of the Art of Engraving, in Great Britain;

BY, THE REV. THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET,

BY WILLIAM SAVAGE, BEDFORD BURY.

1810.

Hereby, tongues are known, knowledge groweth, judgment increaseth, books are dispersed, the Scripture is read, stories be opened, times compared, truth discerned, falshood detected and with finger pointed, and all (as I said) through the benefit of printing.

Fox's BOOK OF MARTYRS, VOL. 1. 927. Edit. 1641.

&c. &c. &c.

THIS EDITION OF THE

Typographical Antiquities.

OF

GREAT BRITAIN,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY HIS

OBEDIENT AND HUMBLE SERVANT

THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN.