A General History of Printing; From the First Invention of It in the City of Mentz, to Its Propagation and Progress Thro' Most of the Kingdoms in Europe: ... by S. Palmer
A General History of Printing; From the First Invention of It in the City of Mentz, to Its Propagation and Progress Thro' Most of the Kingdoms in Europe: ... by S. Palmer,
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1733 Excerpt: ... who have publish'd many wretched editions-, and'tis probable they might have still increas'd, had not the university check'd their growth For as it has such power A a over over all Printers and booksellers, as to refuse admitting those into the business, who are not sufficiently qualify'd, and to turn them out of it, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1733 Excerpt: ... who have publish'd many wretched editions-, and'tis probable they might have still increas'd, had not the university check'd their growth For as it has such power A a over over all Printers and booksellers, as to refuse admitting those into the business, who are not sufficiently qualify'd, and to turn them out of it, or suspend or fine them for any misdemeanors, as was hinted before; it can more easily restrain them, than where such checks are wanting. However those, whose merit recommends them, enjoy all the encouragement they can reasonably desire, both from their princes and the university. They are endow'd with privileges, exemptions, and immunities beyond any other city, and have had frequent opportunities of raising themselves to great dignities, of acquiring large estates, and in short, every thing suitable to their merit. y C H A P. V. The Settlement and "Progress of Printing in the Cities 0/Cologn, Milan 1470, Strasburgh, Bolognia tf#Treviso 147s, the Names, Dates, and other Particulars of their Printers. Article t COLOGN. 1470. TH E city of Cologn, (which is one of the most opulent Hans-towns in the empire, and an archiepiscopal see, pleasantly situated upon the Rhine, ) by its nearness to Mentz, must necessarily have receiv d the Art of Printing very early. We have taken notice, in the first book of this history, that some of Faust's servants left him even before the taking of that city, and settled at Cologn; and the author of the Chronicle of that name mentions it as the first city, which receiv'd the art after Mentz. 'Tis unquestionable that if her first impressions had been prescrv'd, we must have given it the precedency to almost all the cities hitherto mention'd; but whether the first printers of it neglected to add their own, and the ...
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