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Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MD [-MDLVII. -Appendix ... ad annum MDCLXIV] / Operâ Mich. Maittaire, A.M.

  • Maittaire, Michael, 1667-1747.
Date:
1719-1741
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    35 riam L o n d i n i exerceri, fed potius O x o n i a m deduci pla- 33 cuit 5 id hortante Archiepiscopo , qui Cancellarius utique noller 3, tunc temporis fuerat 5 unde Artifex ifte transfuga Oxoniam 33 transmilTus eft , cuftodiente illum vigilum manu fatis valida , ne , 33 antequam prqmifla praeftaret 3 furtim fefe ex A n g l i a fubtraherer. 33 Atque hunc in modum decem prius annis Artem Typographicam 33 OxoNiENSES exercuimus, quam in quocunque alio Europa 53 loco innotefceret, Harlemum fi excipias, & 3 quse cum Op- 33 pido illo de ipfa Artis inventione contendit, M o g u n t i a m j ta- 33 metfi haud ita multo poft , ut nobiliflima haec Ars magis propaga¬ ns retur jWestmonasterii etiam praelum inftruebatur,necnon 33 ad S. Albani, quin Wigorni^ aliisque Monafleriis5 ex- 33 cudendis argumenti Theologici & Medicinalis codicibus. Libros 33 autem Juris vetitum erat typis mandare. Haec quidem Antiquarius nofter Oxoniensis: in quibus eum a vero plus femel aberrafle jam adnotavit Chevillerius. Ars enim Typographica ante annum i4fp. inventa eft, neque decem annis Oxo- N11 prius quam in alio (praeter Harlemum & Mogunttam) loco tradtata j quod conflat ex Lactantio anno iqyy. S u b l a- ci, & Ciceronis Epiftolis anno 146'/. Rom^ excufis. In reliquis, qu£e adTouRNouRi Caxto ni que profedlionem attinent, quoniam Antiquarius nulla alia praeterquam fua Authoritate ea fulcit, fidem his faciam ex authentico Codice manufcripto , cujus meminit Richardus Atkyns Armiger decennio , antequam Antonius fuas ederet Antiquitates. Illum Richardi At¬ kyns Libellum mihi impertivit Pembrokianus Comes,de cujus fingulari humanitate in litteraria re promovenda nunquam poftlim fa¬ tis pro illius meritis dicere. Ex eo autem Libello non pauca quaedam excerpta ac mutila, fed integrum eodem, quo fe habet, fermone lo¬ cum apponam 5 unde Ledlori liberum fit Antonii interpretatio¬ nem (quam hujus loci efie puto) conferre, 6c totam quaeftionem de¬ cidere. ,, original and growth of Printing j colle5ied out of Hijiory and the „ Records of this Kingdom ',wherem is alfo demonftrated ^ that Printing ap- „ pertaineth to the Prerogathe Royal and is a flower of the Crown of „ England. By Richard Atkyns Efq. By order and ap~ 5, pointment of Mr. Secretary Morice.London. i 664. 41°. [ p 2. ] „ Concerning the time of bringing this excellent Art into Eng- „ L AN D 3 and by whofe expence and procurement it was brought j „ modern Writers of good reputation do moft erroneoufly agree to- „ gether. Mr. Stowe in his Survey of London (pag. 404.) „ fpeaking of the 37. year of King H e n r y the 6^^. his reign, which „ was Ann. Domini 1479. faith , that the noble fcience of Printing Di » was