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HISTORY OF PRINTING.

emue during the reign nf Jama I. Charlet /. Charles II. and James II. particularly the lives of the most eminent Catholics ; cardinals, bishops, clergy, Src. : Also a critical account of the works of the teamed ; trials of those who have suffered for religion, Src. with the foundation of all the English colleges and monasteries abroad, and a general history of ecclesiastical affairs under the British, Saxon, and Norman periods. By Charles Dod* Though bearing the imprint of Brussels, (probably to avoid persecution) it was printed at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire.

This work was published as an antidote to bishop Burnet's work, which bears the title of A History of my Oivn7tnu«, published in 1724, and which gives an outline of the civil war and commonwealth, and a full narration of all that took place from the restoration to the year 1713.

1737. GUSTAVDS WiLHELMUS BARON ImHOF,

who was governor of Colombo, now the British capital of the island of Ceylon, anxious that the gospel should be made known to the natives, erected a press at Colombo ; the first book from which was a Prayer-book printed in this year : this was succeeded by a short Confession of faith, executed in the next year, immediatly after which the editors proceeded to an edition of the Four Gospels, which they were enabled to pub- lish in 1739. The whole of the A'ejo Testament, together with the books of Genesis and Exodus, in Cingalese, printed at Colombo between 1771 and 1799, are preserved in the Bodleian library.

1737, Sept. 11. Died, Jeremy Batley, an eminent bookseller, in Paternoster-row.

1737, Sept. 20. Died, Benjamin Sprint, bookseller, m Little Britain. He was one of the governors of Christ church hospital. Whether he was related to Samuel and John Sprint, noticed at page 641 ante, is not mentioned.

1737, Sept. 20. ZKerfjNATHANiEiMisT, printer and proprietor of the Weekly Journal beanng his name ; a paper that was so obnoxious to the go- vernment that it caused him to be several times prosecuted with the utmost rigour of ministerial or parliamentary vengeance.

1737, Nov. "18. Died, Thomas Harbin, stationer, in the Strand, famous for his shining black ink.

1737, Dec. 27. Died, William Bowyer, sen., an eminent printer of London, where he wa^ bom, in 1663 ; he was the son of John Bowyer, citizen and grocer. In 1679, he was bound apprentice to Miles Flesher, admitted to the freedom of the company of stationers, Octo- ber 4, 1686, and ve^ soon after became eminent in his profession. His first printing-office was at the White Horse, in Little Britain, and before the close of the year 1699, Mr. Bowyer removed his office into Dogwell court. White Friars, to a house which had formerly been the George tavern ; and on the 6th of May, 1700, was ad- mitted a liveryman of the company of station- ers. Mr. Bowyer was one of the twenty printers

and died about I7<5.
 * Charles Dod, redded at Harrington, in Worcestershire,

allowed by the cotirt of star chamber. Tke great loss which he sustained by burning of bs printing-office, in 1713, has already been noticed. He was twice married. By his first wife he hai no issue. His second wife was Dorothy,* dangli- ter of Thomas Dawks, a printer of some celetnritr in his day, who in his youth, from 1652 to 1657, had been employed as a compositor on Waltoo^ Pol^gloU Bible.-\ Mr. Bowyer condocted his bnsiness with unremittiDg attention and nnesl- lied reputation, during the long period of his life, and at his death{ was succeeded by his eon William Bowyer, who had been a partner fioa June, 1722. * It is evident, from bis scatteml papers, that Mr.Bowyerseverely felt the afflictkn of his parent's loss, by applying to himsdf the beautiful apostrophe of .£neas to Ancbises.

Hie me pater opUme, fessmn Deseris, hen t tantis neqnicqnam eieiite prrldw.

In the church of Low-Leyton, in Essex, there is a neat marble monument erected by Mr. W. Bowyer to his father's memory and his own, with the following inscription, written by liimsdf many years before his death :

Bine MCaO AB IXTSA

TICIN08 JACST

OULIRLMUS BOWTSR,

TTPOGRArHDS I.OHDrirSH(ia,

Dl CBRISTIAKO BT LrrBRATO OmSB

BBITB MBBITDB;

AB DTROaUB TICISSIX BBMVNBaATOa :

QtrippK CUNCTI8 BONIS BT roaruNiB Sins

8UBIT0 INCENDIO PBN1TV8 DBLKTTS,

MUKIPICBNTIA fiODALIVH STATIONABIOKCM,

BT OUNIUM BONOaUM BATOR,

ABKBPTA8 PACULTATB8 CBBTATIH RBSTAITBAnBB ; t

TANTI BOMINBM VITS IHTBOatTM,

8CBI.1R1&QUB P0RUU, XSriHANTBB,

UT INOBNII PBSHIO BXtTTDM

RIDONARBNT HBRCBDB TIBTOTIS :

TIBIDBM DBPOSniT SBNBCTAM, DBC. V,

PATBI, PATBONIS, rOSTBBI8f|CS BOBVM.
 * '""'ISAI.DTIS 1737-

At the east end of the hall of the stationos' company there is a brass plate with an insoip-

Feb. 37, 1730, aged 70. She was born March fl, I66S; « first married to lUr. Benjatnin Allport, of St. Botn^'i, Bishopsgate, booliseller, Oct. 10, ItSS, and snbseqwattr to Mr. Bowyer, and died Dec. 37, 1717, aged 6s.
 * She was sister to Ictiabod Dawks, printer, who Set

t He was the son of an earlier Thomas, who was al» a printer. He was born at Kelmescote, in Ozfordidiire, Oct S, I63B i and was admitted at mertdiant tailon* 1 ^ril 3, 1649.

The following notes are by Ichabod Dawlcs, the j, mentioned in the Tatter, Nos. 18, 179 ; and SpceCatar, No. 457-

" In 1651, my father, Mr. "Hiomas Dawks, bei^an to votfc at printing, at Mr, Da Card's. He was married in Dec 1660. I Ichabod, born Sept. 23, I6SI. My dew gnat- father, Mr. Thomas Dawks, died May 1 1, 1S70, at l/m Leyton. In the year 1678, 1 began to work with ny father, at Mr. Darby's, in Bartholomew doae. May 1^ 1673, father and 1 went to work at Mrs. BCaacwdTs. Bt was her overseer. Oct. S, 1673, we went to work at Mrs. Flesher's. May, in the year 1074, my fhther set sf to be a master, in Black Flyars. I Ichabod, married A^. 3, 16S7."

t The f oncral expenses were jfS7 los, at that tim* bo small sum.

i In grateful remembrance of these ample beneAetiaaa, the elder Mr. Bowyer had several metal cots eagnatt, representing a Pbeenix rising from the flames, with mdt- able mottoes; which were used by him, and by hix sen, at ornaments in some of the most capital books they fBiBtBd. One of these original tail-pieces may be seen in vol. 31. page 2S3 of Nichols's Literary Anecdotes.