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HISTORY OF PRINTING.

was a nnall pamphlet-like miscellany, in sixteen 8vo. pages, published once a fortnight, price one penny.

1745. Tlu Remembranetr. This was a weekly paper undertaken by Mr. James Ralph, a short time previous to the rebellion, to serve the pur- poses of lord Melcombe's party ; and in his lord- ship's Diary Ralph is frequenuy mentioned with distinguished approbation.

1745, Nov. 5. The True Patriot. This perio- dical was written by Henry Fielding, who, zea- lously attached to the house of Hanover and the piotestant religion, exerted all his efforts in their cause, and it was not without its effect in ex- citing the 'sentments of loyalty, and a love for the constitution in the breasts of his countrymen.

1745. 7^ Entertainer, No. 1.

1746, Jan. 10. In the Caledonian Mercury oi this date we find the following notice. "The rebels carried off from Glasgow a printing press, types, and other materials for printing (printing Fnnce Charles's Declaration, &cji together with servants to work in that way." They took from one printer a press, from another some types, and from a third chases, furniture, &c. This happened when the insurgents were on their finsJ retreat northward.

1746. The following names appear in the list of bankrupts. : Dryden Leach, printer, of St. Paul's, Covent Garden ; Andrew Johannot, of Eynsford, Kent, paper maker; and William Smith, stationer, of Preston, Lancashire.

1746. Henry Fie lhino produced his inimi- table novel of T(na Janet. Whether we consider the fruitfulness of its invention, the admirable delineation and variety of its characters, the con- duct of the story, or the winding up of the whole, it will probably ever continue to be one of the most popular novels ever written. It it said, that Fieldmg being much distressed, sold the copy to a bookseller for £25, on condition of being paid by a certain day. In the meantime, he showed the manuscript to Thomson, author of the Seasons, who was immediately struck with its merit, and advised Fielding by all means to get free from the bargain, which he did without much difficulty. Thomson recommended the work to Andrew Millar, the noted bookseller, and the parties met at a tavern over a beef-steak and a bottle. Mr. Millar began with saying, "Mr. Fielding, I always determine on affairs of this sort at once, and never change my offer, I will not give one farthing more than £200." "£200!" cried Field- ing. "Yes," said Millar, " and not one farthing more." Fielding, whose surprise arose from joy, and not disappomtment, shook him by the hand, sealed the bargain, and ordered in two botUes of wine. Mr. Millar got a very large sum by the sale of the work. He, at different times during his life, assisted Fielding to the amount of dC2,500, which debt he cancelled in bis will.

1746, April. The Aberdeen Journal, or North British Magazine, published by Mr. James Chalmers, printer to the town and university of Aberdeen. This was the first newspaper or periodical work in the north of the Frith of

Forth, and the origin of it was the acooimt which he printed of the battle of Colloden. From some cause, however, the paper was not finallyestablished till the month of January,I748.

1746, July 20. The Fool, No. 1. This paper, chiefly devoted to politics, was published for about eight months in the DailyGazetteer.

1746, Aug. 2. The Parrot. This was the pro- duction of Mrs. Haywood and her associates of the Fenude Spectator. It consists but of nine numbers, which were published weekly, price fourpence, and sold by Mr. Gardyner, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

1746. Museum ; or, Literary and Historical Register, No. 1.

1747, March 15. Died, Bsnjamin Ndtt, printer, in the Savoy. John Nott, bookseller, in the Savoy, died before 1716; his widow,Eliza- beth, was living in 1736. Edward Ndtt was a bookseller, at the Royal Exchange. There was a Richard Nutt, a printer, in the Savoy, who died March 11, 1780, aged eighty yean.

1747. Thomas Howe, a native ol Ireland, commenced the art of printing at Basseterre, the capital of the island of St. Clmstopher's4D the West Indies. The art may have been introdnoed two years earlier. See an account of George Howe, son of the above, under the year 1824.

1747, Aug. 7. Died, Michael Maittaibe. He was born in the year 1668, and was no doubt of foreign extraction. He was the second master of Westminster school from 1695 till 1699. To him the republic of letters are indebted for many valuable and correct editions of the Greek ana Latin classics.

In 1709 he gave the first specimen of his great skill in typographical antiquities, by publidting Stephanorum Historia, Vitas ipsorum ac Lihrm compleclens, 8to., which was followed in 1717 by Ilistoria Typographorum aliguot Parisiensi- urn, Vilas et Libros complectens, 8vo. In 1719, Annales Typographiei ab Artis intenta Origine ad Annum MD. Hagtt Cam., 4to. To this volume is prefixed Epistolaris de antiquis Quin- tiliani Editionibvs Dissertatio, clafissimo Fire D. Johanni Clerico. The second volume divided into two parts, and continued to the ^ear 1536, was published at the Hague in 1722, introduced bv a letter of John Toland, under the title of Conjectura verotimilis de primA Typographic Inventione. The third volume, from the same press, in two parts, continued to 1557 ; and, by an Appendix to 1664, in 1725. In 1733 was published at Amsterdam what is usually con- sidered as the fourth volume, under the title of Annales Typographiei ab Artis inventte Origine, ad Annum 1664. Operi Mich. Mmttaire, AM. Editio novo auctior et emendatior, Tami Prim Pars posterior. The awkwardness of this title has induced many collectors to dispose of their first volume, as thinking it superseded by the second edition; but this is by no means the case; the volume of 1719 being equally neces- sary to complete the sett as that of 1733, which is a revision of all the former volumes. In 1741 this excellent work was closed at London, by

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