MIDDLETON (Conyers)

Dissertation Concerning the Origin of Printing in England. Shewing, That is was First Introduced and Practised by our Countryman William Caxton, at Westminster: And not, as is Commonly Believed, by a Foreign Printer at Oxford.

      Printed for W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge. 1735. First Edition First Edition, 4to, half-title, ii,29,[1]+2pp., “Books printed for, and sold by William Thurlbourn...”, modern paper wrappers. Bigmore & Wyman II. p.40. “The author proves the fallacy of Atkyns’s theory that Corsellis was brought to England, and the the alleged date of printing in Oxford, 1468, was the result of a misprint... Dr. Middleton’s cleverly-written pamphlet is further interesting as as giving a list of all the books printed by Caxton then in the Public Library at Cambridge... He was for many years principal librarian of the University of Cambridge.”