Excerpt from Encyclopædia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote: Being a Chronological Digest of the Most Interesting Facts Illustrative of the History of Literature and Printing, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Interspersed With Biographical Sketches of Eminent Booksellers, Printers, Type-Founders In a work which contains such a multiplicity of dates, it is to be expected that numerous errors may be detected, occasioned by the contradictory evidences from which they have been taken, and from those inaccuracies which, with the utmost care, will arise in going through the press but the most scrutinizing attention has been paid to make the work as perfect as possible, though, it should be taken into consideration, that during the time of compilation and printing, I have not in th ted my labours in a printing office and the only time I have had the matter, or of correcting the proof sheets, has been taken from the hours of rest or leisure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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