Excerpt from The Library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, K. C. B., Presented by Him to the South African Public Library, Vol. 4: Early Printed Books; Part I., England In describing the Early English Printed Books, it has been deemed advisable to comprise amongst them all those books in the Grey Library which Were printed in England from the first introduction of the art of printing into that country till the end of the Seventeenth Century. For practical reasons a few later books have also been included. 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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