{"product_id":"literary-anecdotes-of-the-eighteenth-century-comprizing-biographical-memoirs-of-william-bowyer-printer-f-s-a-and-many-of-his-learned-friends-paperback-9781108074094","title":"Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century; Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S.A., and Many of his Learned Friends (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108074094","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiterary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eComprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S.A., and Many of his Learned Friends\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis nine-volume work, published 1812–15, provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Nichols (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108074094, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e776 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4.3 cm, 0.97 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this nine-volume work, published between 1812 and 1815, the author and publisher John Nichols (1745–1826) provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century, and also gives 'an incidental view of the progress and advancement of literature in this kingdom during the last century'. (A shorter version had been published in 1782.) His subjects range from the publisher William Bowyer to Henry Fielding and Horace Walpole, and also include histories of individual publishing houses and of genres such as lexicography. The work remains a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a period when many of the literary genres we take for granted, such as the novel, the autobiography and the analytical history, were first being developed. Volume 3 includes memoirs of Henry Fielding and the printer John Baskerville, and a history of the Stationers' Company.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAnnals of Mr Bowyer's press from 1766 to 1777\u003cbr\u003e First publication of his memoirs and other works\u003cbr\u003e Memoirs of literary persons\u003cbr\u003e History of the Stationers' Company\u003cbr\u003e A list of their various benefactors\u003cbr\u003e Progress of selling books by catalogues\u003cbr\u003e Letters of Mr Daniel Prince\u003cbr\u003e Printers and booksellers\u003cbr\u003e Additions and corrections.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266185384216,"sku":"9781108074094","price":56.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108074094i_78ec4502-73bd-4d70-8712-3d50ad6e0376.jpg?v=1696751488","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/literary-anecdotes-of-the-eighteenth-century-comprizing-biographical-memoirs-of-william-bowyer-printer-f-s-a-and-many-of-his-learned-friends-paperback-9781108074094","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}