OF THE

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;

COMPRIZING

Biographical Memoirs

OF

WILLIAM BOWYER, PRINTER, F. S.A.

AND MANY OF HIS LEARNED FRIENDS;

AN INCIDENTAL VIEW

OF THE PROGRESS AND ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE

IN THIS KINGDOM DURING THE LAST CENTURY,

AND

BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES

OF A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF

EMINENT WRITERS AND INGENIOUS ARTISTS;

WITH A VERY COPIOUS INDEX.

BY JOHN NICHOLS, F. S. A.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,

BY NICHOLS, SON, AND BENTLEY, AT CICERO'S HEAD,

RED-LION-PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET.

1812.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Annals of Mr. Bowyer's Press, from 1732 to 1765, ... p. 1—461

XV. Memoirs of the Rev. Robert Markham, D.D. ....682

XVI. Letters of Rev. William Cole to Dr. Ducarel, &c. 685-696

XVII. Rev. Dr. Young and Rev. Mr. Jones of Welwyn.... 697

XVIII. Additions and Corrections

699-724

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