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HISTORY OF PRINTING.
Mr. Langford, Feb. 20-21, 1780. His libraiy of books, manuscripts, and prints, May 5-12, by the same auctioneer. Among the books, was a copy of Tindall's New Tatament, supposed to be the only copy which escaped the flames when the impression was bought up by order of Tonstall, bishop of London, and burnt.* It sold for four- teen guineas and a half. A collector in the pay of lora Oxford had bought it for a few shillings, upon which his lordship was so pleased, that ne 8ettledjC20 a-year upon the man. Mr.Aines had bought it from Thomas Osborne, the bookseller, after he purchased lord Oxford's library.
1768, Dec. 16. Died, Jon4Tban Tatlor, formerly a stationer, who had retired from business to Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire, where he died. His name is here inserted as a oom-
Sliment to his iiUenlxoni. He left to Christ's, >eron, and Exeter and Bath hospitals, and to the society for propagating the gospel, £100 each, the interest of £100 to be divided every Christmas amongst ten poor widows of the stationers' company, the interest of £70 for two boys to be taueht navigation at Weymouth ; to the mavor and corporation of Dover, a silver punch bowl of 200 ounces, in commemoration of his recovery from a dangerous fit of sickness gained in France ; and if a county hospital be erected at Dorchester within seven yean, £100, and interest at 4 per cent. But m>m some in- formality in his will the leg^ies were set aside by the lord chancellor.
1758, Dec. 25. Died, James Hertey, author of Meditations among the Tomh$, Theron and Atpasio, and other works of eminence. In learn- ing and genius inferior to few, in benevolence and piety inferior to none. He was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, February 26, 1714, and died at Weston Flavell, near the same town, of which place he was rector.
1758. l%e New American Magazine, fvib\iilbei monthly, at Woodbridge,in New Jersey, for two years. The editor was Samuel Nevil, judge of the supreme court of New Jersey, speaker of the house of assembly, and mayor of Amboy.
1758. The New England Magazine of Know- Udge and Pleantre. It contained sixty pages 12mo. and continued only four months.
1759, Feb. 28. Died, Thomas AsTi.Er,a book- seller in very considerable and extensive business, and well known as the publisher of an excellent Colleetion of Voyaget.
1759, Jtme 17. Died, Charles Ackers, the original printer of the London Magazine. He was many years in the commission of the peace for the county of Middlesex.
1759, Jtme. TheAmtual Regieter; or, a View of the Hittorv, PoUHet, and Literature of the year 1758, printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, London. This well-known and doable work, being the first of its kind, properly so called, that appealed in this country, was projected by Robert Dodsley, the bookseller, in conjunction with Mr. Eidmund Burke, who was already well
- 8m paces «3t ud 904, ante.
known in the literanr dieks of the metropolM aa the author of the Essay on the Sitblimt ami Beautiful, the Vindication cf Natural SoeUtg, and other anonymous works. There is no doubt that, for some yean, the historical narrative wac written by Burke, who also probably edited the publication and selected the rest of its contents. He appears to have been paid for his services at the rate of £100 the volume. Mr. Prior, in his Life of Bwrke, has given engraved ftc-omiUes of two receipts signed by him for two sums of £50 paid to him by Dodsley for the Annual Begiter of 1761, the first dated on the 28th of March in that year, and the second on the 30th of Man^ in the year following. Burke took a g^reat interest in the conduct of the Ammal BegUter almost as long as he lived ; and Mr. 'Pnm states that much of it was written Cram his dictatian for about thirty years.
1759, June 19. Died, Daniel Miownrrxa, an eminent bookseller, in St. Paul's chuich-yard, who by his will, dated June 20, 1750, proved February 7, 1767, gave to the company £1000 after the decease of his wife, on condition of their paying £14 a-year to the parish of Homae^, and the like sum to the parish of St. Faith's, in London, for the purpose of apprenticing^ from each two poor children (boys or giils) aonnaUy, and to buv them some clothes when they go oat. The remamder, £2, to be applied towards the expence of a dinner, on the first of December. This sum was paid (aJEter the death of the widow) April 4, 1770.
1759, Dec. 4. Died, Nathaniel Cole, who had held the office of clerk to the company of stationers irom 1 726 to Nov. 6, 1759, and was this day elected into the court of assistants. He gave to the companv £100 ; out of which 40t. to be annually added to eater's dinner, and £lOi)mofe " to buv a silver candlestick with, fisr their table on public days."
1769, Aug. 1 . The Royal Magazine ; or, Gem- tlenutn't MontUy Comvanion,'iiio. 1.
1759, Sept. Politieal and Hittorieal Mercury.
1759, Smt. 20. 7^ QnnptroUer, in Frend and English, published by John Pridden, book- seller, Ludgate hill.
1750, Oct. 6. The Bee. This weekljperiodical was the production of Oliver Gold8mit6,and was extendea but to eight numbers, the last being dated November 24, 1759.
1759, Oct. The Ladiet Magazine, published by John Wilkie, bookseller. Fleet-street
1759,2Voi>. I. The Impartial Review : or. Lite- rary Journal, No. 1.
1759, Dee. 22. The Weekly Magazine ; or, Gentletium and Lady's Polite Companion ; by a society of gentlemen. No. 1.
1760, Jan. 1 . British Magazine ; or. Monthly Repository for CfentUmen and LaiUes, No. 1. by Tobias Smollett, M. D. and others.
1760, Jan. 12, The Public Ledger (newspaper) 1760, Jan, 26. 7%c Public Magazine, every other week. No. 1.
1760, Jan. The Imferial Magazine. 1760, Jan. The Royal Female Magaxime.
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