An Historical Essay on the Origin of Printing [Extr. from Dictionnaire Bibliographique Choisi Du Quinzieme Siecle] Tr. [By T. Hodgson.]. - Softcover
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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... author later by more than a century, than the pretended discovery of printing, made in the city of Harlem, by Laurence Coster.4' V. As this story, this fabulous narrative of Junius, (who was settled in Harlem about the year 1560, where, according to all appearances, he composed his Batavia, published after his death at Leyden, in 1588,) is the only paper, the only testimony, the only document, upon which the partisans of the city of Harlem found their typographical system, it is necessary to notice it particularly. The following is nearly the substance of this narrative:5 much surprised to find therein, to make use of the expression of the letter, not an iota of proof; on the contrary, he proves there, as we shall see in the sequel, that the too famous prototypographer, the said Coster, has not even existed. 4 Hadrian Junius (de Jonghe), a native of Hoorn, in West Friesland, after having long practised physic at Harlem, was obliged, by the storm of war, to retire into Zealand, where he died the 16th of June, 1575, of vexation at having lost his library and manuscripts, by the pillage of Harlem, in 1573. It appears, by the dedication of his Batavia, addressed to the States of Holland, and dated the 6th of January, 1575, that this work was then ready for press; but his death, happening some months after, probably retarded the publication of it till 1588, when it was printed at Leyden, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, in 4to. 5 I here add Junius's own words from the Leyden edition of 1588, 4to. pages 255 and 256:--C VI. "It is now about 128 years," says Junius, "since Laurence, the son of John, a citizen of Harlem, and surnamed Coster (that is, sacristan or "Habitavit ante annos centum duodetriginta Harlemi in aedibus satis splendidis (ut documento esse potest f...
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