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Cites a passage from the Dictionary of National Biography in support of a statement in An Introduction to Bibliography.
(Forwarded to McKerrow by Chapman on 3 Jan. 1928.)
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R. B. McKerrow, Introduction to Bibliography | page 72
‘Stereotyping was reinvented at Edinburgh in 1781.’
Cf. D.N.B., s.v. Alexander Tilloch:
‘… son of John Tulloch, a tobacco merchant and magistrate of Glasgow, was born in that city on 28 Feb. 1759. Alexander, who changed his name to Tilloch soon after 1787, was educated at Glasgow University, and early turned his attention to the art of printing. In 1781 he began a course of experiments which resulted in the revival, or rather rediscovery, of the art of stereo-typing. … Tilloch had recourse to the assistance of Andrew Foulis the younger, printer to the university of Glasgow …’
R.H.N.
5 November 1927
[Added by Chapman:]
For you
RWC
R. B. McKerrow Esq.
3/1/28
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The first note is typed, except the initials.