BOWYER, W. The Origin of Printing. London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774. Small 4° (208 x 135mm). Advertisement leaf at end. (Short marginal tear to P2, but without loss, scattered light spotting and browning, heavier to title and at end.) Modern half calf. Provenance: Thomas Wight (ink ownership inscription on title dated 1783) – title extensively annotated and a few other pieces of marginalia in at least two different hands. [Sold with:] [BERESFORD, James] Bibliosophia; or, Book-wisdom. Containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, book-collecting. London: for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1810. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (165 x 98mm). Contemporary cloth (spine fractionally faded, extremities lightly rubbed). [And:] WILLETT, Ralph (1719-1795). A memoir on the origin of printing. In a letter addressed to John Topham. Newcatle: 1820. 8° (187 x 119mm). Straight-grained morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842, armorial binding) – John Fenwick (engraved armorial bookplate) – Reprint; first appeared as an article in Archaeologia Vol. XI, 1794.