Draft of John Bagford's letter to Hans Sloane, page 6

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Photograph of a draft of letter to Hans Sloane in John Bagford's hand, discussing his proposed history of printing
First draft of John Bagford's letter to Hans Sloane, British Library, MS Sloane 1435, fol. 3v. This letter was used as the basis for John Bagford's heavily edited essay printed in Philosophical Transactions, "An essay on the invention of printing" (1707).

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Draft of a letter in John Bagford's hand

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    6 MB
  • copyright status
    Public Domain
  • creator
    John Bagford
  • credit
    Photograph by Whitney Trettien.
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    Whitney Trettien
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