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I fhali alfo difcourfe at large of the Invention of ma- 
king Paper in Europe from all the beft Authors, with large 
Obfervations of my own ^ the time when it began infe* 
veral Places, moreefpecially in England $ and I intend to 
exhibit a Specimen of the Marks of the old Paper, which 
has not yet been attempted by any. 
Bookbinding (hall be handled in all its Parts, its fe ve- 
ral Ages and Times : Alfo the Form, Size and Volume, 
Folding* Sewing, Headbanding, feveral forts of Boards 
for Covers, Clafping, Boiling, Alfo in all Countries^ 
as China^ Perfia, Turkey, Greece , Ancient and Modern 
Germany , Italy , France , Holland and Spain 5 but more par- 
ticularly England . 
The Devices, Rebuts, and Signs of the Ancient Prin- 
ters. will take up a whole Chapter, where their Defcent 
and Genealogies {hall be fhewn, and how they foe- 
ceeded one another in their Office, or Printing Houfe. 
On this Subject I have no Path to follow 5 but Drau- 
dens hath a T-radfc I find mentioned, that treats of the 
ancient Devices of the Printers, but after my Inquiry, I 
could never fee it, and fo can receive no affiftance from 
ft. Alfo NauIeusS Life of Lewis - the Eleventh hath arx- 
Account of Fauft's Printing the Bible in the Latin Tongue^ 
his bringing them to Paris , and vending them there for 
MSS* his Troubles and Acquisitions before the Parliament, 
being tried for a Conjurer, which I conceive gave occa*- 
fion for that foolifh Book, that goes under the Name of 
Dr Fauftuss Life'. This is not my own thought, but the; 
Sentiments of others, for we have another Example of the 
like nature for our famous Roger Bacon ,v tho 5 fotrie Centu- 
ries of Years before, who had the like Fate. 
Since my fecond Voyage to Holland, to fatisfie mj Cu 
riofity 'and remove, feme Scruples about the Book at Har* 
| /e^and the Statue btCofier P having re col lifted my fel.f aft 
' ter my firCY Voyage, and difeourfing with Mr. Taiwan Tun • 
about Holland and.rhe Statue of Cojhr $ he told rue he had 
