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VGW(RI.769.035
30 Mar 1769:22 (151)
London, . . . Jan 25. . . . There has lately been presented
to the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, &c. in the
Strand, a specimen of a type for printing music, newly
invented by Mr. Fough, a gentleman of real ingenuity; which
type, the society have found, upon examination, to merit
their entire approbation; and judged, that this method of
printing music, is 'an improvement superior to any before in
use in Great-Britain; and that it appears to answer all the
purposes of engraving in wood, tin, or copper, for that end,
and can be performed with much less expence.' A fresh
instance of the large advancement of the arts to perfection
amongst us.
So prevailing is the custom of the present age to imitate
the manners of the great, that a player lately had his son
christened by the three following names, Isaac Bickerstaff
Mungo.
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