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The article discusses eighteenth-century English collections and literature and discusses the bibliographical difficulty presented by these eighteenth-century texts. Topics include an analysis of the work of publishers like Jacob Tonson, and color production that were presented in eighteenth-century natural history books.

An essay is presented on pressman and compositor Benjamin Franklin's printing works in London, England from 1725 to 1726. It assesses the utility of booksellers' catalogues to determine what Franklin might have read. It also attempts to shed light on aspects of Franklin's biography including his first London visit as derived from the "Autobiography," which he began writing in 1771.