The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer (1882)
Blades, William, 1824-1890 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 158
ury, as the mechanism of the spindle is evidently improved.It is represented here, however, principally on account of thefigure of a typefounder seen through a door in the background,a feature very rarely pourtrayed: I have not been able to tracethe work for which this woodcut was designed. In all… … Luthers Press. Augsburg, 1522.
Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2 · Printing · Incunabula · Printers
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