The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer (1882)
Blades, William, 1824-1890 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 271
ious chapters.As already noticed, there seems a probability that the twocuts for Parvus Chato, third edition, were the earliest usedby Caxton. These were soon after printed again, with theaddition of many others in the Mirrour of the World. Thepresent cuts were perhaps the third essay of Caxton in… … BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE NO. 2. 235 The literary history of the work has been given under thefirst edition, but we must notice that the original prologuededicated to the Duke of Clarence, the major portion of whichwas a translation from the French, has been superseded inthis edition by a prologue from…
Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2 · Printing · Incunabula · Printers
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