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The biography and typography of William Caxton : England's first printer (1877)

Blades, William, 1824-1890 · London : Trübner · leaf 263

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oon after printed again, with theaddition of many others in the Mirrour of the World. The])resent cuts were perhaps the third essay of Caxton in thisdepartment, and for these, judging by the general style, andgi-eater breadth of treatment, he appears to have employedanother artist. The literary… … BOOKS FEINTED IN TYPE NO. 2. 233 dedicated to the Diike of Clarence, the major portion of whichwas a translation from the French, has been superseded intliis edition by a prologue from Caxtons own pen, the ideasin whicli, ^\ith the exception of the first fe^v lines, and almostthe very words, are…

Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 · Printing · Printers -- Great Britain · Printing -- England Origin and antecedents

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