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Bouchot, Henri,1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C.(Edward Clements),1838?-1899, Grevel, H, Einsle, Anton,1848-1897 · London, H. Grevel & Co. · leaf 66
at Louvain. Colard Mansion, who came from France and learned the artof printing either in Mayence or Cologne, was printing at Bruges William Caxtox. 47 about 1476. His first work was Le Jardin de Devotion, andhis type is an imitation of the peculiar French type calledGrossc batarde. He was also… … Fig. iS.—Woodcut from Caxtons Game and Playc of the Chase. at the command of Queen Margaret. This was issued in 1474,and was the first book printed in the English language. In1475 or 1476 Caxton returned to England with a fount of types,which he had employed Mansion to cut and cast for him,…
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