A short history of the art of printing in England (1877)
Powell, Arthur, b. 1853 · London : J. M. Powell, "Printers' Register" office · leaf 24
ather. From what hasalready been written,but more especiallyfrom the nature of hisworks, and from theprologues and colo-phons to them, hischaracter may be esti-mated. Honest, veryindustrious and en-terprising, he reacheda position of greathonour among mer-chants. As an authorhe was well versed… … PAC SIMILE OP CAXTONS MARS, knowledge of Latin. He appears to have entered upon without his career as a printer with the true commercial aim of making it pay,and in this he was successful. But the result of carrying out this principlewas that the great majority of the books he published were of no…
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