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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 106
ntury. No FIRST ENGLISH PRINTERS. 95 authentic portrait of Caxton is known, and the one thatis generally accepted is really a portrait of an Italianpoet, Burchiello, taken from an octavo edition of hiswork on Tuscan poetry, printed 1554 ; this was copiedby Faithorne for Sir Hans Sloane as the… … Fig. 40.—Mark of Wynken de Worde. with some alterations. John Lettou and WilliamMachlinia issued various statutes and other legal works.Wynken de Worde continued printing up to 1534,and issued over four hundred works. He used no lessthan nine different marks, all of them bearing Caxtonsinitials,…
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