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The biography and typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer

The biography and typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer

by William Blades

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Author
Blades, William, 1824-1890
Title
The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer
Original Publication
New York: Scribner and Welford, 1882.
Credits
deaurider, Terry Jeffress, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Last Edit of Project Info
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Westminster (London, England) -- Imprints
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78654
Release Date
May 11, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE BIOGRAPHY AND TYPOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM CAXTO N, ENGLAND’S FIRST PRINTER .
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE PAPER. — THE TYPES. — Type No. 1. — Type No. 2. — Type No. 3. — Type No. 4. — Type No. 5. — Type No. 6. — THE COMPOSITOR. — PRESSES, PRESSMEN, AND PRINTING-INK. — THE BOOKBINDER. — THE ILLUMINATOR, THE RUBRISHER, AND THE WOOD-ENGRAVER. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.APPENDIX TO BIOGRAPHY.
  16. 16.APPENDIX. — MERCERS’ RECORDS.—WARDENS’ ACCOUNTS. — 1348. — 1401. — 1427-1428. — 1430-1431. — 1431-1442. — 1435-1436. — 1437-1438. — 1438-1439. — 1440-1441. — 1442-1443. — 1448-1449. — 1450-1451. — 1453. — 1462-1463. — 1464-1465. — 1465. — 1466. — 1468. — MERCERS’ RECORDS.—RENTER WARDEN’S ACCOUNTS. — 1463-1464. — 1464-1465. — 1467-1468. — 1475. — 1477. — 1484. — THE WILL OF ROBERT LARGE, — TRANSLATION. — BRUGES RECORDS.—JUDGMENTS. — ( Translation. ) — BRUGES RECORDS.—TOWN REGISTERS. — ( Translation. ) — ISSUE ROLL OF THE EXCHEQUER. — 1474. — 1478. — 1480. — 1481. — 1490-92. — ST. MARGARET’S RECORDS. GUILD OF OUR LADY; WARDENS’ ACCOUNTS. — (24th June, 1474, to 24th June, 1477.) — CONCERNING THE TREATY OF BURGUNDY. — A SHEET OF PAPER IN THE NATIONAL RECORD OFFICE. — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 1.
  18. 18.EXPLANATION OF TERMS. — LIST OF BOOKS IN TYPE No. 1. — BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 1.
  19. 19.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 2.
  20. 20.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 2. — BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 2. — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 3.
  22. 22.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 3.
  23. 23.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 3. — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 4.
  25. 25.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPES No. 4 AND 4*.
  26. 26.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 4. — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 5.
  28. 28.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 5.
  29. 29.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 5.
  30. 30.A DESCRIPTION OF BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 6.
  31. 31.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE No. 6.
  32. 32.BOOKS PRINTED IN TYPE NO. 6.
  33. 33.Untitled
  34. 34.POSTHUMOUS AND DOUBTFUL WORKS. — Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum. — The Metamorphoses of Ovid. — The Life and Miracles of Robert Earl of Oxford. — A Ballad.
  35. 35.THE COMPARATIVE RARITY OF BOOKS PRINTED BY CAXTON,
  36. 36.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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