A biography of William Caxton : the first English editor, printer, merchant, and translator
1976, First Edition. London : Frederick Muller Limited. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477472
ISBN: 0584100221
Physical description; viii, 198 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190) and index. Contents; Man of Kent or a Kentish man? – The ambitious apprentice – Appointment in Bruges – At the court of Burgundy – Caxton the romantic – The mystery of Caxton's marriage – The birth of printing – Return to England – Caxton's patrons & friends – Linguist and editor – The red pale – The development of the English press. Subjects; Caxton, William (c. 1422-1491) – Biography. Printers – Great Britain – Biography. Printing – England – London – History – Origin and antecedents. Incunabula – England – London – Bibliography.
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