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    William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into...
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    around 1470 and was first published in a printed edition in 1485 by William Caxton. Until the discovery of the Winchester Manuscript in 1934, the 1485...
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  • written language and a shift to secular writing. In the late 15th century William Caxton printed four-fifths of his works in English, which helped to standardize...
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    City of Westminster in 1900. It was renamed Caxton Hall at that time to commemorate the printer, William Caxton, who had worked in the almonry of Westminster...
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  • (printed by William Caxton in Westminster) William Caxton (translation from the French of Raoul Le Fèvre) – History of Jason (printed by Caxton) Bible in...
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    printer's devil. Some boys claimed their names descended from an apprentice William Caxton had in the 1470s. His name changed from De Vile, to DeVille and Deville...
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    work was the collection made out of Caxton's 1476-8 productions, known since the time of Caxton scholar William Blades as “the volume purchased by King...
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    about the saints. It was one of the first books William Caxton printed in the English language; Caxton's version appeared in 1483 and his translation was...
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    The Game and Playe of Chesse is a book by William Caxton, the first English printer. Published in the 1470s, it is one of the earliest titles published...
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    filming and they are open to the public. The Lyme Caxton Missal, an early printed book by William Caxton, is on display in the Library. The land now occupied...
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