The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer by Blades

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Author	Blades, William, 1824-1890
LoC No.	09024383
Title	The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer
Edition	Second edition.
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	Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Subject	Printing -- England -- London -- History -- Origin and antecedents
Subject	Incunabula -- England -- London -- Bibliography
Subject	Printers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Subject	Westminster (London, England) -- Imprints
Category	Text
EBook-No.	78654
Release Date	May 11, 2026
Copyright Status	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	215 downloads in the last 30 days.
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