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

Blades, William · 1890

In 1861 was published in quarto the first volume of “The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer, with evidence of his typographical connection with Colard Mansion the Printer at Bruges. Compiled from original sources by William Blades;” the second volume appearing in 1863. In 1877, the year of the Caxton Celebration, a condensed edition of the quarto work was issued in one volume octavo by Messrs. Trübner & Co. In this some alterations and additions rendered necessary by recent discoveries were incorporated.…

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