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Caxton

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Cax·ton  (kkstn), William 1422?-1491.
English printer who published the first book in English, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (c. 1475).
Caxton [ˈkækstən]
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1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a book printed by William Caxton
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a style of type, imitating the Gothic, that Caxton used in his books
Caxton2
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(Biographies / Caxton, William (?1422-1491) M, English, WRITING: printer, WRITING: translator) William. ?1422-91, English printer and translator: published, in Bruges, the first book printed in English (1475) and established the first printing press in England (1477)
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Noun1.Caxton - English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
William Caxton


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It is not quite known who first discovered the art of printing, but William Caxton was the first man who set up a printing-press in England.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
Bonus Accursius, as early as 1475-1480, printed the collection of these fables, made by Planudes, which, within five years afterwards, Caxton translated into English, and printed at his press in West- minster Abbey, 1485.
Fables by Aesop View in context
But the same motive which prevents my writing the dialogue of the piece in Anglo-Saxon or in Norman-French, and which prohibits my sending forth to the public this essay printed with the types of Caxton or Wynken de Worde, prevents my attempting to confine myself within the limits of the period in which my story is laid.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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