Item #439145 A biography of William Caxton : the first English editor, printer, merchant, and translator / Richard Deacon [i.e. D. McCormick]. Richard Deacon.

A biography of William Caxton : the first English editor, printer, merchant, and translator / Richard Deacon [i.e. D. McCormick]

1976, First Edition. London : Frederick Muller Limited. Good cloth copy with shadow stains to prelims, in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Signed copy. Item #439145
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 approximately 1422-1491 or 1492. Caxton William. Caxton, William approximately 1422-1491. Caxton, William ca. 1422-1491 ; Biography. Printing England London History Origin and antecedents. Incunabula England London ; Bibliography. Printers Great Britain ; Biography. Printing History.

Price: €25.00

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