Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Bruges and the Merchant Adventurers--Caxton’s position there--Journey to London--Fined for not attending the “riding” on Lord Mayor’s Day--Account of the Merchant Adventurers--Caxton appointed Governor; his duties and emoluments--Correspondence between the Mercers Company in L...
Bruges and the Merchant Adventurers--Caxton’s position there--Journey to London--Fined for not attending the “riding” on Lord Mayor’s Day--Account of the Merchant Adventurers--C...
4. CHAPTER IV.Literature in the fifteenth century--Libraries of French kings and Burgundian princes--Philip the Good--Edward IV.--Louis de Bruges--Duke Humphrey--Guild of St. John and of St....
5. CHAPTER V.The gradual development of Books--Manuscripts compared with printed books in their technical aspect--Shape of the letters--Justification of types--Table of books--Tests by which...
6. CHAPTER VI.7. CHAPTER VII.Caxton a printer at Westminster--Dates of his first productions and evidence of the place and date of production--The “Bartholomeus” said to be by Caxton--Printers’ errors--Wynk...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Caxton at Westminster--Position of his press--Not in the Abbey--William Pratt--Maude Caxton--Chronological table of all the books from the Westminster Press--Caxton as a transla...
9. CHAPTER IX.Caxton as a master--His men--Peculiarities of his books--The paper--Paper-marks--The types--Compositor--Punctuation--Pressman--Printing ink--Binder--Rubricator--Illuminator and...
10. CHAPTER I.“I was born and lerned myn englissh in Kente in the weeld where I doubte not is spoken as brode and rude englissh as is in ony place of englond.” Thus briefly does William Caxto...
11. CHAPTER II.Caxton tells us, in his prologue to “Charles the Great,” that, previously to his apprenticeship, he had been to school, but whether in Kent or in London he does not say. He only...
12. CHAPTER III.The City of Bruges had long been not only the seat of government of the Dukes of Burgundy, but also the metropolis of trade for all the neighbouring countries. Thither resorted...
13. CHAPTER IV.The revival of literature in Europe, commencing with the latter part of the fourteenth century, its steady growth, and its wonderful development in the succeeding age, have been...
14. CHAPTER V.Costume, that sure guide of the historian and the antiquary, is perhaps nowhere more discernible than in literature, not merely in the dress of language and expression, but also...
15. CHAPTER VI.Bruges, the old metropolis of Flanders, offers many points of the greatest interest to the historian and the antiquary. In the fifteenth century, it was the chosen residence of...
16. CHAPTER VII.The evidence as to where and from whom Caxton acquired his knowledge of the Art of Printing has been considered by nearly every bibliographer as being confined entirely to the i...
17. CHAPTER VIII.In the preceding chapters Caxton’s career as an Apprentice, as a Merchant, as Governor of the Merchant-Adventurers, as a Magistrate, and as an Ambassador, has been traced; the r...
18. CHAPTER IX.The question of the exact spot upon which England’s first printing press was established has already been discussed. The well-known advertisement of Caxton, which states that pi...
19. Book I ends on sig. ~b~ 8 verso; Book II on ~f j~ recto; Book III onREMARKS.--A good account of the source of this poem, and a comparison between it and Shakspere’s “Troilus and Creside,” with which, however, it appears to have had little connec...