Life and Typography of William Caxton, England''s First Printer - With Evidence of His Typographical Connection With Colard Mansion,

A two-volume work by William Blades, published in 1861-3, on the life and activities of the printer William Caxton.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Essay's on Caxton's Printing Office: 1. The master printer; 2. The paper; 3. The types; 4. The compositor; 5. Presses, pressmen, and printing ink; 6. The bookbinder; 7. The illuminator, the rubrisher, and the wood-engraver; 8. Results; Part II. Of Books Printed with the Various Types of William Caxton; Addenda; Statistics and tables; Index.

Summary

This two-volume work on the life and activities of the printer William Caxton was written by another printer, William Blades, and published in 1861–3. Volume 2 offers an essay on Caxton's working practices and a bibliographical account of every book by him then known to have survived.

Product details

• Authors: William Blades, Blades William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108073561
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07356-1
• No. of pages: 492
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries; The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Literary studies: general