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Caxton

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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No references found			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			cavity radiator cavity resonance Cavity Resonator cavity ringdown laser absorption spectroscopy cavity tie cavity tray cavity tuning cavity vent cavity wall cavity wall tie cavity-type diode amplifier cavo-relievo cavo-rilievo Cavos, Catterino Cavour Cavour, Camillo Benso di Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, Camillo Benso, count di CAVU cavy CAW Cawdor Cawley Cawnpore Caxias do Sul Caxton Caxton, Austin Caxton, William cay cay sandstone Cayce, Edgar Cayenne Cayenne Software Cayes Cayeux, Lucien Cayey Cayley Cayley algebra Cayley numbers Cayley's sextic Cayley's theorem Cayley, Arthur Cayley, George Cayley, Sir George Cayley-Hamilton theorem Cayley-Klein parameters Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse de cayman Cayman Islands Cayo Costa State Park			CAWRA CAWRB CAWRC caws caws caws CAWSC CAWSE CAWSES CAWSO CAWSS CAWST CAWT CAWTAR CAWTG Cawtholic CAWTS CAWU CAWUG CAWUN CAWV CAWW CAx CAx CAx Caxias Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul Caxon Caxton Caxton End Caxton End Caxton End Caxton, Austin Caxton, William Caxton, William cay cay cay cay sandstone CAYA CAYAC CAYAD CAYAM CAYAS CAYB CAYBA CAYBO CAYC CAYCA Cayce / Reilly School of Massotherapy Cayce, Edgar CAYDI Caye Caye Caye Caye Caulker Belize Tourism Industry Association Caye International Bank, Limited CAYEB cayenne

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