william caxton

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Definition von william caxton im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: {i} (1422-1491) English printer and translator, first English printer, printed the first book in England in 1474; the first person in England to print books. He learned about printing in Germany, where the first books in Europe were printed, then returned to England to start a printing business there (?1422-91). born 1422, Kent, Eng. died 1491, London First British printer. He was a prosperous mercer when he began to translate French literature and learn printing. He set up a press in Belgium and published his translation The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (1475), the first book printed in English. Returning to England, he set up another press and produced the first dated book printed in English, Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers (1477). His varied output about 100 items, including books on chivalric romance, morality, and history and an encyclopaedia that was the first illustrated English book (1481) shows that he catered to a general public as well as to wealthy patrons

william caxton