Caxton and his world / N. F. Blake.
Caxton and his world / N. F. Blake.
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Publisher
London : Deutsch, 1969.
Date
1969.
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T0310069 , T0310070
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Language
English
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Physical content
256 p., 10 p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Plates -- 1. Problems of the earliest years -- 2. Mercer and the merchant adventurer -- 3. The printing press -- 4. Choice of texts -- 5. Westminster and the court -- 6. Caxton as editor -- 7. Caxton as translator -- 8. Prologues and epilogues -- 9. Caxton and...
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Publisher
London : Deutsch, 1969.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1969.
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Summary
William Caxton is familiar as England's first printer, but there has not been a full-length scholarly study of him in this century. The result is that a false picture of Caxton has arisen. From the fact that he produced the first editions of Chaucer and Malory, and made many translations from French and Dutch, it was presumed that Caxton was a man...
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Caxton and his world / N. F. Blake.
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Notes
General note
The Language library.
'Caxton's publications': p. 224-239.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 240-249.
Transferred from: E655.142/BLA, N655.142/22.
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Call Numbers
T0310069 , T0310070
Record Identifier
74VveBeN4y0y
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ISBN
0233960937 :
9780233960937 :
DDC
B
655.142
MMS ID
991017219449702626
