Details for: CAXTON, William

Name: CAXTON, William County: London Town: London Address(es): In the Almonry at the Red Pale (1477?) / Westminster Abbey Precincts (1476-91) Book Trades: Printer Non-Book Trade: Textiles and clothing (mercer) Trading Dates: 1476 - 1491 Biographical Dates: 1421 (date of birth) - 1491 (date of death) Notes: Formerly in Bruges (1473?-76). Printing material & premises passed to Wynkyn de Worde Sources: Duff, E. Gordon, A Century of the English Book Trade (London, 1948) Pollard, A.W. and Redgrave, G.R., A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, 3 vols. (London 1986, 1976, 1991), esp. vol. 3 Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, quarterly periodical, published by OUP. Extra source information - 6th series vol.7 no.3 Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, quarterly periodical, published by OUP. Extra source information - 1993 vol.xv no.2 6th series

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