"William Caxton" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... At present I content myself with saying on that head that even the proudest of the neighboring squirearchs always spoke of us as a very ancient family. But all my father ever said, to evince pride of ancestry, was in honor of William Caxton, citizen and printer in the reign of Edward IV.,—Clarum et venerabile nomen! an ancestor a man of letters might be justly ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... first book was printed in England, and more attention was then paid to spelling. William Caxton printed this book,—a work on chess. The form of the types came from Germany, and was used till James I. introduced the Roman type. James I. took a great interest in plain and ornamental job printing, and while trying to pick a calling card out of ...
— Comic History of England • Bill Nye
... been known on the Continent for something over twenty years, when William Caxton, a citizen and mercer of London, introduced ...
— A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 • Henry R. Plomer |
