William Caxton and the first English press

Author(s)

• Winship, George Parker

Bibliographic Information

William Caxton and the first English press

by George Parker Winship

E.B. Hackett, the Brick Row Book Shop, 1938

Other Title

Caxton

Note

"A bio-bibliographical essay on the life of the governor of the English nation in Burgundy, the editor of the first printed work on English history, the first publisher of the Canterbury tales, and the first English essayist: together with an original leaf of the Polycronicon"

Original leaf inserted on inside of back cover, protected by isinglass

Details

• NCID: BB01569334
• LCCN: 38031449
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 44 p.
• Size: 33 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z232.C38
  • DC : 926.55
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2
  • LCSH : Incunabula -- England -- London -- Bibliography
  • LCSH : Westminster (London, England) -- Imprints