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Definition of Caxton
1. Noun. English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491).
Definition of Caxton
1. n. Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caxton
Literary usage of Caxton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Before March 1470-1 Caxton had wholly relinquished his commercial pursuits for
the household service of the duchess. Doubtless this change was due to an ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"That Caxton was a diligent and faithful apprentice may be inferred from the ...
The Low Countries were at that time the great mart of Europe, and Caxton, ..."
3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"If Caxton was of Kentish ancestry, he may have been kin to the ... When Caxton
was born is inferred from an entry in the Warden's accounts of the Mercers' ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There is some evidence to show that Caxton first learned printing at Cologne,
where other famous printers had learned it, but the question is still under ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Other books in the same type were printed by Mansion at Bruges after Caxton's
departure. By September-1476 Caxton had established himself in ..."
6. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Thomas Malory (1868)
"Caxton me fieri fecit.' HARLEIAN CATALOGUE. ... by Syr Thomas Malory Knyght, and
by me (W. Caxton) ..."
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