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Webster 1913 Edition


Caxton

Cax′ton

,
Noun.
(Bibliog.)
Any book printed by William
Caxton
, the first English printer.
Hansard.

Definition 2024


Caxton

Caxton

English

Proper noun

Caxton

  1. A surname.

Noun

Caxton (plural Caxtons)

  1. Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hansard to this entry?)
    • 2011, Seymour De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts (1530-1930) (page 43)
      This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.