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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
- A surname.
Noun
Caxton (plural Caxtons)
- 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.