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William Caxton


Born
Kent, kingdom of England
Genre
Nonfiction, Fables


born perhaps 1422
died 1491

William Caxton printed and published Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye , the first book in English, circa 1475.

William Caxton published Le Morte d'Arthur , a collection of romances, of Sir Thomas Malory, in 1485.

William Caxton, a merchant and diplomat, wrote. This person introduced a press in 1476 and retailed books, people think.

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The History of Reynard the Fox
3.77 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1481 — 74 editions
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Dialogues in French and Eng...
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 52 editions
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Caxton: The Description of ...
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3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1480 — 5 editions
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The Game and Playe of the C...
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2.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1474 — 59 editions
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Caxton’s Book of Curtesye (...
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3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1487 — 8 editions
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The Voyage of Saint Brendan...
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The Myrrour of the World
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The Booke of Ovyde Named Me...
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“Love lasteth long as the money endureth.”
― William Caxton
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“Wherin they shalle fynde many Ioyous and playsaunt hystoryes / and noble & renomed actes of humanyte / gentylnesse and chyualryes / For herein may be seen noble chyualrye / Curtosye / Humanyte / frendlynesse / hardynesse / loue / frendshyp / Cowardyse / Murdre / hate / vertue / and synne / Doo after the good and leue the euyl / and it shal brynge you to good fame and renommee / And for to passe the tyme thys boook shal be plesaunte to rede in / ”
― William Caxton
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“He that hath liberty ought to kepe it wel, for nothyng is better than liberty.”
― William Caxton
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