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Caxton|ˈkækstən|
[f. the proper name.]
1. ellipt. A book printed by William Caxton (died 1492), the first English printer.
1811Dibdin Bibliom. (ed. 2) 502 From so many Caxtons..it would be difficult to select a few, which, etc. 1870W. Blades (title) How to tell a Caxton.
2. A variety of printing-type, imitating that first used in England by Caxton, introduced by Vincent Figgins in 1855 (for his reprint of the Chess book).
Hence Caxˈtonian a., of or pertaining to Caxton.
1811Dibdin Bibliom. (ed. 2) 499 The love of black-letter lore and Caxtonian typography. |