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About this object

  • Maker:

    de Worde, Wynkyn

  • ID:

    A14538

  • Production date:

    1497

  • Location:

    In Store

  • This book was originally compiled by the printer William Caxton in 1480. It gives an account of the history of England up the accession of Edward IV. A woodcut representing 'London' illustrates the legendary foundation of the city by the Trojan Brutus. Caxton introduced printing by moveable type to England in 1476, an invention from Cologne in Germany. This edition of the book was printed in 1497 by Wynkyn de Worde, a printer from Alsace in France, who took over Caxton's Westminster press when he died. Wynkyn de Worde moved the business to Fleet Street, the centre of the book trade. He printed best-selling religious works, school textbooks and anthologies of poetry. Most of these books had attractive illustrations.

  • Measurements

    H 250 mm; W 190 mm (closed), H 250 mm; W 380 mm (open), D 38 mm

  • Materials

    paper; ink

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

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