caxton

/ˈkæk.stən/

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name

A surname.

A kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).

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Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.

I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.

This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.

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I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.

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This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.

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