William Caxton

William Caxton is by E. Gordon Duff. The book says that in the Life of Caxton by Blades the books are arranged according to types, which would be an excellent plan if the use of one type had been discontinued as soon as a newer one was made. The author says that, with the exceptions just given, none of Caxton's books printed between May, 1487, and his death in 1491 bear any date, so that although all may be approximately dated, their exact order cannot be determined.

The author says that two interesting romances were printed about 1489, the History of the Four Sons of Aymon and the History of Blanchardyn and Eglantine. The book quotes a prologue to the Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, written in 1471, in which Caxton says he continued by the space of xxx yere for the most part in the contres of Braband, Flandres, Holand, and Zeland. The book says Caxton finished his translation and printed the book, a work of 894 printed pages, each page containing two columns of 55 lines.