Caxton, William approximately 1422-1491 or 1492

Overview

Works:	1,527 works in 4,724 publications in 9 languages and 69,362 library holdings
Genres:	Poetry Biography Arthurian romances History Bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc Legends Fiction Fables Folklore
Roles:	Translator, Author, Printer, Editor, Other, Adapter, Honoree, Creator, Author of introduction, Director, Publishing director, Publisher
Classifications:	PA6522.M2, 873.01

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Most widely held works about William Caxton

Chaucer in perspective : Middle English essays in honour of Norman Blake by Geoffrey Lester( )
William Caxton and English literary culture by N. F Blake( )
William Caxton by Frieda Elaine Penninger( Book )
The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer by William Blades( Book )
To the tower born by Robin Maxwell( Book )

Caxton, mirrour of fifteenth-century letters; a study of the literature of the first English press by Nellie Slayton Aurner( Book )
Caxton and his world by N. F Blake( Book )
England in the age of Caxton by Geoffrey Hindley( Book )
William Caxton and his critics : a critical reappraisal of Caxton's contributions to the enrichment of the English language, with Caxton's Prologue to Eneydos in facsimile, and rendered into present-day English by Curt F Bühler( )
William Caxton : a biography by George D Painter( Book )
Symbolic Caxton : literary culture and print capitalism by William Kuskin( )
Caxton : England's first publisher by N. F Blake( Book )
A biography of William Caxton : the first English editor, printer, merchant, and translator by Richard Deacon( Book )
William Caxton, 1424-1491 by Henry R Plomer( Book )
William Caxton : a portrait in a background by Edmund Childs( Book )
English books & readers, 1475-1557 : being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers' Company by H. S Bennett( Book )
Pioneers in printing: Johann Gutenburg, William Caxton, William Caslon, John Baskerville, Alois Senefelder, Frederick Koenig, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Tolbert Lanston by Seán Jennett( Book )
Caxton in focus : the beginning of printing in England by Lotte Hellinga( Book )
William Caxton : a quincentenary biography of England's first printer by George D Painter( Book )
William Caxton, the first English printer: a biography by Charles Knight( Book )

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Most widely held works by William Caxton

The curial made by maystere Alain Charretier by Alain Chartier( )

53 editions published between 1888 and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 2,197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The golden legend : readings on the saints by Jacobus( Book )

116 editions published between 1483 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Among the books which afford us an insight into the popular religious thought of the middle ages, none holds a more important place than the Legenda Aurea or Golden Legend. The book was compiled and put into form about the year 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, who laid under contribution for his purpose the Lives of the Fathers by S. Jerome, the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius, and other books of a like kind; while for the lives of the saints more nearly approaching his own age he appears to have industriously collected such legends as he could meet with, whether in manuscript or handed down by oral tradition."--Prologue

The history of Reynard the Fox by William Caxton( Book )

38 editions published between 1481 and 1976 in 4 languages and held by 905 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

2 vols bound together

The destruction of Troy : in three books : ... also the mentioning the rising and flourishing of divers kings and kingdoms, with the decay and overthrow of others, with many admirable acts of chivalry and martial prowess, effected by valiant knights, in the defence and love of distressed ladies by Raoul Lefèvre( )

42 editions published between 1663 and 1976 in English and held by 878 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Caxton's Mirrour of the world by William Caxton( Book )

48 editions published between 1912 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 734 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory( Book )

54 editions published between 1498 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le Morte D'Arthur (The Death of Arthur) is a touchstone compilation of stories and legends about King Arthur. Compiled and added to by Sir Thomas Mallory, this book has served as the foundation for many writers of stories about King Arthur

Paris and Vienne by Pierre( Book )

38 editions published between 1510 and 1970 in English and English, Middle and held by 665 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Caxton's Aesop by Aesop( Book )

7 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and English, Middle and held by 664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of Reynard the Fox by William Caxton( Book )

17 editions published between 1960 and 1970 in 4 languages and held by 656 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of the knight of the Tower by Geoffroy de La Tour Landry( Book )

23 editions published between 1484 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 641 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le jeu des Eschaz moralisé by Jacobus( Book )

74 editions published between 1475 and 2009 in English and English, Middle and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"An English translation of the most popular medieval book on chess, which uses the history of the games, its players and their moves as the basis for a discourse on life comprised of tales and anecdotes from a wide variety of ancient and medieval literary sources"--Provided by publisher

Caxton's Malory by Thomas Malory( Book )

12 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and French and held by 587 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dialogues in French and English by William Caxton( Book )

70 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of fayttes of armes and of chyualrye by Christine( Book )

52 editions published between 1932 and 2002 in English and English, Middle and held by 573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Prefaces and prologues to famous books, with introductions, notes and illustrations by C. W. J Eliot( Book )

14 editions published between 1910 and 2004 in English and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le morte Darthur. Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and his noble knights of the Round table: the text of Caxton by Thomas Malory( Book )

66 editions published between 1868 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book contains Sir Thomas Malory's 1485 reworking of the King Arthur legend, "Le Morte Darthur". It is the most famous work of Arthurian literature in the English language and constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in the legendary tale. Contents include: "From the Marriage of King Uther unto King Arthur that Reigned After Him and Did Many Battles", "The Noble Tale Between King Arthur and Lucius the Emperor of Rome", "The Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot Du Lac", "The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this were becoming increasingly rare and expensive. This volume is now republished in an available, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction

Metamorphoses by Ovid( Book )

18 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in 3 languages and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Ovid is, after Homer, the single most important source for classical mythology. The Metamorphoses, which he wrote over the six-year period leading up to his exile from Rome in 8 a.d., is the primary source for over two hundred classical legends that survived to the twenty-first century. Many of the most familiar classical myths, including the stories of Apollo and Daphne and Pyramus and Thisbe, come directly from Ovid. The Metamorphoses is a twelve-thousand-line poem, written in dactylic hexameters and arranged loosely in chronological order from the beginning of the universe's creation to the Augustan Rome of Ovid's own time. The major theme of the Metamorphoses, as the title suggests, is metamorphosis, or change. Throughout the fifteen books making up the Metamorphoses, the idea of change is pervasive. Gods are continually transforming their own selves and shapes, as well as the shapes and beings of humans. The theme of power is also ever-present in Ovid's work. The gods as depicted by the Roman poets are wrathful, vengeful, capricious creatures who are forever turning their powers against weaker mortals and half-mortals, especially females. Ovid's own situation as a poet who was exiled because of Augustus's capriciousness is thought by many to be reflected in his depictions of the relationships between the gods and humans."--Http://www.enotes.com/metamorphoses-of-ovid (Jan. 24, 2011.)

Caxton's Blanchardyn and Eglantine c. 1489. From Lord Spencer's unique imperfect copy, completed by the original French and the second English version of 1595 by William Caxton( Book )

46 editions published between 1890 and 1967 in 3 languages and held by 529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem by William( Book )

47 editions published between 1893 and 2008 in English and English, Middle and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book of vices and virtues; a fourteenth century English translation of the Somme le roi of Lorens d'Orléans by Laurent( )

24 editions published between 1485 and 1507 in English and French and held by 513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Ayenbite of inwyt is a literal translation of a French treatise, entitled Le somme des vices et de vertues ... composed in the year 1279 ... by Frere Lorens (or Laurentius Gallus, as he is designated in Latin), of the order of Friars Preachers."

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