William Caxton, Publisher
William Caxton is the first known printer of English. This page exists
to organize an effort to digitize his works, as part of Project Gutenberg.
These are already done as transcriptions:
- The Golden Legends or Lives of the Saints
by Jacobus de Voragine, ed. by F. S. Ellis, trans. by William Caxton (HTML with commentary at Fordham) (1483)
- The Curial
by Alain Chartier, trans. by William Caxton (HTML at Renascence Editions) (1484)
- The Game and Playe of the Chesse (1474)
- Caxton's Chaucer at the British Library
(1476 and 1483 editions)
- Book of Curtesye (1477-8).
- Prefaces and prologues to famous books
- The book of the craft of dying, and other early English tracts concerning death; by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366 and Comper, Frances M. M and Congreve, George, 1836-
And as facsimiles:
- Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem by William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, ca. 1130-ca. 1190 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Colvin, Mary Noyes
- The history of Jason by Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Munro, John James
- The Fables of Aesop, As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio (2 volumes; London: D. Nutt, 1889), by Aesop, ed. by Joseph Jacobs, trans. by William Caxton
- Le morte d'arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the round table by Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent and Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- Le morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table by Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent and Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2
- Propositio Johannis Russell, printed by William Caxton circa A. D. 1476 by Russell, John, Bp. of Lincoln, d. 1494 and Guppy, Henry, 1861-1948
- The statutes of Henry VII. in exact facsimile, from the very rare original, printed by Caxton in 1489 by Great Britain. Statutes and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Rae, John, d. 1885 or 6
- The Book of the Ordre of Chyualry by Ramon Llull, trans. by William Caxton (PDF at shipbrook.com) (1484)
- and a related book: Fifteenth Century English Books by E. Gordon Duff
- Vocabulary in French and English / Dialogues in French and English, c1480. Queued for proofing at PGDP.
- Dialogues in French and English by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- Morte D'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and his noble knights of the Round table
- The Fables of Aesop: As First Printed by William Caxton in 1484, with Those of Avian, Alfonso and...
- The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio, now again edited and induced by Joseph Jacobs (vol 1) by Aesop and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916
- The fables of Aesop, as first printed by William Caxton in 1484, with those of Avian, Alfonso and Poggio, now again edited and induced by Joseph Jacobs (vol 2) by Aesop and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916
- Mirrour of the world / Livre de dlergie / Image du monde, 1481?. 1913 reprint. 1987 reprint. 1964 reprint (130 copies, SpecColl)
- The temple of glass, by John Lydgate. Printed at Westminster by William Caxton about the year 1477. 1905.
- The temple of glass by Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, 1853-1923 and Cambridge. University. Library
- Reynard the Fox, 1481. 1960 reprint. 1489 reprinted 1976. 1895 green stacks. 1987 SpecColl. 1987 Green. 1892 SpecColl.
- Parvus Cato, Magnus Cato / translated by Benet Burgh; edited from William Caxton's 1st ed. (ca. 1477), with a selected glossary, by Fumio Kuriyagawa. 1975 stacks. 1906 rare-books.
- 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, ed. by Dr. Leon Kellner ... 1890 EETS. Green stacks. Paraphrase from 1597, http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/9539. 1595 paraaphrase http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/4844.
- 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 Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Kellner, Leon
- Caxton's Eneydos, 1490. Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483. EET 1890, 2 copies, Green stacks.
- Caxton's Eneydos, 1490 by Virgil and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Culley, Mathew Tewart, 1832-1889 and Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910 and Salverda de Grave, Jean Jacques, 1863-
- The curial made by maystere Alain Charretier. Translated thus in Englyssh by William Caxton. 1484. Collated with the French original by Prof. Paul Meyer, and edited by Frederick J. Furnivall ... 1888. Green stacks.
- The lyf of the noble and Crysten prynce, Charles the Grete, translated from the French by William Caxton and printed by him 1485. Edited now for the first time, from the unique copy in the British Museum, with introduction, notes, and glossary, by Sidney J.H. Herrtage ... 1880 EET Green stacks.
- The Lyf of the noble and Crysten prynce, Charles the Grete by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Herrtage, Sidney J. H. (Sidney John Hervon)
- Sex quam elegantissimae epistolae, printed by William Caxton in 1483: reproduced in facsimile by James Hyatt, with an introduction and translation by George Bullen. 1892 SpecColl Inproc.
- The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy
- PQ1570 .A7 1503 The Recuyles or Gaderige to Gyder of ye Hystoryes of Troye (London: Enprynted by W. de Worde, 1503), by Raoul Lefèvre, trans. by William Caxton (page images at loc.gov)
- The Story of Queen Anelida and the False Arcite
- The history of Jason : translated from the French of Raoul Le Fevre (vol 1) by Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Munro, John James
- The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of Aymon by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Richardson, Octavia
- The tracts of Clement Maydeston : with the remains of Caxton's Ordinale (vol 7) by Catholic Church and Salisbury Cathedral and Maydeston, Clement, ca. 1390-1456 and Wordsworth, Christopher, 1848-1938 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- Propositio Johannis Russell by Russell, John, d. 1494 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Guppy, Henry, 1861-1948
- Le morte Darthur : Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and his noble knights of the Round table by Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent and Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- The booke of thenseygnementes and techynge that the Knyght of the Towre made to his doughters by La Tour Landry, Geoffroy de, 14th cent and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
- The fifteen O's and other prayers by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- The Lyf of Seynt Kenelme, kynge and martir: from Caxton's Golden Legend, with a note on the origin of the text by Village Press. (1905) bkp CU-BANC and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298
- Renaud of Montauban; by Steele, Robert, 1860-1944, ed and tr and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- A reprint in facsimile of a treatise spekynge of arte & crafte to knowe well to dye. Translated oute of Frenshe in to Englysshe, by Willm Caxton by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- Le Morte d'Arthur. The original ed. of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introd. and glossary by Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent and Sommer, Heinrich Oskar, 1861- and Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
- Caxton's book: a collection of essays, poems, tales and sketches by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry), 1822-1876 and O'Connell, Daniel, 1849-1899
- The book of curtesye: printed at Westminster by William Caxton about the year 1477 by Cambridge University Library and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, 1853-1923
- The story of Queen Anelida and the false Artcie: by Geoffrey Chaucer. Printed at Westminster by William Caxton about the year 1477 by Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 and Cambridge University Library
- The Dictes and sayings of the philosophers. A facsimile reproduction of the first book printed in England by William Caxton in 1477 by Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Rivers, Anthony Woodville, 2d Earl, 1442?-1483
- The game of the chesse by Jacobus, de Cessolis, fl. 1288-1322 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Jean, de Vignay, b. ca. 1284 and Figgins, Vincent and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
These are not yet online:
- "Barlaam and Joasaph" or "Barlaam & Josaphat." 1484. Reprinted 1986 (special collection)
- The book of fayttes of armes and chyualrye, Christine de Pisan. Reprinted 1932 EET.
- Ars moriendi / The book of the craft of dying. 1917 reprint, with other material.
- The Canterbury tales. 1973 reprint. 1978 reprint.
- The description of Britain.
- Tulle Of olde age. An anonymous English translation of Laurent de Premierfait's French translation of the original as printed by Caxton in 1481. 1933 reprint.
- Indulgence. 1476. 1995 reprint, 125 copies.
- Caxton's Aesop, 1484. 1967 reprint. Woodcuts from German Esopus 1477. 1483, 1930 reprint. 1889 stacks. 1628 mfilm. 1634 mfilm.
- The churl and the bird, tr. John Lydgate, 1478?. 1906 edition, 250 copies. 1527? http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/12265.
- Doctrinal of sapience, 1489. 1993 reprint.
- Godeffroy of Boloyne, or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem / translated by William Caxton. 1987 reprint of 1893 EETS book. 1893 book, Green stacks. 1893 book SpecColl.
- Pylgremage of the Sowle, 1483. Reprinted 1931.
- The Metamorphoses of Ovid / translated by William Caxton, 1480. 1968 reprint. 2 vols. SpecColl. 1924 reprint.
- The noble knight Paris & the fair Vienne. [Translated oute of Frensshe in to Englisshe by William Caxton atte Westmestre mcccclxxxv. 1485. One copy in BM. 1956 reprint speccoll. 2nd copy.
- Quattor sermones / printed by William Caxton. 1975. Green stacks.
- The ancient historie of the destruction of Troy, Raoul Lef?ere, fl 1460. Englished by Caxton. "Newly corrected and the English much ammended. By William Fiston, printed by Thomas Creede, 1607." http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/8848. 1617, 1636. 1597: http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/7118. 1676. 1670. 1680. 1684. 1670. 1670. 1553 http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/13465. 1894 translit 250 copies speccoll.
- Commemoracio lamentacionis siue compassionis Beate Marie / reproduced in facsimile from the unique copy printed at Westminster by William Caxton ; with an introduction by E. Gordon Duff. 1901. SpecColl InProcess.
- Morale prouerbes, composed in French by Cristyne de Pisan, translated by the Earl Rivers, and reprinted from the original edition of William Caxton, A.D. 1478, with introductory remarks, by William Blades. 1859. ? Something weird. Rare-books.
- The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of Aymon. Englisht from the French by William Caxton, and printed by him about 1489. Ed. from the unique copy, now in the possession of Earl Spencer, with an introduction, by Octavia Richardson. 1885 Green. 1554 http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/6996. 1554 http://wwwlib.umi.com/eebo/image/7017
- The statutes of Henry VII. in exact facsimile, from the very rare original, printed by Caxton in 1489. Edited, with notes and introduction, by John Rae ... 1869 SpecColl.
And things based on Caxton's printings and translations
- The history of Reynard the Fox, his friends and his enemies, his crimes, hairbreadth escapes and final triumph; a metrical version of the old English translation by Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Crane, Walter, 1845-1915, ill
Books by or about Caxton
- The Frankfort Book Fair: The Francofordiense Emporium of Henri Estienne (Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1911), by Henri Estienne, ed. by James Westfall Thompson (page images at CMU)
- The legendary history of the cross: a series of 64 woodcuts from a Dutch book by Veldner, Jan, fl. 1473-1485 and Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 and Ashton, John, b. 1834
- A brief history of printing in England, a short history of printing in England from Caxton to the present time by Hamilton, Frederick W
- A catalogue of books printed by (or ascribed to the press of) William Caxton, in which is included the pressmark of every copy contained in the library of the British Museum by Blades, William, 1824-1890
- Two hundred and fifty manuscripts, books & autographs; including a superlative example of Caxton's Press, an important series of incunabula and a collection of books printed on vellum by J. Pearson & Co
- Catalogue of an exhibit of books interesting through their associations, February, 1896 by Caxton Club and Caxton Club, publisher and R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, printer
- William Caxton, the First English Printer: A Biography
- Caxton's own prose, 1973 edition.
- William Caxton: The First English Printer
- William Caxton
- A catalogue of books printed by (or ascribed to the press of) William Caxton
- The Biography and Typography of William Caxton: England's First Printer
- The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer by Blades, William, 1824-1890 and Blades, East & Blades. (1877) bkp CU-BANC
- Fac-similes Illustrating the Labours of William Caxton at Westminster, and the Introduction of...
- Printing: An Account of Its Invention and of William Caxton, the First English Printer
- A Short History of English Printing (1476-1900) by Henry R. Plomer
- Catalogue of the loan collection of antiquities, curiosities, and appliances connected with the art of printing by Caxton Celebration, London, 1877
- William Caxton, the first English printer: a biography by Knight, Charles, 1791-1873
- Catalogue of English literature, poetic, dramatic, historic, miscellaneous; with works on the topographical and genealogical history of Great Britain and Ireland; and a collection of volumes produced by the earliest English printers: Caxton and others by Quaritch, Bernard, 1819-1899
- The story of William Caxton by Cunnington, Susan
- A history of ablaut in class I of the strong verbs from Caxton to the end of the Elizabethan period by Price, Hereward Thimbleby, 1880-1964
- Caxton and the art of printing
- An essay on colophons, with specimens and translations by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 and Caxton Club and Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906
- The old printer and the modern press by Knight, Charles, 1791-1873 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
- The biography and typography of William Caxton: England's first printer by Blades, William, 1824-1890
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