. A list of the reproductions both imitations and in fac-simile of the productions of the press of William Caxton, England's first <sCf)G*(£axcon+KePHODu<£cion$^ /^^^ \)t CKame of tije Cfjesse, 5y William Caxton. The original bya^m * Caxton has no title-page or date. Folio. Imitation. ^^y7 Eeprint occupying 164 pages, not numbered; Remarks,pp. 1—8, signed Vincent Figgins, and dated May 1st,1855; a list of the works ascribed to Caxton, as printed byMr. Knight in his Biography of Caxton, pp. 9—11; List ofplaces where and persons by whom Printing was practicedat the time Caxton co
. A list of the reproductions both imitations and in fac-simile of the productions of the press of William Caxton, England's first <sCf)G*(£axcon+KePHODu<£cion$^ /^^^ \)t CKame of tije Cfjesse, 5y William Caxton. The original bya^m * Caxton has no title-page or date. Folio. Imitation. ^^y7 Eeprint occupying 164 pages, not numbered; Remarks,pp. 1—8, signed Vincent Figgins, and dated May 1st,1855; a list of the works ascribed to Caxton, as printed byMr. Knight in his Biography of Caxton, pp. 9—11; List ofplaces where and persons by whom Printing was practicedat the time Caxton commenced it in England, pp. 12—13;Synopsis of Characters and Combinations used in TheGame of the Chesse, p. 15. For this, the first reproduction, whether imitation or in fac-simile, of any of Caxtons works, we are indebted to the lateMr. Vincent Figgins, the well-known type-founder of the Cityof London. Notwithstanding all that has since been writtenupon the press of Caxton, the Remarks of Mr. Figgins are stillworthy of careful perusal. He suggests that the types of Cax-ton wrere cut upon very soft metal, probably upon pewter,
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