Wynkyn de Worde (died 1534), English printer. De Worde worked in London with Caxton on the earliest English printing presses in the 1470s, taking over
Wynkyn de Worde (died 1534), English printer. De Worde worked in London with Caxton on the earliest English printing presses in the 1470s, taking over Caxton's press in the 1490s. While Caxton had relied on patronage, de Worde moved towards the beginnings of a mass market in books. Works printed by his presses include religious books, romantic novels and poetry. His innovations included more extensive use of woodcut illustrations, and the first use in England of printed italic, Hebrew and Arabic characters. His name is given at bottom. Artwork from 'Typographical antiquities' (1785-90) by English antiquarian Joseph Ames (1689-1759).
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