Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street
by James Moran
"Wynkyn de Worde was William Caxton's assistant, and in about 1500 he was the first printer to set up his shop in London's Fleet Street, which was for centuries perhaps the world's most famous centre of printing." "He was not just a craftsman; his place in history is that of the first publisher to popularise the products of the printing press. He realised that there was a wide market for cheap, affordable publications. His output was huge - more than 700 works over a period of 40 years. He produced a great variety of books; children's books, short histories, poetry, romances, instructions for pilgrims, and works on good manners, marriage, household practice, medicines for horses, and husbandry. Some were topical pamphlets that were produced at high speed, just like the newspaper of today. Wynkyn de Worde built on the foundations of commercial publishing in Britain that had been created by Caxton."--BOOK JACKET.
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England, England) Fleet Street (London, Fleet Street (London, England), Great Britain, London, London (England)Times
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Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street
2003, British Library, Oak Knoll Press
in English
- 3rd rev. ed.
0712306676 9780712306676
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Wynkyn de Worde, father of Fleet Street
1976, Wynkyn de Worde Society
in English
- 2d ed.
0853313881 9780853313885
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Bibliography: p. [53]
Originally published in 1960.
Includes index.
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