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Wikipedia: Wynkyn de Worde
Wynkyn de Worde
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Wynkyn de Worde was the successor to William Caxton, and was responsible for taking over and running Caxton's press after his death. Books he printed included,

  • Vitae Sanctorum Patrum
  • Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus Rerum, by John Trevisa
  • Dives and Pauper
  • The Book of St. Albans
  • Canterbury Tales
  • Contemplacyon of sinners by William Touris
  • Mandeville's Travels
  • Beves of Hamtoun
  • Guy of Warwick
  • Robin Hood
  • The Miracles of Our Lady
  • The Rote or mirror of Consolation
  • The Twelve profits of tribulation
  • The Bowge of Court by John Skelton
  • The History of the Three Kings of Cologne
  • The Ship of Fools

Approximately 750 books are known to have been printed by Worde, although many are only extant in single copies, with many others being extremly rare.

  

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