LEWIS, John.

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The life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the first printer in England. First edition, Lowndes recording that only 150 copies were printed. The first biography of Caxton, Lewis's work is notable for its accuracy and detail, and remained the best biography of the printer until William Blades's two-volume biography was published in 1861-3. Thomas Frognall Dibdin inserted the entirety of Lewis's study in his Typographical Antiquities.

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