Caxton — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

2. A kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.

3. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).

Noun

1. Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.

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   I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.

   This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.