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William Caxton

Chapter 12: APPENDIX. LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS, WITH COLLATIONS.
By E. Gordon Duff
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An account of the life and work of the first English printer, concentrating on his printing career rather than personal biography. It traces early years, establishment of presses in Bruges and Westminster, year-by-year activity in the 1480s and his death, and includes a technical appendix of bibliographical details. The author examines individual editions, type-faces, woodcuts, colophons and binding evidence, reproducing facsimile plates and discussing how the press issued English-language literature rather than classical texts. Occasional quotations from the printer's prefaces illuminate character, while comparisons with earlier scholarship note corrections and new findings.

APPENDIX.

LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS, WITH COLLATIONS.

[When the signatures are within brackets it denotes that the book has no printed signatures.]

BOOKS PRINTED AT BRUGES.
Cessolis (I. de).   The game and play of the chess
[a-h8, i10]; 74 leaves.   Leaves 1, 74 blank.		 fol. [1475]
Cordiale.   Les quartre derrenieres choses
[a-d8, e10, f-i8]; 74 leaves.   Leaves 1, 74 blank.		 fol. [1476]
Le Fevre.   The Recuyell of the histories of Troye
[a-o10, p8; A-I10, K8, L6; aa-kk10]; 352 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1475]
BOOKS PRINTED AT WESTMINSTER.
Aesop. Fables
a-s8; 144 leaves. Leaves 143, 144 blank.		 fol. 1484
Ars moriendi
A8; 8 leaves.		 4to [1491]
Art and craft to know well to die
A8, B4, B32; 14 leaves. Leaf 14 blank.		 fol. 1490
Blanchardyn and Eglantine
[6] A-M8 ... Full collation unknown.		 fol. [1489]
Boethius de consolatione philosophiae
[a-l8, m6]; 94 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1478]
Bonaventura.   Speculum vitae Christi
a-s8, t4; 148 leaves.   Leaves 1, 148 blank.		 fol. [1486]
Bonaventura.   Speculum vitae Christi. Ed. 2
a-s8, t4; 148 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1490]
Book of Courtesy
[a8, b6]; 14 leaves.   Leaf 14 blank.		 4to [1477]
Book of divers ghostly matters
A-M8; 96 leaves (1-96) Seven points.
A-D8; 32 leaves (97-128) Twelve profits.
aa, bb8, cc4; 20 leaves (129-148) Rule of St. Benet.		 4to [1491]
Cato. Cato, parvus et magnus
[a-c8, d10]; 34 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Cato.   Cato, parvus et magnus. [Ed. 2]
[a-c8, d10]; 34 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Cato.   Cato, parvus et magnus. [Ed. 3]
a-c8, d4; 28 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1481]
Cato.   Cathon.
[6] a-h8, i10; 80 leaves.   Leaves 1, 6, 7, 80 blank.		 fol. [1483]
Caxton.   Advertisement of Sarum Pica
Single sheet.		 [1477]
Cessolis (I. de).   Game of chess
a-i8, k, l6; 84 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1483]
Charles the Great, Life
a-m8; 96 leaves.   Leaves 1, 96 blank.		 fol. 1485
Chartier (Alain).   The Curial
i, ii, iii6; 6 leaves.		 fol. [1484]
Chaucer (Geoffrey).   The Book of Fame
a-c8, d6; 30 leaves.   Leaves 1, 30 blank.		 fol. [1483]
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales
[a-z, A-I8, K10, L-Q8, R6, S-Z8, aa6]; 374 leaves. Leaves 1, 266, 374 blank.		 fol. [1478]
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales. [Ed. 2]
a-t8, v6, aa-hh8, ii6, A-K8, L4; 312 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1484]
Chaucer (Geoffrey).   Queen Anelida and the false Arcyte
[a10]; 10 leaves.		 4to [1477]
Chaucer (Geoffrey).   The temple of brass
[a-c8 ... ]. End not known.		 4to [1477]
Chaucer (Geoffrey).   Troilus and Creside
a-g8, h10, L-O8, p6; 120 leaves. Leaves 1, 119, 120 blank.		 fol. [1483]
Christine of Pisan.   Moral proverbs
[A4]; 4 leaves.		 fol. 1478
Christine of Pisan.   Fayts of arms and chivalry
[2] A-R8, S6; 144 leaves.   Leaf 144 blank.		 fol. 1489
Chronicles of England
[8] a-x8, y6; 182 leaves.   Leaves 1, 9 blank.		 fol. 1480
Chronicles of England. Ed. 2
[8] a-x8, y6; 182 leaves.   Leaves 1, 9 blank.		 fol. 1482
Cicero (M. T.). Of old age and friendship
1, a6, b-h8, i4; 72 leaves (1-72) Old Age.
a-f8; 48 leaves (73-120) Friendship. Leaves 1, 12, 72 blank.		 fol. 1481
Commemoratio lamentationis del. B. V. Mariae
a-c8, d10; 34 leaves.		 4to [1487]
Cordyale
[a-i8, k6]; 78 leaves. Leaves 1, 78 blank.		 fol. 1479
Death-bed prayers
Single leaf.		 fol. [1483]
Description of Britain
[a-c8, d6]; 30 leaves.   Leaf 30 blank.		 fol. 1480
Dictes or sayings
[a-i8, k6]; 78 leaves. Leaves 1, 77, 78 blank.		 fol. 1477
Dictes or sayings. [Variant copy with colophon.]
[a-i8, k6]; 78 leaves. Leaves 1, 77, 78 blank.		 fol. 1477
Dictes or sayings. Ed. 2
[a-i8, k6]; 78 leaves. Leaves 1, 77, 78 blank.		 fol. [1479]
Dictes or sayings. Ed. 3
[2] A-G8, H-I6; 70 leaves. Leaf 70 blank.		 fol. [1489]
Doctrinal of Sapience
A-I8, K, L10; 92 leaves.
[The Windsor copy has four extra leaves at end, the last blank.]		 fol. 1489
Donatus (Ae). Donatus melior
Collation not known.		 fol. [1487]
Festum transfigurationis Jesu Christi
a6, b4; 10 leaves.		 4to [1491]
Festum visitationis beate Mariae virginis
Collation not known.		 4to [1480]
Fifteen Oes
a, b8, c6; 22 leaves.		 4to [1491]
Four sons of Aymon
Collation not known.		 fol. [1489]
Godfrey of Bologne
a6, b4, 1-168, 176; 144 leaves. Leaves 1, 11 blank.		 fol. 1481
Governal of Helthe
A, B8, [2]; 18 leaves.		 4to [1489]
Gower (John). Confessio amantis
[8], 1, b-z, &, A, B8, C6; 222 leaves. Leaves 1, 8, 9, 222 blank.		 fol. 1483
Higden (Ranulph). Polycronicon
a, b8, c4, 1-288, 28*2, 29-488, 494, 50, 52-558; 450 leaves. Leaves 1, 21, 25, 246, 450 blank.		 fol. 1482
Horae ad usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 8^o [1478]
Horae ad usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 4to [1480]
Horae ad usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 8^o [1490]
Horae ad usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 8^o [1490]
Image of Pity
Single sheet.		 fol. [1487]
Image of Pity
Single sheet.		 4to [1490]
Indulgence of John Kendale. Singular issue, no year of pontificate
Single sheet.		 1480
Indulgence of John Kendale. Plural issue, with year of pontificate
Single sheet.		 1480
Indulgence of I. de Gigliis. Singular issue, with year of pontificate
Single sheet.		 1481
Indulgence of I. de Gigliis. Plural issue, with year of pontificate
Single sheet.		 1481
Indulgence of I. de Gigliis
Single sheet.		 1489
Indulgence of I. de Gigliis
Single sheet.		 1489
Infancia Salvatoris
[a8, b10]; 18 leaves.		 4to [1477]
Landry (De la Tour). The knight of the tower
[4] a-m8, n6; 106 leaves. Leaves 105, 106 blank.		 fol. 1484
Lefevre (Raoul). The history of Jason
[a-s8, t6]; 150 leaves. Leaves 1, 150 blank.		 fol. [1477]
Legrand (I.). The book of good manners
a-g8, h10; 66 leaves.		 fol. 1487
Lidgate (John). The churl and the bird
[a10]; 10 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Lidgate (John). The churl and the bird. Ed. 2
[a10]; 10 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Lidgate (John). Curia sapientiae
a-e8; 40 leaves. Leaves 1, 39, 40 blank.		 fol. [1480]
Lidgate (John). The horse, the sheep and the goose
[a8, b10]; 18 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Lidgate (John). The horse, the sheep and the goose. Ed. 2
[a8, b10]; 18 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Lidgate (John). The life of our lady
[2] a-l8, m6; 96 leaves. Leaf 96 blank.		 fol. [1484]
Lidgate (John). The life of our lady. Ed. 2
Collation not known.		 fol. [1484]
Lidgate (John). The pilgrimage of the soul
[4] a-n8, o6; 114 leaves. Leaves 1, 5, 113, 114 blank.		 fol. 1483
Lidgate (John). Stans puer ad mensam
[a4]; 4 leaves.		 4to [1477]
Lidgate (John). The temple of glass
[a-c8, d10]; 34 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1477]
Malory (Sir T.). Morte d'Arthur
18, 510, a-z, &, A-Z, aa-dd8, ee6; 432 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. 1485
Maydeston (C.). Directorium sacerdotum
[6] a-q8, r10, s, t8; 160 leaves.		 fol. [1487]
Maydeston (C.). Directorium sacerdotum
a8, a-y8, z10; 194 leaves.		 fol. [1489]
Mirk (John). Liber festivalis
a-n8, o, p6; 116 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. 1483
Mirk (John). Liber festivalis
a-p8, q2, R8, s6; 136 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1491]
Order of chivalry
a-f8, g4; 52 leaves.   Leaves 1, 52 blank.		 4to [1484]
Ordinale secundum usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 4to [1477]
Paris and Vienne
a-c8, d, e6; 36 leaves.   Leaf 36 blank.		 fol. 1485
Psalterium
a-x (+7* incipiunt), y8; 177 leaves.   Leaves 1, 177 blank.		 4to [1480]
Quattuor sermones
a-c8, d6; 30 leaves.		 fol. [1483]
Quattuor sermones
A-C8, D^10; 34 leaves.		 fol. [1491]
Reynard the Fox
a-h (+8* your children), i8, k, l6; 85 leaves. Leaves 1, 85 blank.		 fol. 1481
Reynard the Fox. Ed. 2
[2] a-h8, i6; 72 leaves.		 fol. [1489]
Royal book
a-t8, u10; 162 leaves.   Leaves 1, 162 blank.		 fol. [1488]
Russell (John). Propositio
[a4]; 4 leaves.		 4to [1478]
Saona (L. G. de). Nova rhetorica
[a6, b2, c-n10, o6]; 124 leaves.		 fol. [1479]
Sixtus IV. Sex epistolae
a-c8; 24 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 4to [1483]
Statutes of Henry VII. An. 1, 3, 4
a-d8, e10; 42 leaves. Leaves 1, 42 blank.		 fol. [1489]
Vincentius. The mirror of the world
a-m8, n4; 100 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1481]
Vincentius. The mirror of the world. Ed. 2
a-l8; 88 leaves.		 fol. [1490]
Virgilius. Eneydos
A4, A32, B-L8; 86 leaves.   Leaves 6, 86 blank.		 fol. 1490
Vocabulary in French and English
[a, b8, c10]; 26 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1480]
Voragine (I. de). The golden legend
AA6, a-z, &8, 26, A-V8, X6, Y2 (+2*)^3, aa-ff8, gg6, hh, ii8, kk6; 449 leaves.   Leaves 1, 449 blank.		 fol. 1483
Voragine (I. de). The golden legend
AA6, a-z, &8, ρ6, A-X8, aa-ff8, gg6, hh, ii8, kk6; 448 leaves.   Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1488]
Winifred, Life
a, b8; 16 leaves. Leaf 1 blank.		 fol. [1485]
BOOKS PRINTED FOR CAXTON.
Legenda secundum usum Sarum
Collation not known.		 [Maynyal, Paris, fol. 1487]
Missale secundum usum Sarum
[10] a10, b-z, &, ρ, A-F8, G6; 266 leaves. Leaves 1, 11 blank (?).		 Maynyal, Paris, fol. 1487
BOOKS PRINTED BY W. DE WORDE WITH CAXTON'S TYPES.
Book of Courtesy
Collation not known.		 4to [1492]
Chastising of God's children
[2] A-G6, H^4; 48 leaves.		 fol. [1492]
Treatise of Love
A-H6; 48 leaves.		 fol. [1493]
Vineis (R. de). Life of St. Katherine of Senis
a8, b-p6, q4; 96 leaves.		 fol. [1493]
Voragine (I. de). The golden legend
[4] a-e8, F2, f-z, &, ρ8, [=e]4, A-Y, aa-ee8, ff6, gg4; 436 leaves.		 fol. 1493