Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers | early printed book | Britannica (original) (raw)

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printing by Caxton

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  In William Caxton
  …dated book printed in English, Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers, appeared on November 18, 1477.
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significance in early typography

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  In typography: England
  …printed in England was the Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers, issued from his press in 1477. Printed in black-letter type of an almost startling blackness, its pages command attention by means of a contrast too pronounced to be comfortable to the reader. Caxton printed some 90 books—70 of them…
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translation by Rivers

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  In Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
  …a French moralistic work as Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers (1477) was the first dated book printed in England. Several months after Edward’s death (April 1483), Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III), the regent for young King Edward V, had Rivers executed for alleged treasonable activities. (Upon…
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