Wynkyn de Worde

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Wynkyn de Worde, born in Alsace, was the successor to William Caxton in his English printing business, taking over and running Caxton's press after his death. He also introduced italic type in England from 1524. Books he printed include:

Vitae Sanctorum Patrum
Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus Rerum, by John Trevisa
Dives and Pauper
The Book of St. Albans
The 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
The World and the Child
Gesta Romanorum

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

Wynkyn de Worde was the historical basis for the character William de Worde in the book The Truth by Terry Pratchett.

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