NOTE1850
CAXTON'S PRINTING-OFFICE
By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
The particular spot where Caxton exercised his business, or the place where his press was fixed, cannot now, perhaps, be exactly ascertained. Dr. Dibdin, after a careful examination of existing testimonies, thinks it most probable that he erected his press in one of the chapels attached to the aisles of Westminster Abbey; and as no remains of this interesting place can now be discovered, there is a strong presumption that it was pulled down in making alterations for the building of Henry VII.'s splendid chapel. It has been frequently asserted that all Caxton's books were printed in a part of W…
Topics: Printing History, Typography, Historical Customs
Locations: Westminster Abbey, London, St. Anne, Canterbury, St. Albans, Bodleian Library, Stratton Ground