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REPLY1850

CAXTON'S PRINTING-OFFICE

By JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS.

I must protest against the manner in which Arun (Vol. ii., p. 187.) has proceeded with the discussion of Caxton's printing at Westminster. Though writing anonymously himself, he has not hesitated to charge me by name with a desire to impeach the accuracy of Mr. C. Knight's *Life of Caxton*, of which, and of other works of the same series, he then volunteers as the champion, as if they, or any one of them, were the object of a general attack. This is especially unfair, as I made the slightest possible allusion to Mr. Knight's work, and may confess I have as yet seen no more of it than the passa…

Topics: Caxton's Printing, Historical Accuracy, Book-Printing History, Westminster Abbey

Locations: Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Almonry, Bolton Abbey, England, London