born perhaps 1422
died 1491
William Caxton printed and published
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
, the first book in English, circa 1475.
William Caxton published
Le Morte d'Arthur
, a collection of romances, of Sir Thomas Malory, in 1485.
William Caxton, a merchant and diplomat, wrote. This person introduced a press in 1476 and retailed books, people think.
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