This Day in Information: First Dated Book Printed in English

Posted on November 18, 2010 by GilPress

Caxton's colophon

Today in 1477, William Caxton published Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers. It was the first dated book printed in English. It contains not only the date, but for the first time in England, a printer’s colophon showing the name of the printer, and the place of publication.

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