Caxton, William

Japanese: カクストン(英語表記)Caxton, William
Caxton, William
Born: circa 1422, Kent
[Died] 1491. London The first printer in England. After serving as an apprentice to a textile merchant in London for three years from 1438, he moved to Bruges in Flanders, where he gained fame and wealth as a textile merchant. He also devoted himself to translating literary works, and stayed in Cologne from 1471 to 1472 to learn printing. In 1474, he set up a printing press in Bruges and published his own translation of The Chess Manual and other works. In 1476, he returned to England, set up a printing press in Westminster, and, with the patronage of the court and aristocracy, published about 100 books, including Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers (1477), the encyclopedia The Myrrour of the worlde (81), and Canterbury Tales.

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Japanese:
[生]1422頃.ケント
[没]1491. ロンドン
イギリス最初の印刷業者。 1438年から3年間ロンドンの織物商で徒弟奉公をしたのち,フランドルのブリュッヘ (ブリュージュ) に移り,織物商人として富と名声を得た。かたわら文学書の翻訳にも精を出し,71~72年ケルンに滞在して印刷術を学び,74年ブリュッヘに印刷機を据えつけ,自分の訳した『チェスの手引』などを出版した。 76年イギリスに戻り,ウェストミンスターに印刷所を設け,宮廷・貴族層をパトロンとして『哲学者語録集』 Dictes and Sayenges of the Phylosophers (1477) ,百科事典『世界の鏡』 The Myrrour of the worlde (81) ,『カンタベリー物語』 Canterbury Talesなど約 100種類の書物を出版した。

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