Decorated Caxtons

Author / Editor
Edwards, A. S. G.

Title
Decorated Caxtons

Published
Martin Davies, ed. Incunabula: Studies in Fifteenth-Century Books Presented to Lotte Hellinga. (London: British Library, 1999), pp. 493-506

Description
Surveys the quantity and quality of decoration in books printed by Caxton, including works by Chaucer. Speculates why there is less decoration in Caxton's printed books than in those produced on the Continent. Includes four black-and-white illustrations, two from Chaucer.

Contributor
Davies, Martin,ed.

Alternative Title
Incunabula: Studies in Fifteenth-Century Books Presented to Lotte Hellinga.

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations.