William Caxton

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Cereal Foods (N.Z.) Ltd.    Wonder World of Knowledge Card from 1952
Card 26 from 42 was Printing and shows William Caxton and a Printing Press



These cards were to be stuck in an album which gave more information about the caed

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Further to post twelve on page one of this thread.  Brymay Redheads Inventions Matchbox Label from Australia  1969 Number 45 out of 48

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History Heroes London is an award winning, pocket-sized card game for all ages detailing 40 amazing people and objects who have made and shaped London.

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Whitbread - Inn Signs S4 (1953)      Card - The Chequers, Tudeley

As mentioned on the back of the card, the design is taken from 'The game and playe of chesse' by Caxton 1474

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Stained glass, by Tiffany, of William Caxton and Aldus Manutius. Shows printers device. Pequot Library, Southport



By Southport1639 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137470928

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'The Myrrour of The World'

The Myrrour of the World is a medieval compendium of geography, astronomy, and other physical sciences. When Caxton first published it in 1481 it was the first illustrated book to be printed in England (and in English) and the first scientific book to be printed in England. Caxton published a second edition in 1491
Caxton states that he began to translate the Second Day of January, the Year of our Lord 1480, and finished the Eighth day of March the same year.
The book deals with the power of God and the creation of the world before moving on to grammar, logic and rhetoric (the 'trivium') and geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music (the 'quadrivium'). There is considerable discussion of the place of the earth in the world, its roundness and its relation with the planets. There are other topics covered
which include how day and night happen, the eclipses of the sun, why money was made, philosophy, the sizes of the sun, moon and earth, and the number of the stars. The book ends on a suitably devout note, with a description of heaven and celestial paradise.




The first illustration appears on the prologue page.
'Prologue declaryng to Whom this book apperteyneth'



beginning of chapter one: the power and puyssance of god


Adam and Eve     Wherfore god med man lyke vnto his ymage and to his semblaunce


Geometry


Arithmetic


The next few illustrations explain how the earth is round




Shadows and night and day


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The complete Mirrour of the World can be found here: https://dpul.princeton.edu/scheide/catalog/r781wk70m