William Caxton Quincentenary

Many thanks to Mike Wilson for sending in this picture of a poster that he bought in 1976.
It seems to have been very well produced and Mike tells me it is in excellent condition.

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Not exactly what you are looking for but we publish an 8 page newspaper here in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa every August as part of the operation of Printers' Hall during the Old Threshers Reunion.In a few weeks several volunteer operators will gather in Ackley, Iowa and produce between 20 and 25 gallie...
Re: William Caxton
Caxton's precise date of death is uncertain, but estimates from the records of his burial in St. Margaret's, Westminster, suggest that he died near March 1492.A memorial to Caxton was erected in the church in 1820. To the memory o...
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