Meanings
- A surname.
- mediaA kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).
plural Caxtons
- Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.
2011, Seymour De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts (1530-1930), page 431 more example
I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.
1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 37
Origin
- Middle EnglishCaxton
- EnglishCaxton
From Middle English Caxton.
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