Catho cum Commento
- Title
- Catho cum Commento
- Heading
- Wynkyn de Worde
- Description
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Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534/5) provides a link between William Caxton and later printers. He was a German-born printer who joined Caxton in Cologne in 1471/2, accompanied him to Bruges (1472), and subsequently worked in Caxton’s shop in Westminster. After Caxton died in 1492, Wynkyn de Worde took over his business, including his device, founts, and woodcuts. In 1500/01 he moved from Westminster to London, where he set up the first print shop in Fleet Street. He later added a shop in St Paul’s Churchyard.
De Worde was more interested than Caxton in typography and illustration. He also moved into new areas of content, including educational texts, mainly by English writers, children’s books, and books on household practice. But some of his publications continued Caxton’s principles, such as English poetry. He also produced tested bestsellers formerly printed by Caxton. Disticha de moribus was a popular Latin textbook attributed to Cato Dionysus, which Caxton printed three times between 1476 and 1483. Catho cum commento thus follows in Caxton’s footsteps. - Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Wynkyn de Worde
- Date of Publication
- 1512
- Format
- 8vo
- Century
- 16th
- Illustrations
- Woodcut