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Title
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Year Book: 34 Henry VI
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In the shadows: William de Machlinia
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Description
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William Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde and Richard Pynson were the major English printers/publishers of the incunable period and were those with staying power. They were not the only producers of printed books: in Oxford, St Albans and the London area, a few others came and went. Among these were William Maclyn, or de Machlinia, a native French speaker from Mechelen in Brabant. He worked from 1482 until 1490, initially with Lithuanian-born John Lettou and then alone, in Fleet Bridge and later Holburn. Machlinia specialised in law books in French. Among these were year books: collections of reports of cases brought before the law courts and forming the basis of case law. Such books had been compiled in the manuscript period, and were a mainstay for London publishers specialising in legal printing after that. Richard Pynson took over where Machlinia left off.
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Date of Publication
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1485 (ca)
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Format
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Folio
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Century
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15th
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Illustrations
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n/a
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