See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM BLADES (1824-1890)

BLADES (1824-1890)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English printer and bibliographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Clapham, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1824 . In 184o he was apprenticed to his' See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing business in London, being subsequently taken into See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership . The See also:

• FIRM

firm was afterwards known as See also:

• BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

Blades, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East & Blades . His See also:

• INTEREST

interest in printing led him to make a study of the volumes produced by See also:

• CAXTON, WILLIAM (c. 1422-1491)

Caxton's See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, and of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of printing in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . His See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• TYPOGRAPHY (i.e. writing by types)

Typography of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Caxton, England's First Printer, was published in 1861-1863, and the conclusions which he set forth were arrived at by a careful examination of types in the early books, each class of type being traced from its first use to the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when, spoilt by See also:

• WEAR

wear, it passed out of Caxton's hands . Some 450 volumes from the Caxton Press were ,thus carefully compared and classified in See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . In 1877 Blades took an active See also:

• PART

part in organizing the Caxton celebration, and strongly supported the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the Library Association . He was a keen See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of old books, prints and medals . His publications relate chiefly to the early history of printing, the Enemies of Books, his most popular See also:

• WORK

work, being produced in 1881 . He died at See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton in See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey on the 27th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1890 .