Previously assistant to William Caxton whose business he took over in 1491/2
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Dates of Activity1491-1535
ActivityPrinter and bookseller in Westminster (1492-1500) and in London (1501-1535)
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Mark of William Caxton, with his initials. Passed to Wynkyn de Worde in 1491. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 1]Image; Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.William Caxton's mark and initials with floral decoration above and below. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 2]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Device of William Caxton's mark (reversed) with W. C., and, below, a flowering bush. (a) No notches in outer rule. (b) With notches in the outer rule. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 10]Image; Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Device of William Caxton's mark and initials. Below, Wynkyn de worde. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 11]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Tripartite device with William Caxton's mark and initials with C reversed in central portion; the sun, two blazing stars and thirty-six small ones in the upper part, and the name Wynkyn de Worde, etc., in the lower. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 12]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Tripartite device with William Caxton's mark and initials in central portion; the sun, two blazing stars, and twenty small ones at top; the name Wynkyn de Worde, etc., in the lower portion. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 19]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Wynkyn de Worde's tripartite device recut for the second time. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 21]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Tripartite device with the mark and initials of William Caxton in the central part. The sun over a crescent moon with stars in the upper portion, and "Wynkyn de worde", etc., below. (a) First state. (b) Second state. (c) Third state. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 23]Image; Image; Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Tripartite device with William Caxton's mark and initials in the centre portion; the sun, two blazing stars and fourteen small ones in the upper part; and the name "Wynkyn de worde", etc., in the lower. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 24]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc."Tripartite device with William Caxton's mark and initials in the central division. The sun, the moon nearly at full, a blazing star and sixteen others at top; the name "Wynkyn de worde", etc., below. (α) As figured. Probably passed to John Byddell in 1535, and to Edward Whitchurch in 1545. (β) The upper part alone. " – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 25]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc."Small tripartite device, with the sun and four stars at the top; William Caxton's mark and initials below, and the name Wynkyn de Worde in type at the foot. (α) As figured. (β) The lower third cut off." – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 27]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Device of William Caxton's mark upheld by a sagittary and a greyhound; the initials W. C., and the name Wynkyn de Worde. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 30]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.William Caxton's mark with initials W. C., the sun, moon, three stars, and plants: over all, the name Wynkyn de worde. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 42]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc."Device with William Caxton's mark and initials in centre on a shield upheld by two boys at sides and a winged cherub above. At the top the sun, moon, and six stars apparently on the ceiling of a building supported on four pillars. Below, the name of Wynkyn de Worde. (α) With pillars, etc., in background. (β) Background cut away. Passed to John Byddell in 1535." – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 46]Image; Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc.Head-piece having a shield in the centre with the mark and initials of William Caxton, and above it the sun, in reference to the sign of Wynkyn de Worde. – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 49]Image; Description
Sign, Mark, Device etc."Border-piece (foot) having a shield in the centre with the mark and initials of William Caxton, and beneath it a face. (α) With shield as figured. Perhaps passed to John Byddell in 1535, to Edward Whitchurch in 1545, and from him to William Powell. (β) The shield voided." – Printer's Device[McKerrow Device No. 50]Image; Description
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