The phrase “printed in the Abbey of Westminster,” which is affixed to some of the books, is not to be understood as indicating that the work of the printing-office was actually carried on within the walls of the church itself. The tenement occupied by Caxton, called the “red pale,” was in the almonry, this being a space within the abbey precincts, where alms were distributed to the poor. In the same enclosure were other buildings, including the almshouses built by Lady Margaret, the mother of Henry VII., who was one of Caxton’s patronesses. Some chroniclers have suggested that the _scriptorium_ of the abbey would have been a very appropriate place in which to begin the work of producing printed books for England. One difficulty with this suggestion is the lack of evidence that the abbey had ever contained a _scriptorium_. No mention of such a place is made by any historian, nor does any existing manuscript bear record of having been produced within the abbey. Caxton’s immediate successor, Wynken de Worde, who had been his assistant, continued for some years after Caxton’s death to carry on the work of the printing-office in the same building. He placed on his books, for the Latin form of imprint, the words, “In domo Caxton in Westmonasterio.” His English imprint, with sundry variations, was most frequently “Printed in Caxton’s house at Westmynstere.” Mr. Blades gives a list of ninety-eight separate works identified as Caxton’s, in addition to which there are eight or ten others concerning which the evidence is doubtful. The titles of the first five, printed in Bruges, in co-operation with Mansion, have already been cited. I give the titles of the remaining ninety-three: 1477. “Dictes and Sayings of Philosophers,” translated by Earl Rivers. This was probably the first book printed in England. The first printed book in Italy was issued in 1464, and was a “Donatus.” The first book printed in France bears date 1469, and was an edition of the “Letters of Kaspar von Bergamo.” A large proportion of the publications identified as Caxton’s were printed without imprint or specification of the place or date of issue. Mr. Blades is able, however, to give a list of twenty books which bear the record of having been printed at Westminster. The imprints and colophons show a pleasing variety in form and in spelling. 1478. Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” 1st edition. Folio.