Wynkyn de Worde, Caxton's assistant, was a native of Wörth, Alsace. He
came into possession of his master's printing materials on his death in
1491 and continued to occupy his house in Westminster until 1500 when he
moved to Fleet Street within the city. In the number of his books,
almost eight hundred, he surpassed all the early printers, but many of
them were works of small size and consequence. Some of his largest and
finest books were reprints of Caxton's folios. Mention has been made of
his use of Caxton's original device without addition. In all of his own
various devices also, the place of honor in the center is given to
Caxton's initials and cipher, plainly as a mark of loyalty to the
master, not an advertisement of himself as the successor.
26. INTRATIONES. London, Richard Pynson, 28 Feb. 1510.
_Fol. 1^a_, TITLE: INtrationu_m_ excellentissimus liber perq_uam_
necessarius o_mn_ibus leg_is_ hominib_us_: fere in se continens o_mn_em
medullam diversa_rum_ materia_rum_ ac pl_ac_ito_rum_ tam realiu_m_,
personalium, q_uam_ mixt_orum_. Necno_n_ multorum breuium tam
executionu_m_ q_uam_ aliorum valde vtilium illis hunc librum inspecturis
aut inscrutandis. Que quide_m_ supradicta facilit_er_ possunt inveniri
p_er_ indice_m_ alphabeticu_m_ p_er_uigila_n_ti studio co_n_fectu_m_ &
p_er_ ordine_m_ l_itte_raru_m_ redactu_m_... _Fol. 1^b_, [Full page
woodcut of the king's arms crowned, supported by a dragon and a
greyhound, with a portcullis on either side and a rose and two angels
above.] _Fol. 2^a_: Intrationu_m_ libri Index Alphabetic_us_. _Fol.
10^b_: Finis tabule Intrationum. _Fol. 193^a_, COLOPHON: Explicit opus
excellentissimu_m_ & perutile in se continens multas materias o_mn_ibus
leg_is_ ho_min_ib_us_ p_er_q_uam_ necessarias nouiter Impressum,
correctum, emendatum, & no_n_ minimo labore reuisum London_i_ in vico
vulgariter nu_n_cupato Fletstrete in officina ere ac impensis honesti
viri Ricardi Pynson Regis Impressoris moram suam trahentis sub signo
diui Georgii Anno n_ost_re redemptionis .M.CCCCC.x. Die vero vltima
Mensis Februarii. _Fol. 193^b_, [PRINTER'S DEVICE.] _Fol. 194, blank._
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