On Caxton’s death, in 1491, his materials passed into the hands of Wynkyn de Worde, his assistant, who continued to print in the same house at Westminster. Up to 1493 he continued to use Caxton’s type, with the addition of some woodcut initials obtained from Godfried van Os, from whom he also obtained a complete set of type, which was not used till 1496, and then only for printing one book. W. de Worde, though he must have lived for some time previously in England, only took out letters of denization in 1496. The grant is dated 20th April to ‘Winando de Worde, de ducatu Lothoringie oriundo, impressori librorum.’ The earliest books which he printed have no name, and are all in Caxton’s type, Nos. 6 and 4*, but with some additional types which distinguish his works from Caxton’s. From the time of Caxton’s death, in 1491, to the time when his own name first appears in an imprint, Wynkyn de Worde printed five books. They are the _Chastysing of God’s Children_, the _Treatise of Love_, and the _Book of Courtesye_, all printed in type 6; and the _Golden Legend_ and the _Life of St. Catherine_, printed in a modification of type 4*, a type which is used in no other books. The _Chastysing_ is interesting as having a title-page, the first in any book from this office; while in the _Book of Courtesye_ we find the device of W. de Worde used for the first time. In 1493 we find for the first time a book containing De Worde’s name. This is the _Liber Festivalis_, probably printed towards the end of the year, for the _Quattuor Sermones_, generally issued with it, is dated 1494. The next book to appear was Walter Hylton’s _Scala Perfectionis_; and in the same year was issued a reprint of Bonaventura’s _Speculum Vite Christi_, a book of very great interest, for the sidenotes are printed with the type which Caxton used for his Indulgence of 1489, and which was used for no other book than this. To this year 1494 we may ascribe a beautiful edition of the Sarum _Horæ_, adorned with woodcuts and borders, nearly all of which were inherited from Caxton. The type which De Worde used for these books seems to have come into Caxton’s hands from France, during the last year of his life, and resembles closely certain founts which belonged to the Paris printers P. Levet and Higman, if indeed it is not the same. After 1494, De Worde discarded it, using it only occasionally for headings or titles. Blades wrongly says that the use of this type separates the early W. de Worde books from the Caxton’s; but Caxton certainly possessed and used it. The distinctive mark of the early Wynkyn de Worde books is the use of the initials obtained from G. van Os. Bradshaw, speaking of these, says, ‘Indeed, the woodcut initials are what specially serve at once to distinguish W. de Worde’s earliest from Caxton’s latest books.’