Excerpt from English Literature: William Caxton There is a touch of Chaucer's sly humour in this passage which explains Caxton's enthusiasm for him; and we shall not show the printer-editor at a disadvantage if as a second extract we take his 'prohemye' to the second edition of the Canterbury Tales. This is full, as usual, of generous praise of the great poet, and interest ing also for the light it throws on the difficulties against which the early printers had to contend in their efforts to find the right books to print ...
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Excerpt from English Literature: William Caxton There is a touch of Chaucer's sly humour in this passage which explains Caxton's enthusiasm for him; and we shall not show the printer-editor at a disadvantage if as a second extract we take his 'prohemye' to the second edition of the Canterbury Tales. This is full, as usual, of generous praise of the great poet, and interest ing also for the light it throws on the difficulties against which the early printers had to contend in their efforts to find the right books to print from. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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