Английская Википедия:Caxton Society

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The Caxton Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1845 to promote the publication of inexpensive and convenient editions of medieval literature, including chronicles, that had not yet appeared in print.Шаблон:Sfn[1] It was named after William Caxton, the 15th-century English merchant who may have been the first to use the printing press in England, and listed thirty-three founding members, among whom were Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, Merton College Library, Oxford, the Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office, the then president of Trinity College, Oxford, the library of the Writers to the Signet and the antiquarian Thomas Wright.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn Members did not pay a subscription, but were required to buy at least one publication: these were funded by income from sales.Шаблон:Sfn The Society ceased operating in 1854, by which time it had published at least 15 volumes.[1][2]Шаблон:Refn

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