Wynkyn de Worde, born in Alsace, was the successor to William Caxton in his English printing business, taking over and running Caxton's press after his death. He also introduced italic type in England from 1524. Books he printed include: Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ... William Caxton (c. ... The folder of newspaper web offset printing press Printing is an industrial process for mass production of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... Italic type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right and uses different glyph shapes, used to distinguish or otherwise set off certains words within text. ...

• Vitae Sanctorum Patrum
• Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus Rerum, by John Trevisa
• Dives and Pauper
• The Book of St. Albans
• The Canterbury Tales
• Contemplacyon of sinners by William Touris
• Mandeville's Travels
• Beves of Hamtoun
• Guy of Warwick
• Robin Hood
• The Miracles of Our Lady
• The Rote or mirror of Consolation
• The Twelve profits of tribulation
• The Bowge of Court by John Skelton
• The History of the Three Kings of Cologne
• The Ship of Fools
• The World and the Child
• Gesta Romanorum

Approximately 750 books are known to have been printed by Worde, although many are only extant in single copies, with many others being extremely rare. John Trevisa (1326 - 1412), translator, was a Cornishman, educated at Oxford, was Vicar of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and chaplain to the 4th Lord Berkeley, and Canon of Westbury. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... Jehan de Mandeville, translated as Sir John Mandeville, is the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of supposed travels, written in French, and published between 1357 and 1371. ... Guy of Warwick is a legendary English romantic hero popular in England and France from the 13th to the 17th century. ... Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The ship of fools is an old allegory, which has long been used in Western culture in literature and paintings. ... The World and the Child is an anonymous 16th century play. ... Gesta Romanorum, a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales, probably compiled about the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th. ...

Wynkyn de Worde was the historical basis for the character William de Worde in the book The Truth by Terry Pratchett. This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE (known to some fans as Pterry, following the convention he used in his book Pyramids where characters were given names such as Ptraci and Pteppic) is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Bucks), best known for his Discworld series. ...