[f. the proper name.]
1. ellipt. A book printed by William Caxton (died 1491), the first English printer.
1793. General Advertiser, (Philda.), 13 June, 2/4. One of the collectors of black letter books a few months since purchased a Hebrew manuscript for a CAXTON, and as he never reads it answered his purpose quite as well.
1811. Dibdin, Bibliomania (ed. 2), 502. From so many Caxtons … it would be difficult to select a few, which [etc.].
1870. W. Blades (title), How to tell a Caxton.
2. A variety of printing-type, imitating that first used in England by Caxton, introduced by Vincent Figgins in 1855 (for his reprint of the Chess book).
Hence Caxtonian a., of or pertaining to Caxton.
1811. Dibdin, Bibliomania (ed. 2), 499. The love of black-letter lore and Caxtonian typography.
