Wynkyn de Worde

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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:

• 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.

Wynkyn de Worde was the historical basis for the character William de Worde in the book The Truth by Terry Pratchett.