id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6028 William Caxton - Wikipedia .html text/html 3648 423 70 He wasted no time in setting up a printing press in Bruges, in collaboration with a Fleming named Colard Mansion, and the first book to be printed in English was produced in 1473: Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, a translation by Caxton himself. The John Rylands Library in Manchester holds the second largest collection of printing by William Caxton,[13] after the British Library's collection.[14] Of the Rylands collection of more than 60 examples 36 are complete and unsophisticated copies and four are unique.[15] Near this place William Caxton set up the first printing press in England.[18] Caxton and the English language[edit] Caxton printed 80 per cent of his works in the English language. The English language was changing rapidly in Caxton's time and the works that he was given to print were in a variety of styles and dialects. "William Caxton | English printer, translator, and publisher". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6028.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6028.txt