Worde
WYNKYN DE, an English printer; born probably in Lorraine. It is not known when he entered Caxton's service, but most likely it was at a very early age, as he was still living in 1535.
In 1491 he succeeded to the stock-intrade of his deceased master, but he did not append his name to his books till 1493.
From about 1502 onward he worked in Fleet Street, London, at the sign of the Sun. He used on his books many varieties of Caxton's "mark," and Mr. Blades gives as many as 14 variant forms of his own name. Wynkyn de Worde made great improvements in the art of printing, and especially in that of type cutting. The books printed by him-408 in number, according to the list in Diblin's edition (1810) of Joseph Ames' "Typographical Antiquities" - are generally distinguished by their neatness and elegance, hardly by their accuracy, nor, a Vol. X WORDEN WORK'GMEN'S COMPENSATION few excepted, by the literary value of Borderers." In this retreat they were their contents.