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BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 31 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890) ,
English
  printer and bibliographer, was born at Clapham, London, on the 5th of December 1824. In 184o he was apprenticed to his' father's printing business in London, being subsequently taken into partnership. The firm was afterwards known as Blades,
East
  & Blades. His
interest
  in printing led him to make a study of the volumes produced by
Caxton
 's
press
 , and of the early history of printing in England. His
Life
  and Typography of William
Caxton
 , England's First Printer, was published in 1861-1863, and the conclusions which he set forth were arrived at by a careful examination of types in the early books, each class of type being traced from its first use to the time when, spoilt by
wear
 , it passed out of Caxton's hands. Some 450 volumes from the Caxton
Press
  were ,thus carefully compared and classified in chronological order. In 1877 Blades took an active
part
  in organizing the Caxton celebration, and strongly supported the foundation of the Library Association. He was a keen collector of old books, prints and medals. His publications relate chiefly to the early history of printing, the Enemies of Books, his most popular
work
 , being produced in 1881. He died at Sutton in Surrey on the 27th of April 1890.


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