This is the natural meaning of Wynkyn de Worde's statement that Caxton was the "first prynter of this Boke," and is quite as likely to be true as the supposition that he took part in printing it as a kind of amateur journeyman to advance himself in the art.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Some they sold to the grossers and sopesellers, and some they sent ouer see to the Boke bynders, not in small nombre, but at times whole shyppes full, to the wonderynge of the foren nacyons.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
The prologue to this takes the form of a dialogue in verse between Copland and the author, of which the following lines are the most important:- 'Emprynt this Boke, Copland, at my request And put it forth to every maner state.
"A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898"
Henry R. Plomer