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Kelmscott Press
September 26, 2006 - December 28, 2006
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The Kelmscott Press was the most
famous venture of William Morris, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts
movement. Although the press existed only seven years, it produced limited
editions of fifty-three books of great beauty and design. Morris’ goal
was to exceed the quality of fifteenth century incunabula, or books printed
before 1500. He took painstaking care in all aspects of book production
including selection of paper, form of type, spacing of letters, and the
position of printed matter on the page. The most renowned title in the Kelmscott
bibliography is The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer which scholars and collectors
consistently place in the category of the most beautiful of books. The Ingalls
Library owns an almost complete set of Kelmscott press books which were
donated by Julia Morgan Marlatt upon her death in 1939. |
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