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¶ "I began printing books with the hope of producing some which would have a definite claim to beauty, while at the same time they should be easy to read and should not dazzle the eye, or trouble the intellect of the reader by eccentricity of form in the letters. I have always been a great admirer of the calligraphy of the Middle Ages, and of the earlier printing which took its place." — William Morris
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Talk at Library of Congress
We will be giving an illustrated talk about our Kelmscott Chaucer Census on Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 4 p.m., at the Library of Congress: the Lessing J. Rosenwald Room (LJ205), the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, 2nd Floor, Jefferson … Continue reading
John Rich
John Rich (private collection), Lithuania. ¶ Bayntun binding. Green crushed morocco binding; gilt lettering on spine. Signed on inside front cover: “Bound by Bayntun (Rivière) Bath. England.” Approximately half of the illustrations have been colored by a later hand. No … Continue reading
Preliminary notes: Cantor Center for Visual Arts
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University has a copy of the Chaucer, probably in a Doves binding. It was originally purchased in 1897 by Mary Burt Brittan, who gave it to her nephew, … Continue reading
