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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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Category Archives: Exhibitions
Exhibition: University of Maryland
Special Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, currently has an exhibition entitled “How We Might Live: The Vision of William Morris,” in which Maryland’s copy of the Chaucer is prominently displayed. The exhibition can be seen in the … Continue reading
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Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, University of Maryland, William Morris
Exhibition: “Treasures of the British Library”
The vellum copy of the Chaucer once owned by Emery Walker (Census 1.1) is currently on display in the exhibition “Treasures of the British Library,” the Sir John Riblat Gallery, the British Library. This copy was nearly destroyed by German bombs during … Continue reading
Exhibition: “Making History: Antiquaries in Britain”
“Making History: Antiquaries in Britain,” an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art (2 February–27 May 2012), includes three of the Yale copies of the Kelmscott Chaucer (Census nos. 1.15, 2.279, 2.280), a proof sheet (YCBA), and stamping tools used for … Continue reading
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Tagged antiquaries, Britain, Doves binding, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, history, Kelmscott Press, William Morris, Yale Center for British Art
Exhibition: Boston University, 1954
Mark Samuels Lasner has sent us a copy of a four-page leaflet describing “An Exhibition of the Work of William Morris on Loan from the Library of Miss Margaret Fish | Boston University College of Liberal Arts | Chenery Library … Continue reading
Exhibition: Two Temple Place, London
The copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer owned by the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow (Census 2.27), is now on display in an exhibition entitled “William Morris: Story, Memory, Myth” at Two Temple Place, London, 28 October 2011–29 January 2012. This is the inaugural show at Two … Continue reading
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Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Two Temple Place, William Morris, William Morris Gallery
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
Exhibition: Victoria & Albert Museum
The Blackburn Museum copy (Doves binding; Census 2.17) was exhibited in “The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860–1900,” 2 April–17 July 2011, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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Tagged Blackburn Museum, Doves binding, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press
