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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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A study of the Princeton copies
Robert Milevski, former preservation librarian at Princeton University Library, has prepared a comprehensive study of the four copies of the Chaucer at Princeton. His essay is now available through a link at Princeton’s Rare Book Collections blog.
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Tagged fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Princeton University Library, Robert Milevski, William Morris
A Kelmscott Chaucer on “The Antiques Roadshow”
A quarter-linen copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer was appraised by Stephen Massey on an episode of The Antiques Roadshow in Cincinnati on 8 April 2013. The great-great-grandfather of the present owner was the original owner of the book. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiques Roadshow, Cincinnati, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott Press, Quarter-linen bindings, Stephen Massey, William Morris
The Silver Kelmscott Chaucer
Here’s a link to an interesting article by James Brockman about the silver binding that he and Rod Kelly created for John Keatley (Census 2.93).
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Tagged bookbinding, fine printing, Geoffrey Chaucer, James Brockman, John Keatley, Kelmscott Press, Rod Kelly, William Morris
The Smithsonian copy
Helena E. Wright, Curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, has recently contributed a post to the Museum’s blog about the rather mysterious copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer owned by the Smithsonian (2.145 in our Census). It … Continue reading
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
