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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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Morris’s Albion press for sale
Frederic W. Goudy with Morris’s Albion press. The celebrated Albion hand press used for printing the Kelmscott Chaucer will be auctioned at Christie’s (New York) on 6 December. Morris bought the press–which is exceptionally large and reinforced with steel bands—because his … Continue reading
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Tagged Albion press, C. R. Ashbee, Christie's, Elizabeth Lieberman, Essex House Press, F. S. Ellis, fine printing, Frederic W. Goudy, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hopkinson & Cope, J. Ben Lieberman, Jethro Lieberman, Kelmscott Press, Paul Romaine, Rochester Institute of Technology, Stephen Galbraith, Sydney C. Cockerell, William Morris
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