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Kelmscott Press
Kelmscott Press. A private printing press founded in 1890 by William Morris at Hammersmith and named after the village near Oxford where he had lived since 1871. Between 1891 and 1898, two years after Morris's death, the press issued more than fifty titles, including editions of several of Morris's own works. Deeply influenced by his study of early printing, Morris himself designed most of the type, borders, ornaments, and title-pages. The press's greatest book, and by common consent one of the world's masterpieces of book production, is the 1896 edition of Geoffrey Chaucer's works, with illustrations by Burne-Jones. Although short-lived, the Kelmscott Press had enormous influence on the private presses that followed in its wake.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-KelmscottPress.html IAN CHILVERS. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-KelmscottPress.html |
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Kelmscott Press
Kelmscott Press, see Morris, W.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-KelmscottPress.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Kelmscott Press." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-KelmscottPress.html |
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