Research Catalog

Title

Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages, by William Morris; printed on his Albion hand press, with an account of its travels from the closing of the Kelmscott press to the present day. Issued on the one-hundredth anniversary of William Morris' birth, March 24th, 1934.

Author

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Publication

New York, Priv. print., Press of the Woolly whale [c1934]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941.
• Press of the Woolly Whale.
• Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Description

3 p.l., 20 p., 1 l.; 24.5 cm.

Subjects

• Kelmscott Press
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Private presses

Note

• Head-pieces.
• "A modest number of copies (besides four on vellum) have been printed damp on Arnold unbleached."
• "A hitherto unpublished article by William Morris ... The manuscript ... [is in] the Henry E. Huntington library of San Marino, California."--Acknowledgement, signed: M.B.C. [i.e. Melbert Brinkerhoff Cary]

Call Number

*KP (Woolly) (Morris, W. Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages)

LCCN

34031991 //r98

OCLC

2820824

Author

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Title

Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages, by William Morris; printed on his Albion hand press, with an account of its travels from the closing of the Kelmscott press to the present day. Issued on the one-hundredth anniversary of William Morris' birth, March 24th, 1934.

Imprint

New York, Priv. print., Press of the Woolly whale [c1934]

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Added Author

Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941.

Press of the Woolly Whale.

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Research Call Number

*KP (Woolly) (Morris, W. Some thoughts on the ornamented mss. of the middle ages)