Research Catalog

Title

A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a short description of the press by S.C. Cockerell, & an annotated list of the books printed thereat.

Author

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Publication

[Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1898]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962.
• Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898.
• Kelmscott Press.

Description

1 p. l., 70 p., 1 l. 1 pl. illus.; 8vo.

Subject

• Kelmscott Press
• Printing > Great Britain > History
• Book industries and trade

Note

• Colophon: This was the last book printed at the Kelmscott Press. It was finished at No. XIV Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of London, on the fourth day of March, MDCCCXCVIII. Sold by the trustees of the late Willaim Morris at the Kelmscott Press.
• Borders, initial letters, type specimens, printer's device. Rubricated.

Call Number

*KP (Kelmscott) (Morris, W. Note by William Morris)

LCCN

49034691

OCLC

755373

Author

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Title

A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a short description of the press by S.C. Cockerell, & an annotated list of the books printed thereat.

Imprint

[Hammersmith, Kelmscott Press, 1898]

Local Note

1220.

Plate: Psyche borne off by Zephyrus, drawn by Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by William Morris.

Edges untrimmed.

Original binding in boards.

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Added Author

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962.

Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898. Illustrator

Kelmscott Press.

Research Call Number

*KP (Kelmscott) (Morris, W. Note by William Morris)