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One of the most beautiful books Brandeis owns is the Kelmscott Press edition of “The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye” (Rare — Versh PQ1570.A7 E5 1892) by Raoul Le Fèvre, a generous gift from Arthur ...
The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye and the Kelmscott Press . November 29, 2010. Description by John Plotz, Professor of English. One of the most beautiful books Brandeis owns is the Kelmscott ...
In Sotheby's London auction rooms Saturday, Dec. 12. 1903, a complete set, on paper, of the publications of the Kelmscott Press, including the trial pages of the "Froissart," was sold for 255.
Kelmscott Press may have only operated for seven years at the end of the 19th century, but its legacy as a high-water mark in British printing endures. It was a late career passion project from ...
Supporting study of the press is a collection of Kelmscott Press publications and archives of material related to Frederic Goudy and Cary’s Press of the Woolly Whale. The Cary Graphic Arts Collection ...
Morris acquired the press in 1895, the second of two larger Albion presses. It is thought that he first employed both presses to print the Kelmscott Chaucer, but when the oversized, floral pages of the ...
Joseph Mark Van Horn (1932-1983) was an entrepreneur and inventor, described as "a remarkable man, self-made and self-educated." An orphan, he went on to become an MIT educated engineer and computer ...