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1991.1016.996.Z19
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
Essay on printing: MS by William Morris and Emery Walker with MS by William Morris On His Aims Of Founding The Kelmscott Press
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Bound manuscript entitled 'Essay on printing: MS by William Morris and Emery Walker with MS by William Morris On His Aims Of Founding The Kelmscott Press [and observations by William Morris on the process of engraving]. With a note by Douglas Cockerell and bound by Katharine Adams, Broadway, 1902. From the library belonging to Emery Walker.
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, London
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1902-01-01 - 1902-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
19th century
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- h: 330mm
- w: 210mm
- diam: 11mm
This book contains: / a) Sir Emery Walker's short article on Printing for the /catalogue of the first Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the /New Gallery Regent Street, 1888 / b) The first two paragraphs of the same article followed /by William Morris's expansion and completion of it for a /volume entitled 'Arts and Crafts Essays', 1893 / c) A note by William Morris on his Aims in founding the /Kelmscott Press, written 11th Nov 1895 for an American collector /and printed in the last book issued by the press, 1898. /d) Observations by William Morris on Process Engraving,/ apparently for a demonstration or a discussion- perhaps /at the Art Worker's Guild, of which Morris was master in 1892. / Sydney Cockerell, Kew 3 Oct 1951 (55th anniversary of W M's death) / These documents have an importance in connexion with the /history of the revival of fine printing in England in the last /decade of the 19th century. They were bound by Katharine Adams /at Broadway in Worcestershire in 1902.