William Morris: Ornamentation & Illustrations from The Kelmscott Chaucer (Dover Pictorial Archives)

published	1973 by Dover Publications
binding	Paperback
isbn	048622970X (isbn13: 9780486229706)
pages	128
description	100 pages of beautiful tailpieces, decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and other illustrations from William...more [close] 100 pages of beautiful tailpieces, decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and other illustrations from William Morris' Kelmscott Chaucer. It contains all 87 of the woodcut illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones and every Morris border and decoration. The introduction by Fridolf Johnson covers aspects of the Morris movement, the importance of this great book, and its importance to the history of publishing and design. It is a magnificent capsulation of fine printing beauty for browsing or for use by commercial artists. -- back cover [close]
date added	03-23-07 edit book

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Monica rated it:

02/10/08

bookshelves: art-history, can-read-a-bit-at-a-time, design, reference

It has been a while since I looked at this and now find it's a copy of Morris' original 1896 publication reproduced at 73% of original size. Dover says they've made every effort to produce the best book possible on opaque paper that won't fade and bound traditionally so pages will not fall out. Thanks to Matt I have a better appreciation for Dover 's production methods. Only 438 were originally printed so this is the first time Morris' Works of Geoffrey Chaucer has been available to a wide audie...more

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Emily rated it:

03/22/08

bookshelves: because-it-s-pretty, english--so-it-must-be-good

Many book people agree that the Kelmscott Chaucer is the most beautiful printed book in existence. I completely agree. Working in books for so many years, I'm lucky to have had my hands on one twice. Every letter, every border and every illustration is laid out for maximum beauty on the page. It is almost hard to read the text because it's so gorgeous. This is a decent reprint of some of the finer work from the Kelmscott Press.

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