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William Morris
established
the Kelmscott
Press at Hammersmith
in January 1891. Between then and 1898, the press produced 53 books
(totalling
some 18,000 copies). Kelmscott was the culmination of Morris's life as a
craftsman
in many diverse
fields.
He set out to prove that the high standards
of the past could be repeated - even surpassed - in the present. The
books Morris produced were therefore medieval in design, modelled on the
incunabula of the fifteenth century.
One
of an edition of 310 copies, this beautiful book is in its original
full limp vellum binding with original ribbon ties (fragile)
and spine lettered in gilt. Exquisitely printed in black
and red type the book is housed in a new full dark green
leather
solander box with rounded spine and raised bands.
The
cover of the box is decorated front and back with text from the ballads
and hand tooling
in
gold
leaf of gouges, dots, stars and leaves.
BK.KELM.001 £3,250.00 |
