Accession number
PML 76897.4
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, sender.
Published
Rheims, France, 1891 August 17.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Written on blue paper from "Rheims."
Forms part of a group of designs, proofs, letters, etc., evidently compiled by Sydney Cockerell and concerning the early days of the Kelmscott Press and William Morris's work as typographical designer; removed from library's copy of: 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. Hammersmith : Printed at the Kelmscott Press ; Sold by the trustees of the late William Morris, 4 March 1898 (PML 76897); with the individual items comprising this collection of accompanying materials cataloged separately.
Forms part of a group of designs, proofs, letters, etc., evidently compiled by Sydney Cockerell and concerning the early days of the Kelmscott Press and William Morris's work as typographical designer; removed from library's copy of: 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. Hammersmith : Printed at the Kelmscott Press ; Sold by the trustees of the late William Morris, 4 March 1898 (PML 76897); with the individual items comprising this collection of accompanying materials cataloged separately.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.6 x 12.9 cm
Provenance
Sydney Cockerell; John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 20).
Summary
Sending back some corrected proofs of his poems and noting that he will want to see the corrections before they go to the press; confirming that he would like H. Howse (a compositor employed at the Kelmscott Press) to proceed with Mr. Blunt's poems as soon as he is finished with Morris's; responding to a request made by Bowden concerning his position (as a compositor at Kelmscott Press), which he regards as "reasonable", and which he proposes to talk over with him upon returning home in about a week.
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