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Trial setting of Subiaco type.

Accession number
PML 76897.7
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, type designer.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1892]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
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.
Trial setting of William Morris's version of Subiaco type, ultimately abandoned by him after the cutting of the lowercase letters; the trial text is an excerpt from Chaucer's "Knight's tale", printed in nine lines, beginning: and that othur knight hight palamon ...
Description
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 11 x 8.2 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Note in the hand of Sydney Cockerell in ink at bottom: See p. 14.
Provenance
Sydney Cockerell; John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 20).
Classification
Department