Accession number
PML 76897.6
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, type designer.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1890]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Early trial specimen of William Morris's Golden type; printed in five lines, beginning: in the fable of the fat baron ...
"At the time these sample lines were set only eleven lowercase letters had been cut. This was presumably the specimen of which Morris sent an 'overinked' example to F.S. Ellis on 27 August 1890."--Needham.
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.
Early trial specimen of William Morris's Golden type; printed in five lines, beginning: in the fable of the fat baron ...
"At the time these sample lines were set only eleven lowercase letters had been cut. This was presumably the specimen of which Morris sent an 'overinked' example to F.S. Ellis on 27 August 1890."--Needham.
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 sheet ([1] page) ; 35 x 70 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Note in the hand of Sydney Cockerell in ink at bottom: Trial when only 11 letters were cut.
Provenance
Sydney Cockerell; John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 20).
Classification
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