Visual Materials

Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples

Description: Includes prints, proofs, and paper samples that measure 25 x 20 in. or smaller. Proofs are of typefaces both illustrated by hand and printed. The paper samples are made with unmixed linen, possibly sourced from J. Batchelor & Son of Little Chart, Kent, and do not have any watermarks.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1891-1898
Call number: priBerger
Provenance: Purchased from Sanford and Helen Berger, October 1999.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Paper samples

Visual Materials

Materials include paper samples that measure 20 x 16 in. or smaller. A majority of the paper samples are made with unmixed linen, possibly sourced from J. Batchelor & Son of Little Chart, Kent, and include watermarks of a fish (perch). Two paper samples are also included with a watermark of a chalice, crown, and half-moon.

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Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples

Visual Materials

Materials include prints, illustrations, proofs, paper samples, and other materials that measure 15 x 10 in. or smaller. Proofs and illustrations are organized alphabetically by project; some titles include: Ancoat's Brotherhood, Beowulf, the Golden Legend, the History of Reynard the Foxe, Poems by the Way, the Water of the Wondrous Isle, and more. Illustrations include sketches of borders and other ornamentation by William Morris. Prints include Edward Burne-Jones's illustrations for the Golden Legend, Love is Enough, the Wood Beyond the World, works by Geoffrey Chaucer and others. Also included is a print of Charles M. Gere's frontispiece for News from Nowhere. Paper samples are made with unmixed linen, possibly sourced from J. Batchelor & Son of Little Chart, Kent, and include watermarks of a flower (primrose). One of the paper samples is signed by William Morris and dated April 23, 1891. Some paper samples without watermarks are also included. The box also contains miscellaneous items such as acidity paper test samples, and Kelmscott Press reference materials acquired by Sanford Berger from the 1930s to 1990s.

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Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples

Visual Materials

Materials include prints, illustrations, proofs, and vellum paper samples that measure 20 x 16 in. or smaller. Items are arranged according to the existing order of the materials. Titles of projects include: the Story of the Glittering Plain, King Florus and the Fair Jehane, the Recuyelle of the Historyes of Troye, the History of Reynard the Foxe, the Order of Chivalry, the Story of Sigurd the Volsung, works by Geoffrey Chaucer, and others. Illustrations include sketches of borders, type designs, and other ornamentation by William Morris. Prints include illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, Walter Crane, Charles M. Gere, and others.

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Sanford and Helen Berger collection of Kelmscott Press ephemera

Visual Materials

The Sanford and Helen Berger collection of Kelmscott Press ephemera contains proofs, drawings, paper samples, and additional ephemera from William Morris's Kelmscott Printing Press. The bulk of the materials date from approximately 1891 to 1898, though the collection also contains some reference files and other ephemera dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. The collection contains prints by Arts and Crafts movement artists Edward Burne-Jones, Charles M. Gere, Walter Crane, Robert Catterson-Smith, Emery Walker, William Harcourt Hooper, and others. Also included are proofs illustrated with William Morris's decorative initial and border ornamentation, and typography samples of the Golden, Troy, and Chaucer fonts. Many proofs include notes by Morris on design and text. Some proofs of Kelmscott titles included are: Beowulf, the Golden Legend, the History of Reynard the Foxe, Poems by the Way, the Recuyelle of the Historyes of Troye, the Story of the Glittering Plain, the Water of the Wondrous Isle, the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, and others. The collection also contains ephemera with notes by Morris's secretary Sir Sydney C. Cockerell, in addition to circulars, order forms, certificates, and paper samples watermarked with Morris's flower and perch designs.

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Manuscripts

Sample volume chiefly of blank hand-made paper. Volume has tan buckram back and red linen sides. Typescript label on inside back cover identifies price and style.

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Paper Samples

Visual Materials

The collection contains material from independent private presses and university presses from around the world, but the majority of the presses represented in the collection are from the United States. Types of materials include annoucements, correspondence, flyers, booklets, and catalogs. The collection also includes material from printing clubs including Grolier, William Morris Society, Moxon Chappel, Rounce and Coffin, Typophiles, and Zamorano.There are also catalogs and material relating to various type foundry companies such as Ludlow, Linotype, Bauer, and American Type Founders (ATF) as well as paper samples from Japan Paper Company, Linweave, and Worthy Paper Company.

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