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Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples


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    Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples

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    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.

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    Proofs, illustrations, and paper samples

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    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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    Paper samples

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    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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    Sanford and Helen Berger collection of Kelmscott Press ephemera

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    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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    Paper Samples

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    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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    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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