The ideal book : essays and lectures on the arts of the book / by William Morris ; edited by William S. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, William, 1834-1896, author.

Contributor:

Peterson, William S., editor, book designer.

University of California Press, publisher.

Cottage Press (Greenbelt, Md.), typographer.

Cambridge University Press, typographer.

Malloy Lithographing, Inc., printer.

John H. Dekker & Sons (Firm), binder.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 1982

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kelmscott Press.

Book design.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.

Illustrated books--History--15th and 16th centuries.

Illustrated books.

History.

Genre:

History.

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bembo.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Golden.

Slipcases (Binding)

Essays.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 134 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of folded plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Manufacture:

[Place of printing not identified] : Printed ... at Malloy Lithographing, Inc.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley ; and Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, 1982.

Summary:

Here are all of William Morris's known writings on the book arts. He founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891 with the express aim of rejuvenating one of the most debased of the applied arts - printing. He produced magnificent books, and his revolutionary views on typography and the book arts have become the basis of modern design. Morris's essays and lectures are supplemented by an introduction and notes by Professor Peterson, a newly edited version of Sydney C. Cockerell's A Short History and Description of the Kelmscott Press, four interviews with Morris about his work as a printer, and many handsome photographs of books and medieval manuscripts that Morris refers to.

Contents:

Some thoughts on the ornamented manuscripts of the Middle Ages

Some notes on the illuminated books of the Middle Ages

The early illustration of printed books

The woodcuts of Gothic books

On the artistic qualities of the woodcut books of Ulm and Augsburg in the fifteenth century

Printing

The ideal book

A note by William Morris on his aims in founding the Kelmscott Press

Appendix A. A short history and description of the Kelmscott Press

Appendix B. Four interviews with William Morris.

Notes:

"This volume was designed by William S. Peterson. The text was set in Bembo on an Itek Quadritek 1200 by the Cottage Press, Greenbelt, Maryland, and the titles were set in William Morris's Golden type by the Cambridge University Press. It was printed by offset lithography at Malloy Lithographing, Inc., and bound at John H. Dekker and Sons."--Colophon.

Title and text printed in red and black.

Issued in a case.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: without case.

ISBN:

0520045637

9780520045637

0520056256

9780520056251

OCLC:

8001344