An introduction to the Essex House Press : illustrated from material in the National Art Library / Susanna Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Susanna, author.

Contributor:

National Art Library (Great Britain), supporting host.

Victoria and Albert Museum, issuing body.

Victoria and Albert Museum. Trustees., copyright holder.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Essex House Press.

Essex House Press--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Guild of Handicraft (London, England).

National Art Library (Great Britain)--Catalogs.

National Art Library (Great Britain).

Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1863-1942.

Ashbee, C. R.

Local Subjects:

Ashbee, C. R.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Library catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

24 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Essex House Press

Place of Publication:

[London] : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986.

Contents:

General introduction. C.R. Ashbee ; A brief history of the Guild and Press

The Essex House Press. The books ; 'Technical books' ; 'Religious and Puritan books' ; 'Humanist books' ; 'Books dealing with works and ideals, of the Guild itself' ; 'Oriental books' ; The craftsmen ; The Bindery ; The illustrators ; The type ; The materials.

Notes:

General introduction by C.R. Ashbee.

"© Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum."

"Designed by V&A Design Studio. Printed by V&A Press"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17).

"Books of the Essex House Press held in the National Art Library": pages 19-24.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

ISBN:

1851770429

9781851770427

OCLC:

17432520