William Morris and the art of the book : with essays on William Morris, as book collector / by Paul Needham, as calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and as typographer by John Dreyfus.

Main entry:

Needham, Paul, 1943- author.

Title & Author:

William Morris and the art of the book : with essays on William Morris, as book collector / by Paul Needham, as calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and as typographer by John Dreyfus.

Publication:

Description:

140, cxiv pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes a catalogue based on the Pierpont Morgan Library's exhibition "William Morris and the Art of the Book", September-November 1976.
Includes bibliographical references.
Lenders -- Preface / by Charles Ryskamp -- Memories of collecting / by John M. Crawford, Jr. -- William Morris : book collector / by Paul Needham -- William Morris : calligrapher / by Joseph Dunlap -- William Morris : typographer / by John Dreyfus -- Catalogue / by Paul Needham. The library of William Morris : documentation -- manuscripts -- incunabula ; Calligraphy ; Printing and book design : before Kelmscott -- founding the Kelmscott Press: types and paper -- the press under way -- Chaucer -- Plates.

Resources:
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Table of contents

ISBN:

0195199103
9780195199109
0875980597
9780875980591

Subject:

Morris, William, 1834-1896 Knowledge and learning Book industries and trade.
Morris, William, 1834-1896
Morris, William 1834-1896
Morris, William Künstler, 1834-1896.
Book collecting Great Britain History 19th century.
Book design Great Britain History 19th century.
Medievalism Great Britain History 19th century.
Middle Ages in art.
Book collecting.
Book Collecting
Bibliophilie Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Livres Conception graphique Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Médiévisme Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Moyen Âge dans l'art.
Bibliophilie.
Book design
Medievalism
Great Britain
Books Design Morris, William, b.1834
Books Collecting Morris, William, b.1834

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Biography
Catalog
Ausstellung New York 1976.
catalogs (documents)
History
Biographies.
Catalogs.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Dunlap, Joseph R. (Joseph Riggs), 1913-2004, author.
Dreyfus, John, author.
Pierpont Morgan Library.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 78537
Call No.: ID:84-B546
Status: Available

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