Consists of 16 leaves (including title page) of mounted drawings and proofs, and one folded sheet by William Morris for initials, borders and illustrations for his poem "Love is enough". The title page has an illuminated initial colored in red. The remaining images are pencil or ink on paper. All images are mounted on rectos. Morris was apparently unable to find a complementary typeface for his designs and issued an undecorated book in 1873. In 1898, two years after his death, the Kelmscott Press published an illustrated version utilizing only a portion of the original ornaments. Some pages have ms. inscriptions in pencil, probably by S. C. Cockerell, Morris' secretary.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 portfolio (drawings and proofs mounted on boards) : paper mounted on cardboard ; one folded sheet ; 34 cm
Morris, William, 1834-1896 Kelmscott Press Book design
Source
Kelmscott Ephemera Printed Books, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of Friends of the Huntington Library, 11-26-1952; G.P. Romer Hertford, Catalogue 84, July 1952, item 8. George Wardle identified as previous owner.
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