As well as all the great digital and in-person events, exhibitions, and publications on International Kelmscott Press Day this past weekend, we saw lots of great tweets about the Kelmscott Press. We collected them all in the Twitter moment you can visit below, and you can also see some highlights in this post.
We hope everyone enjoyed #KelmscottPressDay yesterday. If you want to catch up on tweet highlights from the day, check out our moment:
⚡️ “International Kelmscott Press Day” by @MorrisSocietyUS https://t.co/TDSaH1II3O
— Morris Society US (@MorrisSocietyUS) June 27, 2021
Highlights
In anticipation of #KelmscottPressDay on 26 June here’s the prospectus for the works of Chaucer issued in 1894. pic.twitter.com/ui2DMeLnsd
— Rare Books and Music (@nlsrarebooks) June 15, 2021
A sample bifolium, printed on vellum, of The Prioress’s Tale from the Kelmscott Chaucer with illustration by Edward Coley Burne-Jones and borders by William Morris #KelmscottPressDay pic.twitter.com/p8Zw8uxhPC
— Rare Books and Music (@nlsrarebooks) June 25, 2021
Including ‘The Well at the End of the World’ which features this beautiful title page. pic.twitter.com/WNmFzzTZEY
— Queen’s College Library (@QueensLibOx) June 25, 2021
Sharing this image of the title & initial text page of William Morris’s Kelmscott Press edition of The history of Reynard the foxe https://t.co/IciKz5mgYG Our #kcl copy is one of 300 printed on paper, itself made to Morris’s specification @MorrisSocietyUS #KelmscottPressDay https://t.co/M5JPmlVK4M pic.twitter.com/AzgwWZ6Z9B
— King’s Libraries (@KingsLibraries) June 25, 2021
Tomorrow, June 26, is #KelmscottPressDay, 125 years since #WilliamMorris published his edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. DYK our Special Collections & Rare Books holds one of the 425 copies?
Today our staff are sharing their favourite aspects of the #KelmscottChaucer! pic.twitter.com/fh38vu57Ow
— SFU Library (@sfu_library) June 25, 2021
Calling all #WilliamMorris fans! It’s International #KelmscottPressDay, celebrating Morris’ #KelmscottPress which was founded 130 years ago. Our #RareBooks & #SpecialCollections include these exquisite examples of his print work
What do you think? #privatepress #printmaking pic.twitter.com/B17qEuOPfw— Brighton & Hove Libraries (@BHLibraries) June 26, 2021
It’s International #KelmscottPressDay & the 125th anniversary of the Kelmscott Chaucer printed by artist William Morris.
The work shows Morris’s love of medieval literature & manuscripts, and labor to revive pre-industrial printing and handcrafted art. https://t.co/5TspzxeJP3 pic.twitter.com/XDtLCoXlVg
— Boston Athenæum (@bostonathenaeum) June 26, 2021
Celebrating the works of William Morris & the Kelmscott Press today! @MertonCollege has 3 vols presented by Jane Morris in 1897 (she also donated to other colleges (@Queens_Lib). The simpler woodcut borders are just as impressive as the famous initial pages #kelmscottpressday pic.twitter.com/0KdlNzJqgb
— Julia Walworth (@JuliaWalworth) June 26, 2021
This morning’s installation of #KelmscottChaucer for @AndreaLondonLIb‘s #kelmscottpressday display @TheLondonLib
along with Love is Enough#CollectionCare #Exhibitions pic.twitter.com/1SaYpzscVG— Meagen S (@amazingMeagen) June 26, 2021
Today we share parts of our copy of William Morris’ Earthly Paradise. A powerful work, charming and fascinating in so many ways.#KelmscottPressDay pic.twitter.com/9UoM7eAm1s
— St Davids Cathedral Library /Llyfrgell y Gadeirlan (@StDavCathLib) June 26, 2021
The Grolier Club celebrates International Kelmscott Press Day with this little gem: a photograph of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, 1909, attributed to Frederic W. Goudy according to the inscription. Reproduced in Ars Typographia (Spring 1918) #KelmscottPressDay pic.twitter.com/gZs6lipANo
— The Grolier Club (@GrolierClub) June 26, 2021
Happy #KelmscottPressDay ! There are so many places in the SF Bay Area to view William Morris’s Kelmscott Chaucer, thanks to this postcard from the NorCal @printinghistory . #GoodMailDay pic.twitter.com/aAgP5MrNEd
— Arion Press (@arionpress) June 26, 2021
Today is also the 125th anniversary of the publication of the Kelmscott edition of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Here we present two original drawings by William Morris & two proof pulls used as decorative borders for the text. #KelmscottPressDay pic.twitter.com/uH7jRqdoY1
— Clark Library (@ClarkLibUCLA) June 26, 2021
June 26th, International Kelmscott Press Day, marks the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Press and the 125th of its beautiful Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Shown is a Chaucer leaf given to the Chapin Library by Joan Dix Blair. #williamslibraries #williamscollege #chapin pic.twitter.com/rew6L3ibEE
— Williams Libraries (@LibrarEphs) June 26, 2021