San Francisco, CA, USA The Book Club of California June 26th – October 31st This online exhibition surveys the Sperisen Library’s Kelmscott Press works along with other books from nearly five centuries of printing, looking at early typefaces Morris noted as...
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Celebrating International Kelmscott Press Day
McMinnville, OR, USA Philip J. Pirages Rare Books To celebrate International Kelmscott Press Day, antiquarian bookseller Philip J. Pirages, author of a study on the origins of the Kelmscott Chaucer typeface and the influence of German Incunabular printers on William...
The Kelmscott Chaucer
Champaign, IL, USA Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A video conversation about the Kelmscott Chaucer and some associated items in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rare Book and Manuscript Library collections....
The Life and Work of William Morris
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archives and Special Collections, University of Cincinnati An online exhibition featuring Kelmscott Press books, books from other private presses and designers, and an autograph letter from Morris to Aglaia Coronio. View here
William Morris in Books and Leaves
Athens, Ohio, USA Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Ohio University This online exhibition delves into a few signature items from the Ohio University rare book collection that help us understand the influence of William Morris as book collector on...
William Morris and the Kelmscott Press in Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia University of Adelaide Special Collections The University of Adelaide Library will be hosting physical and online displays of items connected to William Morris, the Kelmscott Press and the Arts and Crafts Movement. The physical display will be...
‘The Most Beautiful of All Printed Books’: William Morris’s Kelmscott Chaucer
Poughkeepsie, NY, USA Special Collections, Vassar College Video presentation on the Kelmscott Chaucer by Ron Patkus, Head of Special Collections and Frederick Weyerhaeuser Adjunct Associate Professor of History, Vassar College. View here
‘The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer’: One Copy of the Book in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina Sol Rebora, Bookbinder In this video, Sol Rebora, a designer bookbinder and teacher of bookbinding in Argentina, describes her work on a privately-owned copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer. Watch here
A Book with a Claim to Beauty: Marking the 125th Anniversary of the Kelmscott Chaucer
Newark, DE, USA University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press Digital and in-person exhibition featuring two copies of the Kelmscott Chaucer and related materials from Special Collections and the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection. View the digital exhibition here...