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Kelmscott|ˈkɛlmzkɒt|
The name of Kelmscott House, Hammersmith (named after Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire), the home of William Morris (1834–1896), used in the name of the Kelmscott Press, which was founded there by him in 1891 and worked until 1898; also used absol. or attrib. to designate the books produced or their design.
1891W. Morris Story of Glittering Plain 188 Here endeth the Glittering Plain, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex. 1896G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 10 Oct. 387/2 If he [sc. William Morris] had started a Kelmscott Theatre instead of the Kelmscott Press, I am quite confident that..he would have produced work that would within ten years have affected every theatre in Europe. 1920A. Smellie in C. Jerdan Scottish Clerical Stories xii. 242, I had rather be the owner of its twenty-seven volumes than have all the Elzevirs and Kelmscotts in the world. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Mar. 174/1 The book has somewhat of a Kelmscott air. 1963Listener 21 Mar. 522/1 There is a vigour and vitality in his decorations that make Burne-Jones's Kelmscott borders rather tame. 1966Berry & Poole Ann. Printing 262/1 The beauty of the Kelmscott books was due to harmony of type and decoration, the spacing of words and lines, the positioning of the text on the page, the careful choice of paper and ink, and the excellent presswork... Other private presses followed which served to increase the interest in fine book printing. |