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Ornamentation and Illustrations from the Kelmscott Chaucer (Dover Pictorial Archives)
William Morris

Ornamentation and Illustrations from the Kelmscott Chaucer (Dover Pictorial Archives)

Dover Publications (Jun 01, 1973)
9780486229706
| Paperback
128 pages | 210 x 306 mm | English
Dewey 769.924
LC Classification NC242.M72 .W54 1973
LC Control No. 73080560

Subject

  • Book Ornamentation
  • English Poetry
  • Medievalism
  • Middle Ages In Art
  • Morris, William

Plot

One hundred pages of beautiful tailpieces, decorative letters, elaborate floral borders and frames, samples of body type, and other illustrations contain all 87 Burne-Jones woodcuts and every Morris border and decoration. Introduction by Fridolf Johnson. A magnificent capsulation of fine printing beauty for browsing or for use by commercial artists.