Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Kelmscott/Goudy Albion Press at RIT

In last December's well-publicized auction, the Cary Collection at RIT came out as the winning bidder of William Morris's Albion Press: $233,000. Morris used other presses in the printing of his Kelmscott books, but this one has a special provenance as it was once owned by America's master type-designer, Frederick Goudy. Below are some photos of the press being refurbished at RIT. Amelia Hugill-Fontanel (featured in the photos) described to me the painstaking process. Click here to read the full story.


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