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...secret of a beautiful book was lost until William Morris, a great student and designer of books, revived the art. He started the experiment by founding the "Kelmscott Press" in 1891. Many other presses such as the "Ashendene Press," "Doves Press," "Kelmscott Press," "Essex House Press," and in this country the "Merrymount" and "Riverside Presses," were founded soon afterward...
Among the exhibits that will probably attract the most interest are original parts from Dickens' "Pickwick Papers," and "Christmas Books" and an inkwell, which he used. There will be two volumes printed by the Kelmscott press, that of William Morris's, which holds the reputation of having produced some of the world's finest printing. The one is "Reynard the Fox" and the other an edition of Chauncer illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones...