Transcriber’s Note:

This book contains three major sections and some end-notes, but the original did not include a table of contents. The following links will take you directly to each section:

[A NOTE ON FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS]
[THE IDEAL BOOK]
[AN ESSAY ON PRINTING]
[ORIGINAL END-NOTES]

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THE ART AND CRAFT OF PRINTING,
BY WILLIAM MORRIS.


A NOTE BY WILLIAM MORRIS ON HIS AIMS IN FOUNDING THE KELMSCOTT PRESS, TOGETHER WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESS BY S. C. COCKERELL, AND AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BOOKS PRINTED THEREAT.