[ROYCROFT]. KNAPP, Adeline (1860-1909). Upland Pastures. Ea...

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  [ROYCROFT]. KNAPP, Adeline (1860-1909). Upland Pastures. East Aurora: Roycroft Printing Shop, 1897. 8vo. Hand-illuminated initials, illustrations. Original cloth with titles gilt (rubbing). LIMITED EDITION, number 281 of 600 copies INITIALED AND INSCRIBED BY ELBERT HUBBARD. The Roycroft Press was established in 1895 shortly after founder Elbert Hubbard?s return from England, where he made the acquaintance of Kelmscott Press founder William Morris and became greatly influenced by the beautiful work done on his masterful fine press books. Harkening back to a simpler time in the craft of printing, as Morris had, Hubbard even modeled his own press?s insignia after that of 13th century bookbinder and illuminator Cassiodorus. Roycroft was the first fine press established in the United States directly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites? work in England, and is widely credited with kickstarting the American fine press movement. Tragically, both Hubbard and his wife, noted suffragette Alice Moore Hubbard, perished aboard the Lusitania on 7 May 1915. McKenna 18; Ogle p. 92.
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