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| - | [[Panurge Press]] is an Anglophone publisher similar to [[Falstaff Press]]. They were a [[Private press|subscription based press]] with most editions limited to 1000 to 2000 press-numbered copies. | ||
| - | It was run by [[Esar Levine]]. | + | '''Private press''' is a term used in the field of [[book collecting]] to describe a [[printing press]] operated as an artistic or craft-based endeavor, rather than as a purely commercial venture. The term is also used in the [[Gramophone record|record]] collecting field to describe records released in small runs by individuals, as opposed to records released by record labels. |
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| + | == Private Press Movement == | ||
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| + | The term 'Private Press' is often used to refer to a movement in book production which flourished at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries under the influence of the scholar-artisans [[William Morris]], Sir [[Emery Walker]] and their followers. The movement is often considered to have begun with the founding of Morris' [[Kelmscott Press]] in 1890, following a lecture on printing given by Walker at the [[Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society]] in November 1888. Those involved in the movement created books by traditional printing and binding methods, with an emphasis on the book as a work of art and manual skill, as well as a medium for the transmission of information. Morris was greatly influenced by medieval printed books and the 'Kelmscott style' had a great, and not always positive, influence on later private presses and commercial book-design. The movement was an off-shoot of the Arts and Crafts movement, and represented a rejection of the cheap mechanised book-production methods which developed in the Victorian era. The books were made with high quality materials (hand-made paper, traditional inks and, in some cases, specially-designed typefaces), and were often bound by hand. Careful consideration was given to format, page-design, type, illustration and binding, in order to produce a unified whole. The movement dwindled during the worldwide depression of the 1930s, as the market for luxury goods evaporated. Since the 1950s, there has been a resurgence of interest, especially among artists, in the experimental use of letterpress printing, paper-making and hand-bookbinding in producing small editions of 'artists' books', and among amateur (and a few professional) enthusiasts for traditional printing methods and for the production 'values' of the private press movement. | ||
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| + | ==Notable private presses== | ||
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| + | * [[Ad insigne pinus]] in [[Augsburg]] from 1594 to 1619. | ||
| + | * [[Strawberry Hill Press]] — the ''Officina Arbuteana'' — of [[Horace Walpole]]. | ||
| + | * The Press of [[Gaetano Polidori]]. | ||
| + | * [[Daniel Press]] in Oxford from 1874 to 1903. | ||
| + | * [[Kelmscott Press]] set up by [[William Morris]] in 1891. | ||
| + | * [[The Mosher Press]] set up by [[Thomas Bird Mosher]] in 1891 in [[Portland, Maine]]. | ||
| + | * [[Roycroft Press]] set up by [[Elbert Hubbard]] in 1895. | ||
| + | * [[Doves Press]] founded by T. J. Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker in 1900. | ||
| + | * [[Gregynog Press]] (1922-) Founded by Gwendoline and Margaret Davis | ||
| + | * [[Trovillion Press|Trovillion Press at the Sign of the Silver Horse]], set up by Hal W. Trovillion in [[Herrin, Illinois]] in 1908. | ||
| + | * The [[Golden Cockerel Press]] founded by Harold Midgley Taylor in 1920. | ||
| + | * [[Nonesuch Press]] founded in 1922 by Francis and Vera Meynell, and David Garnett. | ||
| + | * [[The Perishable Press Limited]] founded by [[Walter Hamady]] in 1964. | ||
| + | * [[Something Else Press]] operated by [[Dick Higgins]] from 1964 to 1973. | ||
| + | * [[PrivatePress.com]] the private press movement with today's technology. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * Roderick Cave, ''The private presses''. 2nd edition. London: Bowker, 1983. | ||
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| + | * Johanna Drucker, ''The century of artists' books''. New York: Granary Books, 1995. | ||
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| + | * Colin Franklin, ''The private press''. 2nd edition. Aldershot: Scolar, 1991. | ||
| - | == Incomplete list of publications == | ||
| - | *[[Georges Eekhoud]] [[1899]] novel, ''[[Escal-Vigor]]'', published in 1930 as ''A Strange Love: A Novel of Abnormal Passion'' | ||
| - | *''[[The Erotic History of France]]'' by [[Henry L. Marchand]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Sotadic Zone]]'' by [[Sir Richard Burton]] | ||
| - | *''[[Black Lust]]'' by [[Jean de Villiot]] | ||
| - | *''[[Chastity Belts]]'' by [[Esar Levine]] | ||
| - | *''[[Eunuchs, Odalisques and Love]]'' by [[Nicholas Fromaget]] | ||
| - | *''[[Madame Sex]]'' by Dr. [[Isaac Goldberg]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Gods of Generation]]'' by [[J.-A. Dulaure]] | ||
| - | *''[[Erotic Fairy Tales]]'' by the [[Abbe de Voisenon]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Arabian Art of Love]]''by [[Carlisle E. Viman]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Facetious Nights of Straparola|The Merry Nights]]'' of [[Straparola]] | ||
| - | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[Panurge ]] | ||
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Private press is a term used in the field of book collecting to describe a printing press operated as an artistic or craft-based endeavor, rather than as a purely commercial venture. The term is also used in the record collecting field to describe records released in small runs by individuals, as opposed to records released by record labels.
Private Press Movement
The term 'Private Press' is often used to refer to a movement in book production which flourished at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries under the influence of the scholar-artisans William Morris, Sir Emery Walker and their followers. The movement is often considered to have begun with the founding of Morris' Kelmscott Press in 1890, following a lecture on printing given by Walker at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in November 1888. Those involved in the movement created books by traditional printing and binding methods, with an emphasis on the book as a work of art and manual skill, as well as a medium for the transmission of information. Morris was greatly influenced by medieval printed books and the 'Kelmscott style' had a great, and not always positive, influence on later private presses and commercial book-design. The movement was an off-shoot of the Arts and Crafts movement, and represented a rejection of the cheap mechanised book-production methods which developed in the Victorian era. The books were made with high quality materials (hand-made paper, traditional inks and, in some cases, specially-designed typefaces), and were often bound by hand. Careful consideration was given to format, page-design, type, illustration and binding, in order to produce a unified whole. The movement dwindled during the worldwide depression of the 1930s, as the market for luxury goods evaporated. Since the 1950s, there has been a resurgence of interest, especially among artists, in the experimental use of letterpress printing, paper-making and hand-bookbinding in producing small editions of 'artists' books', and among amateur (and a few professional) enthusiasts for traditional printing methods and for the production 'values' of the private press movement.
Notable private presses
- Ad insigne pinus in Augsburg from 1594 to 1619.
- Strawberry Hill Press — the Officina Arbuteana — of Horace Walpole.
- The Press of Gaetano Polidori.
- Daniel Press in Oxford from 1874 to 1903.
- Kelmscott Press set up by William Morris in 1891.
- The Mosher Press set up by Thomas Bird Mosher in 1891 in Portland, Maine.
- Roycroft Press set up by Elbert Hubbard in 1895.
- Doves Press founded by T. J. Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker in 1900.
- Gregynog Press (1922-) Founded by Gwendoline and Margaret Davis
- Trovillion Press at the Sign of the Silver Horse, set up by Hal W. Trovillion in Herrin, Illinois in 1908.
- The Golden Cockerel Press founded by Harold Midgley Taylor in 1920.
- Nonesuch Press founded in 1922 by Francis and Vera Meynell, and David Garnett.
- The Perishable Press Limited founded by Walter Hamady in 1964.
- Something Else Press operated by Dick Higgins from 1964 to 1973.
- PrivatePress.com the private press movement with today's technology.
References
- Roderick Cave, The private presses. 2nd edition. London: Bowker, 1983.
- Johanna Drucker, The century of artists' books. New York: Granary Books, 1995.
- Colin Franklin, The private press. 2nd edition. Aldershot: Scolar, 1991.
