Story of the Glittering Plain

This beautiful volume makes one of history's most extraordinary achievements in book design and printing available in an inexpensive paperback edition. The Story of the Glittering Plain, a richly evocative medieval tale of knightly adventure written by the Victorian poet and artist William Morris, was the first publication of Morris' newly founded Kelmscott Press; its second (1894) edition, reprinted here, was one of the most influential Kelmscott books.
The sumptuous look and feel of the book, its exemplary presswork and fine paper, and scrupulous attention to every detail combined to create a sensation among printers and collectors. The Story of the Glittering Plain was one of a small group of Morris' masterpieces that were to revolutionize the art of printing and transform it from a routine trade into high art. In addition to the elegant typography, which Morris based on fonts by great fifteenth-century German printers, the book features rich ornaments and initials designed by Morris as well as 23 superb woodcuts by noted artist Walter Crane. The result is a chivalrous tale that is both an aesthetic and a heroic adventure.

Acest frumos volum face una dintre cele mai extraordinare realizari ale istoriei in ceea ce priveste proiectarea si tiparirea cartilor, disponibila intr-o editie de brosura ieftina. Povestea campiei stralucitoare, o poveste medievala bogat evocatoare despre aventura cavalereasca scrisa de poetul si artistul victorian William Morris, a fost prima publicatie a nou-infiintatei Morris Kelmscott Press; cea de-a doua editie (1894), retiparita aici, a fost una dintre cele mai influente carti Kelmscott. Aspectul somptuos al cartii, lucrarile sale de presa exemplare si hartia fina, precum si atentia scrupuloasa la fiecare detaliu combinat pentru a crea senzatie in randul tipografilor si colectionarilor .