The Chiswick Press is a printing press founded by Charles Whittingham I (1767-1840) in 1811.
History
Under its name, the printing house worked from 1811 to 1962. Whittingham I gained fame by printing cheap editions of classics, but most of all book printing became famous under Whittingham II , which printed several early works of William Morris [1] (to the founder’s nephew, Charles Whittingham II (1795–1876), the company was transferred to management in 1840. ) Cheesic Press had a noticeable impact on the then printing, trying to revive the old style in design and raise the level of printing.
The most famous book published in The Cheesic Press was The Diary of Lady Willoughby ; London, 1844. The text of the book is a fictional personal diary, which supposedly was in the XVI century [2] . The book is typed in a new font, which was ordered by publisher William Pickering in Caslon's foundry based on old drawings by William Caslon . Nevertheless, William Pickering was not associated with the publication of The Diary, although he printed his other books in the Cheesic Press [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Harrod's librarians' glossary and reference book. 9th ed. (Aldershot: Gower, 2000); Ing, Janet Thompson. Charles Whittingham the Younger and the Chiswick Press, 1852-59. Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
- ↑ Warren Chappell, Robert Bringhurst. A short history of the printed word. Vancouver, 1999. P. 202-203.
- ↑ Geoffrey Keynes, Sir Geoffrey Keynes. William Pickering, publisher: A memoir & a hand-list of his editions. Michigan University, The Fleuron, 1924. P. 25.