The Fleuron
The Fleuron
A Journal of Typography 7 volumes
Edited by Oliver Simon and Stanley Morison
Published by The Fleuron 1923 – 1930
£675
The complete set of The Fleuron. Quarto (c.285x230mm.),
Vol. 1 (1923) Edited by Oliver Simon – in original printed dust jacket, somewhat soiled, internally very good, printed at the Curwen Press.
Vol. 2 (1924) Edited by Oliver Simon – original red cloth spine/black paper sides, some foxing on preliminaries and page edges, all other pages good, bookplate on front pastedown, printed at the Curwen Press
Vol. 3 (1924) Edited by Oliver Simon - original black buckram, limited edition #115/125 printed on hand made paper at the Curwen Press, very good.
Vol. 4 (1925) Edited by Oliver Simon – original green cloth, slightly worn, internally very good, printed at the Curwen Press.
Vol. 5 (1926) Edited by Stanley Morison – original tan buckram, the spine is worn with some damage at tail, one of 1250 copies on Antique Laid paper, binding and endpapers designed by Emil Rudolf Weiss, internally very good, printed in Barbou type by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge.
Vol. 6 (1928) Edited by Stanley Morison – original green cloth, slightly worn, internally very good, one of 1150 copies printed in Barbou type on Antique Wove by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge
Vol. 7 (1930) Edited by Stanley Morison – original black buckram, gold blocked on front cover, small amount of fading at lower edge, internally very good, limited edition #163/210 copies, signed by Stanley Morison, Eric Gill’s signature on the Perpetua Type specimen page, printed in Barbou type on English Hand Made Wove by Walter Lewis at University Press, Cambridge
Of course, all the iconic names of 20th. Century typography are here. The early meetings of the Fleuron Society included Oliver Simon, Stanley Morison, Francis Meynell, Holbrook Jackson and Bernard Newdigate. They disbanded quite quickly due to disagreements about the production of a journal. Newdigate wanted to retain hand-setting and hand-made paper in strictly limited editions; Jackson wanted no limits, Simon and Morison were inclined to accept that modern machinery was here to stay and they should use it to produce quality printing to match the hand made publications. The Fleuron was the result and it is wonderful (as you know!)
Articles by, or about, Eric Gill, D.B.Updike, Bruce Rogers, A.F. Johnson, Rudolf Koch, Paul Beujon (Beatrice Ward), Simon and Morison to name a random few.