Fine printing and private press collections

We have a rich selection of fine printing and private press books within separate named collections.

These collections include:

  • Aston Bindings: a 50-volume set of Sacred Books of the East
  • Baskerville: books from the famous eighteenth-century printer John Baskerville
  • Birmingham School of Printing: 500 books printed between 1926-1953
  • Bodoni: 170 books, including splendid editions of the classics
  • Foulis: 200 books from the celebrated nineteenth-century press of Robert and Andrew Foulis
  • Kelmscott: more than 50 books from William Morris' famous press