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Wood engraving by Edwina Ellis
(from A Christmas Carol, 1984)

Bordering on the Sublime
Ornamental Typography at the Curwen Press
Late 2025

Weathers:
A Selection of Thomas Hardy’s Poems

Summer 2025

A Scanty Plot of Ground
A selection of sonnets by John Donne and Gerard Manley Hopkins
Early 2026

The Shepherd's Calendar
John Clare’s jewel of pastoral and romantic poetry
Mid-2026

The Art of Eric Bergman
A major book on the brilliant German-Canadian engraver and block-printmaker
Publication date TBA

Ovid's Metamorphoses
As 'Englished' by Arthur Golding in 1567
Publication date TBA

Bordering on the Sublime:
Ornamental Typography at the Curwen Press

Gallery half-title

‘Gallery of Ornamental Borders’: Granjon arabesque

A la Carte Menu

Fournier leaves with Granjon & arabesque elements

Double Crown Club menu: panelled border in 18th century style

Miscellany of borders

Midland Hotel: Fournier leaves & flowers with other elements

Borders strips & fleurons for Midland Hotel menu

The English Parish Church: coloured rule with Lyonnaise arabesques

Opening text page: Preamble

Text page with page from Caxton’s Fifteen Oes

Text page with bordered insert

Text page: section opening

Two-colour formes with proof

One border, three ways

Three proofs for British Transport

An embarrassment of riches

A Chapter Opening from David Jury's Essay