Mackmurdo (A.H.), Herbert P.Horne and Selwyn Image editors. The Century Guild Hobby Horse, vol.1-7 & with the suppressed issue No.1 (April 1884), together 8 vol., woodcut decorative title by Selwyn Image plates and illustrations, woodcut decorations and initials by Mackmurdo and Horne, original parchment-backed blue boards with small woodcut illustration by Image on upper cover and the Guild's monogram by Mackmurdo on lower, suppressed issue No.1 bound in similar parchment-backed boards but without woodcuts and with original pictorial wrappers bound in (slightly soiled), all uncut, rubbed and soiled, 4to, Orpington, April 1884 and London, (vol.3-7 Chiswick Press), 1886-92. ⁂ Highly influential magazine produced by one of the most important 19th century Arts and Crafts organisations, rarely found with the suppressed issue. The Century Guild was founded in 1882 by the architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo to produce decorative work in every field of interior design including architecture, decorative painting, furniture, metalwork, ceramics and glass. There was an emphasis on crafts rather than mechanical production and in particular the new style of Art Nouveau, evident in the woodcut decorations and monogram by Mackmurdo. The architect Herbert P.Horne and artist & writer Selwyn Image were the fellow members and co-editors but many other artists were involved with the group. In 1884 they started The Century Guild Hobby Horse, concentrating on the visual arts but also including literature and social issues. The first issue was published in April 1884 but no others until 1886 when they started again with No.1, and in 1893 it was renamed The Hobby Horse but only lasted for three issues until 1894 (these last three issues not present here). It was a high quality magazine printed on handmade paper, illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs and used photogravure for reproductions, while the progressive typography and design of the main part was done or guided by Emery Walker and printed at the Chiswick Press. Contributors include Burne-Jones, William and May Morris Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Simeon Solomon Laurence Binyon, Lionel Johnson and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The Guild influenced C.F.A.Voysey and Charles Rennie Mackintosh and other members of the Arts and Crafts movement; the magazine developed book-design leading to periodicals such as The Yellow Book and The Savoy.
Mackmurdo (A.H.), Herbert P.Horne and Selwyn Image editors. The Century Guild Hobby Horse, vol.1-7 & with the suppressed issue No.1 (April 1884), together 8 vol., woodcut decorative title by Selwyn Image plates and illustrations, woodcut decorations and initials by Mackmurdo and Horne, original parchment-backed blue boards with small woodcut illustration by Image on upper cover and the Guild's monogram by Mackmurdo on lower, suppressed issue No.1 bound in similar parchment-backed boards but without woodcuts and with original pictorial wrappers bound in (slightly soiled), all uncut, rubbed and soiled, 4to, Orpington, April 1884 and London, (vol.3-7 Chiswick Press), 1886-92. ⁂ Highly influential magazine produced by one of the most important 19th century Arts and Crafts organisations, rarely found with the suppressed issue. The Century Guild was founded in 1882 by the architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo to produce decorative work in every field of interior design including architecture, decorative painting, furniture, metalwork, ceramics and glass. There was an emphasis on crafts rather than mechanical production and in particular the new style of Art Nouveau, evident in the woodcut decorations and monogram by Mackmurdo. The architect Herbert P.Horne and artist & writer Selwyn Image were the fellow members and co-editors but many other artists were involved with the group. In 1884 they started The Century Guild Hobby Horse, concentrating on the visual arts but also including literature and social issues. The first issue was published in April 1884 but no others until 1886 when they started again with No.1, and in 1893 it was renamed The Hobby Horse but only lasted for three issues until 1894 (these last three issues not present here). It was a high quality magazine printed on handmade paper, illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs and used photogravure for reproductions, while the progressive typography and design of the main part was done or guided by Emery Walker and printed at the Chiswick Press. Contributors include Burne-Jones, William and May Morris Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Simeon Solomon Laurence Binyon, Lionel Johnson and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. The Guild influenced C.F.A.Voysey and Charles Rennie Mackintosh and other members of the Arts and Crafts movement; the magazine developed book-design leading to periodicals such as The Yellow Book and The Savoy.
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