RIT Acquires Historic Printing Press

RIT was the highest bidder at $233,000 on Tuesday for the Kelmscott/Goudy Albion iron hand press No. 6551, which was used by William Morris to print the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer in 1896.

“The Kelmscott/Goudy Press will have an active life at RIT, not simply as a museum artifact, but as a working press accessible to students, scholars and printers,” says Steven Galbraith, curator of RIT’s Cary Collection, to which the printing press will be added.