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Rampant Lions Press Collection

An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 15 Mar 2019

Biographical History

Rampant Lions Press (1924-2008) was a highly-regarded letterpress printing firm in Cambridge, England founded by Will Carter (printer, typographer, calligrapher, and wood-carver) and later operated by his son, Sebastian.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Rampant Lions Press Collection consists of printed material from the press.

Arrangement of the Collection

As originally issued.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has a number of collections and cataloged items related to publishing, printing, and the book arts. For additional manuscript collections, please search our collections . For cataloged items, please refer to Libraries Search .

Subject Headings

Persons

Carter, Will, 1912-2001.

Corporate Bodies

Rampant Lions Press.

Subjects

Letterpress printing -- England.
Letterpress printing -- Specimens.
Private presses -- England.
Small presses -- England.

Genres and Forms

Broadsides (notices)
Type specimens (documents)

Occupations

Printers.
Publishers.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Rampant Lions Press Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2013.

Table of Contents

Printed material

Inventory