Doves Press

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Doves Press was a small printing company based in Hammersmith, London between 1900 and 1916. It was founded by T. J. Cobden Sanderson and Emery Walker, with Walker designing the press's type and Cobden-Sanderson working in the bindery. It is considered to have been a significant contributor to the Arts and Crafts movement; the founders had been associated with William Morris and the Kelmscott Press. The type used by the press was created by Emery Walker, based on the designs of Jenson. The fonts were destroyed by Cobden-Sanderson in 1916 when he threw them off Hammersmith bridge one night, and the company closed soon after. The company was named after "The Dove" an old riverside pub in Hammersmith. The Doves Press was responsible for the Doves Bible, which is considered to be one of the best examples of its type.