Here are comments made over the years about the Press’s work.
‘Areopagitica and Cupid and Psyche, both from the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, convince one that the best printing being done in England today (or anywhere) is being done by Will and Sebastian Carter.’
August Heckscher in Fine Print (1980).
‘Such well-judged and of course well printed originality has always been a characteristic of the Rampant Lions Press.’
Michael Taylor reviewing The Putney Debates (1983) in Matrix.
‘… imaginative and elegant design. Beckett has been well served on these pages. … His words have been given their proper, forward-bearing, dominant space. It is a joy to see.’
Doris Grumbach reviewing As the Story was Told (1987) in Fine Print.
‘The potential demonstrated and the fecundity of ideas in this book make it an important statement on the the state of fine printing, and a hopeful indicator of where the fine press book may be going.’
Alastair Johnson reviewing A Printer’s Dozen (1993) in Bookways.
‘The quality and craftmanship if this production reveal Sebastian Carter to be a truly fine letterpress printer working at the height of his powers.’
Phil Cleaver reviewing In Praise of Letterpress (2001) in Parenthesis.
‘If obliged to choose a favourite among contemporary British letterpress printers, I would sweat profusely for a while before selecting Rampant Lions … Sebastian Carter’s eye for design, and skill in the magic of making marks on paper with inked type and blocks, seems to me almost beyond criticism.’
Paul W Nash in Matrix (2004).
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