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Title:
The birth of Christ : from the Gospel according to Saint Luke.
Alternate Title(s):
Bible. Luke. English. Selections. 1612.
Published/Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, England : Golden Cockerel Press, 1925.
Physical Description:
[5], 10-43, [1] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
BT315 .A3 1925
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12374303
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press at Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, England & completed on the 30th day of October, 1925. The text is taken from Barker's quarto edition of the Authorized Version of 1612. The arrangement of the book and the wood-engravings are by Noel Rooke. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs; Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The edition is limited to 370 copies."--Colophon.
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 32
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 85 of 370. Bound in quarter leather with blue paper covered boards.
Subject Terms:
Jesus Christ -- Nativity.
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Lawrence.
Wood engravings -- 1925.
Contributors:
Gibbings, Robert, 1889-1958, printer.
Rooke, Noel, 1881-, engraver.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
Cooper, A. C. (Albert C.) pressman.
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