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Title(s):
The Chester play of the deluge / edited by J. Isaacs ; with engravings on wood by David Jones.
Additional Title(s):
Deluge (Chester play)
Published/Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Golden Cockerel Press, 1927.
Physical Description:
iv, 16, [2] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR1261 .D45 1927+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN,GEN:"Number 269" with original dust-wrapper.
Original title: The thirde pagent of Noyes flood, the waterleaders, and drawers in dye. [n.p., G. Bellin, 1592]
"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings ... The text is based ... on that established by Professor A.W. Pollard for his 'English miracle plays,' with variants from the manuscripts edited by the late Dr. Hermann Deimling for the Early English Text Society ... The edition is limited to CCLXXV copies ..."--Colophon.
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 52
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 122 of a limited edition of 275 copies. Bound in publisher's original red cloth.
Subject Terms:
Bible play, English (Middle)
Golden Cockerel Press -- Publisher.
Noah (Biblical figure) -- Drama.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence.
Wood engravings -- 1927.
Contributors:
Isaacs, J. (Jacob), 1896-1973.
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
Jones, David, 1895-1974, engraver.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
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