Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The wisdom of the Cymry / translated from the Welsh triads, by Winifred Faraday.
Published / Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1939.
Physical Description:
47, [1] pages 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN6307.W4 F37 1939
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The wisdom of the Cymry has been printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press in Eric Gill's sans-serif type, with the title-page engraved in wood by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. This edition is limited to 60 copies, printed on hand-made paper. (There will also be an unlimited editon.)"--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 144

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 5 of 60, printed on hand-made paper. Bound in original patterned gold cloth.
Subject Terms:
Triads (Literature) | Quotations, Welsh. | Maxims. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1939. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Mackenzie-Grieve, Averil, engraver. | Faraday, L. Winifred, translator. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, printer. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.