Daphnis & Chloe : a most sweet, and pleasant pastorall romance for young ladies / translated out of the Greek of Longus, by Geo. Thornley, gent.
Alternate Title(s):
Daphnis and Chloe. English
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Golden Cockerel Press, mcmxxiij [1923, that is 1930]
Physical Description:
108, [3] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts PA4229.L8 E5 1923 Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Here end the Lesbian pastorals of Daphnis & Chloe, in the English version of Mr. Geo. Thornley, faithfully printed from the edition of mdclvii. This edition of 450 copies for sale printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, & finished on the vii day of November, mcmxxiii. Compositors: F. Young & A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. Seen through the press by Gay Taylor."--Colopon."May, 1930. Special issue of 97 sets of sheets remaining from the above [i.e. the 1923] edition, with 5 engravings on copper by J.E. Laboureur. Bound in maize buckram. Price 3 Gns."--Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press.Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 17BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 368 of 450. Bound in publisher's original cream buckram.
Subject Terms:
Daphnis (Greek mythology) -- Fiction. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens. | Daphnis (Greek mythology) | Daphnis (Greek mythology) Fiction
Form/Genre:
Fiction. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence. | Engravings -- 1930.
Contributors:
Thornley, George, 1614–, translator. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Taylor, Gay, printer. | Laboureur, Jean Emile, 1877–1943, engraver.