Yale Center for British Art

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

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.