Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Title:
Selected essays / by the Reverend Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin ; decorated with engravings on wood by Jon Farleigh ; edited by R. Ellis Roberts ; volume one.
Alternate Title(s):
Works. Selections. 1925
Published / Created:
Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXV [1925]
Physical Description:
[4], 9-80, [2] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Here ends Volume I. of Essays by Jonathan Swift. Edited by R. Ellis Roberts, & illustrated with wood engravings by Jon Farleigh. Printed and published at The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, under the direction of Robert Gibbings; and completed on the 14th day of July, 1925. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressmen: A.C. Cooper and W.R. Mills. This edition is limited to 450 copies."--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
English essays. | Satire, English. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1925. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence. | Essays. | Satire.
Contributors:
Farleigh, John, 1900–1965, engraver. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Roberts, R. Ellis (Richard Ellis), 1879–1953, editor.