Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Barclay, John, 1582-1621
Title:
Euphormio's Satyricon / by John Barclay ; translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner ; ten wood engravings by Derrick Harris.
Alternate Title(s):
Satyricon. English
Published / Created:
London : Printed in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1954.
Physical Description:
[2], 158 pages, [10] leaves of plates : ilustrations ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA8465.S3 T87 1954+
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in Perpetua type on mould-made paper. Composition and presswork under the supervision of K.S. Tollit at The Chiswick Press. The edition is limited to 260 copies. Numbers 1-60 are specially bound in full morocco."--Verso of title page.

A satire on the Jesuits.

Title page printed in black and red.

SML,Y Gr12 B235 +Eu6G: No. 131 of an ed. of 260 copies.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 4 of 260. One of 60 copies specially bound in red full morocco.
Subject Terms:
Jesuits. | Satire, English. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1954. | Satire.
Contributors:
Turner, Paul, 1917– translator. | Harris, Derrick, 1919–1960, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.