Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The fables of Aesop / translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt.
Alternate Title(s):
Aesop's fables. English.
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, in Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:
[2], v, [1], 94, [2] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Holdings:
Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, in Berkshire, and completed on the 20th day of October, 1926. Wood-engravings by Celia M. Fiennes. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The edition is re-printed from that of 1692, and is limited to 350 copies, of which 325 are for sale."--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 45

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 197 of 350. Bound in cream quarter buckram with brown paper covered boards.
Subject Terms:
Aesop's fables -- Translations into English. | Fables, Greek -- Translations into English. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1926. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Fables.
Contributors:
L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616–1704, translator. | Fiennes, Celia, 1662–1741, engraver. | Aesop. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.