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A journey from this world to the next: PB 1930.3

Object information

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Titles

A journey from this world to the next

Maker(s)

Author: Fielding, Henry
Illustrator: Tegetmeier, Denis
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press
Printer: Gibbings, Robert John
Printer: Gibbings, Moira
Compositor: Young, F.
Pressman: Cooper, A.C.
Compositor: Gibbs, A. H.

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Description

By Henry Fielding; with six etchings on copper by Denis Tegetmeier

With cuttings from bookseller's cat

175,[1]p, [6] leaves of plates : ill ; 24cm

Place(s) associated

  • Waltham Saint Lawrence

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1975)

Dating

Production date: AD 1922

Note

"This book was printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press ... Compositors: A. H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressman: A. C. Cooper. The text followed the edition of 1743. 500 copies have been printed ..."--Colophon. Museum has copy no. 64. Binding: buff cloth, with gilt ornament (Cockerel) & 'GCP' in centre of upper board; gilt lettering on red spine label; top edge of pages gilt.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1930.3
Primary reference Number: 107791
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 January 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A journey from this world to the next" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/107791 Accessed: 2024-12-29 03:26:12

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