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The birth of Christ : from the Gospel according to Saint Luke: PB 1925.5

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Titles

The birth of Christ : from the Gospel according to Saint Luke

Maker(s)

Illustrator: Rooke, Noel
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press
Printer: Gibbings, Robert John
Compositor: Young, F.
Pressman: Cooper, A.C.
Compositor: Gibbs, A. H.

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Description

43,[1]p : col. ill ; 22cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Waltham Saint Lawrence

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942-01-08) by Contemporary Art Society

Dating

Production date: AD 1925

Note

This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press ... 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 Museum has copy no. 184. Binding: quarter brown morocco, blue paper sides; gilt lettering on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1925.5
Primary reference Number: 107792
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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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