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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Book

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.

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Support composed of paper
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Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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