Art & prudence : an essay: PB 54-2004

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Titles

Art & prudence : an essay

Maker(s)

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

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Book

Description

Delivered as a lecture at Manchester University, February, 1928.

[4], 18, [1] p., 2 plates : illus ; 21 cm

Place(s) associated

Waltham Saint Lawrence

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1928

Note

"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press ... Compositors: A. H. Gibbs & F. Young. Pressman: A. C. Cooper. The edition is limited edition to 500 copies, of which this is no. [in ms] 329."--Colophon. Illustrations: 2 engravings on copper by the author. Paper: Kelmscott hand-made paper; watermarked: oak branch. Bound in red buckram, with dustjacket. Waltham Saint Lawrence is listed as a place of production not associated with the author or illustrator.

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Support composed of paper
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Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 54-2004
Primary reference Number: 111030
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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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