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The lives of gallant ladies
Title
The lives of gallant ladies / by Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur & abbot of Brantome ; translated out of the French by H.M. ; embellished with woodcuts by Robert Gibbings.
Publication
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Privately printed for subscribers only, 1924.
Manufacture
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Golden Cockerel Press, 1924.
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 1998 +274: Initialed by H.M.
BAC: British Art Center copy unnumbered. Bound in black quarter linen with blue-green paper covered boards.
Notes
Preface by Francis Macnamara.
Volume 2 translated by Francis Macnamara.
"This is to certify that the edition of Brantôme's 'Lives of Gallant Ladies,' is printed privately at The Golden Cockerel Press and issued to subscribers in July, 1924, is strictly limited to the following numbers, which include all copies whether for sale or presentation: 625 sets on rag paper; 75 sets on Dutch hand-made paper; and 18 sets on English hand-made paper. The type was distributed immediately after printing and the blocks destroyed. [Signed]: Robert Gibbings. Director, Golden Cockerel Press, 17th July, 1924."--Printed sheet laid in volume 1.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 18
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Private press books (Publishing) - England - Waltham Saint Lawrence.
Biographies.
Wood engravings - 1924.
Also listed under
Golden Cockerel Press, printer.
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