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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613–1680
Title(s):
Moral maxims / by the Duke de la Rochefoucault.
Published/Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Twyford, Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXIV [1924]
Physical Description:
[6], 13-133, [3] pages ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PQ1815 .A72 1924
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Here end the Moral maxims by the Duke de la Rochefoucault: printed at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Twyford, Berkshire, by Robert Gibbings; & completed on the 20th day of July 1924. Compositors: F. Young & A.H. Gibbs; pressman: A.C. Cooper. With the exception of a few grammatical alterations, the text of this edition has been taken from that of 1749 'printed for Mr. A. Millar, opposite Katharine-street, in the Strand.' It is limited to 325 copies for sale."--Colophon.
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 19
BEIN 2007 502: No. 119.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no 251 of 325. Bound in quarter parchment with blue paper covered boards.
Subject Terms:
Maxims.
Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence.
Contributors:
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer.
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