Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768
Title:
The life & opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman / by Laurence Sterne ; with 15 engravings on copper by J.E. Laboureur.
Alternate Title(s):
Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1930.
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This book was printed by Robert and Moira Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, and completed on the 28th day of January, 1930. The text is taken from the edition of 1780, the configurations being engraved by Eric Gill. Composiors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The edition is limited to 500 copies."--Colophon of volume 3.
Subject Terms:
Clergy -- Fiction. | Young men -- England -- Fiction. | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. | Fiction -- Authorship -- Fiction. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence. | Engravings -- 1929-1930.
Contributors:
Gibbings, Moira, printer. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer. | Gill, Eric, 1882–1940, engraver. | Laboureur, Jean Emile, 1877–1943, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.