Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
Title:
Lucretia Borgia : the chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei : Renaissance period / by Algernon Charles Swinburne ; commentary and notes by Randolph Hughes ; engravings by Reynolds Stone.
Published / Created:
London : Printed and published for the first time, by The Golden Cocerkel Press, 1942.
Physical Description:
[4], 7-191, [2], 16-17, [3] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, Rolls Passage, London, E.C. 4, in Poliphilus type-an Aldine fount of the period which the Chronicle portrays--on specially water-marked Golden Cockerel paper made by Arnold & Foster. Preparation of the edition was begun in January 1940 and finished in October, 1942. 350 copies have been printed and the type has been distributed. Nos. 1-30 are full-bound in white morocco, and include a facsimile reproduction of the manuscript of one chapter of the text. Nos. 31-350 are bound in canvas."--Colophon.
Subject Terms:
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1942. | Photomechanical prints -- 1942.
Contributors:
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Hughes, Randolph, 1889–1955, writer of commentary. | Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, printer. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder. | Stone, Reynolds, engraver.