Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680
Title:
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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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.
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.