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Creator:
Barclay, John, 1582-1621
Title(s):

Euphormio's Satyricon / by John Barclay ; translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner ; ten wood engravings by Derrick Harris.

Additional Title(s):

Satyricon. English

Published/Created:
London : Printed in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press, 1954.
Physical Description:
[2], 158 pages, [10] leaves of plates : ilustrations ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PA8465.S3 T87 1954+
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in Perpetua type on mould-made paper. Composition and presswork under the supervision of K.S. Tollit at The Chiswick Press. The edition is limited to 260 copies. Numbers 1-60 are specially bound in full morocco."--Verso of title page.
A satire on the Jesuits.
Title page printed in black and red.
SML,Y Gr12 B235 +Eu6G: No. 131 of an ed. of 260 copies.
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 4 of 260. One of 60 copies specially bound in red full morocco.
Subject Terms:
Jesuits.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Satire, English.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Wood engravings -- 1954.
Satire.
Contributors:
Turner, Paul, 1917- translator.
Harris, Derrick, 1919-1960, engraver.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
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