Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?, Illuminated illustrations of Froissart, selected from the manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris, and from other sources , 1845
- Title(s):
- Illuminated illustrations of Froissart, selected from the manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris, and from other sources / by H.N. Humphreys.
- Additional Title(s):
- Chroniques. English.
- Published/Created:
- London : W. Smith, 1845.
- Physical Description:
- [v]-vi p., 36 leaves, [36] leaves of plate : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsD113 F78 1845+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsD113 F78 1845+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsD113 F78 1845+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3345955
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Most of the illustrations from the Gruthyse ms. Intended to accompany Smith's edition of "Froissart" London, 1844. A first series under title: Illuminated illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the ms. in the British Museum. By H.N. Humphreys. London : W. Smith, 1844. Both series, with the plates, are found in the reissue of Smith's edition ; London : H.G. Bohn, 1855.
Added t.-p., illustrated in colors.
With descriptive letterpress.
Preface dated 1844.
McLean, Ruari. Victorian book design and colour printing, 1972. p. 99.
Printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars.
Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 165
Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).
BAC: British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 is bound in red gold- stamped morocco. Bookplates of George Thomas Mowbray. Copy 2 is bound in green publisher's binding. Bookplate of Jame Fenton. Binder's label: C. Ambery, Manchester, England. Copy 3. Large paper edition. Bound in red gold- stamped morocco. Gauffered edges. Owner's stamp: Vernon J. Watney, Cornbury, England. - Subject Terms:
- Ambery, C. -- Binder. (copy 2)Bradbury and Evans -- Printer.Fenton, James -- Bookplate. (copy 2)Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.Mowbray, George Thomas -- Bookplate. (copy 1)Smith, William -- Publisher.Watney, Vernon James, 1860-1928 -- Bookplate. (copy 3)
- Form/Genre:
- Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1845.
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Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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