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Creator:
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Title(s):
Illuminated illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the ms. in the British museum. By H.N. Humphreys, esq.
Published/Created:
London, William Smith, 1844.
Physical Description:
3 p.., 2, [v]-vi p., 36 leaves. XXXVI col. plates. 26 x 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
D113 F77 Copy 1
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
D113 F77 Copy 2
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
D113 F77 Copy 3
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : "Bradbury and Evans, printers."
BAC : British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1, which was bound by Hayday, and White, has the bookplate of George Thomas Mowbray. Copy 2 has the bookplate of James Fenton; an advertisement is bound in at the front.
Added t.-p., illustrated in colors.
With descriptive letterpress.
Illustrations partly from the mss. 4379 and 4380 of the Harleian collection (containing the fourth volume of Froissart's Chronicles divided into two parts) and partly from mss. in the Bibliothèque nationale at Paris. Intended to accompany Smith's edition of the Chronicles, London, 1844. A second series appeared under title: "Illuminated illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the ms. in the Bibliothèque royale, Paris, and from other sources." By H.N. Humphreys. London, W Smith, 1845. Cf. Brit. Mus. Catalogue. Both series, with the plates inserted in their proper places, are found in the reissue of Smith's edition, London, H.G. Bohn, 1855.
Contributors:
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879.
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