Catalogue of the fifty manuscripts & printed books bequeathed to the British Museum by Alfred H. Huth

British Museum, Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910, Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944, author, Esdaile, Arundell James Kennedy, 1880-1956, author, Herbert, J. A. (John Alexander), 1862-1948, author, Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948, author, Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner, British Museum. Department of Printed Books, British Museum. Department of Manuscripts, Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) · 1912 · London : Printed for the trustees, 1912. · 52 pictures

This is a 1912 trustees' catalogue of fifty manuscripts and printed books bequeathed to the British Museum by collector Alfred H. Huth, compiled by A. W. Pollard and printed in London. Its pictures are mostly reproduced early printed woodcuts and manuscript miniatures, showing allegorical scenes of Death with figures of every estate and a morality play's Everyman, which suggest medieval composition, the bold black-line contrast of woodcut, and the dense framing borders a designer might borrow.

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