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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Henry Green papers
Creator:
Green, Henry
Identifier/Call Number: mssGreenh
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1865-1873
Abstract: This collection contains the professional papers of Henry Green (1801-1873) from 1865-1873 whose mission was to catalogue
and document the editions written or mentioned about the works of Andrea Alciati that he had ascertained to exist, whether
written by Andrea Alciati or mentioned by other authors.
Language of Material: The materials are in English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more
information.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item], Henry Green papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Born in 1801 and died in 1873, Henry Green was a husband, a reverend, and a member of the Holbein Society ("La Sociéte-Holbein"
or "Une Sociéte de Bibliophiles") of Manchester. He was also the editor of the Trübner and Company in London, England. His
work consisted of mainly publishing and editing emblematical literatures and its writers. Such publications include On the
Emblems of Geffrey Whitney, of Nantwich, in the Sixteenth Century: A paper read before The Architectural, Archeological, and
Historic Society of Chester [1865]; Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers [1870]; Grimaldi's funeral oration January 19, 1550,
for Andrea Alciati; in photo-lith. fac-simile, With a translation into English, Edited by Henry Green, M. A.[1871]; Andrea
Alciati and His Books of Emblems: A Biographical and Bibliographical Study [1872]; and much more.
From 1865 to 1872, Green assembled a collection of correspondence, manuscripts, surveys, and questionnaires stemming from
different libraries, universities, colleges, museums, and personal repositories throughout Europe and the United States. His
mission was to catalogue and document the editions written or mentioned about the works of Andrea Alciati that he had ascertained
to exist, whether written by Andrea Alciati or mentioned by other authors. His goal was to publish a bibliographical catalog
compiling the aforementioned information, supplying more detailed information about the date, city, author, and publication
name of the identified editions. The catalog was called the Index of Emblem Books, which listed over 3,000 titles by 1,300
different authors. In 1872, Green published this aforementioned catalog and his research through the Trübner and Company titling
his infamous work as Andrea Alciati and his Books of Emblems: A Biographical and Bibliographical Study. However, only 250
copies of the original edition were published at the time.
This collection is arranged in two parts--Manuscripts and Correspondence.
While the bulk of the collection contains questionnaires ("Modele de La Formule No. 4") and surveys ("Liste No. II") written
in French, select materials contain correspondence, publication announcements, and various drafts of Green's publication of
Andrea Alciati and His Books of Emblems: A Biographical and Bibliographical Study, which was later published in 1872. Museums,
university libraries, public libraries, personal libraries, and other institutions throughout Europe and the United States
responded to Green's request to locate such materials. Such organizations included the Hague Royal Library, the Sir William
Stirling-Maxwell Library, the Cambridge University Library, the Coppenhagen Royal Library, the Amiens Library, the Royal Library
of the University of Turin, the Leuven University Library, and much more. Recipients who acted as the liaisons for the aforementioned
repositories included modern emblem specialists (G.S. Cautley and Sir William Stirling-Maxwell), librarians, and library staff.
Since a large extent of the materials received were written in English, French, German, and Italian, different spelling variation
of the name Andrea Alciati were used including Andreas Alciatus and Andrea Aliciato.
- Series I: Manuscripts, 1870-1873
- Series II: Correspondence, 1868-1870
Former call number: mssGreen, Henry papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Alciati, Andrea, -- 1492-1550
Alciati, Andrea, -- 1492-1550 -- Bibliography
Emblems -- Bibliography.
Emblem books -- Bibliography
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sources
Green, Henry