Huth library Collection early printing fragments, 1492-approximately 1690, bulk 1500-1575

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Summary

Title:
Collection of early printing fragments originally from the Huth Library
Dates:
1492-approximately 1690, bulk 1500-1575
Abstract:
The Collection of early printing fragments orginally from the Huth Library contains leaves from early English books printed in London from 1492 to 1575 and other fragments of early printing up to the 1690s
Extent:
2 boxes (approximately 104 items)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Item title, Call number].Collection of early printing fragments originally from the Huth library, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains early printing fragments. The majority are leaves from early English books printed in London from 1492 to 1575, including items by Richard Pynson and Wynkyn de Worde. Printing from Edinburgh, the Netherlands, and Mallorca is also included, as well as two groups of 17th-century title pages (RB 131401:49) and miscellaneous frontispieces and engravings (RB 131401:50a). Originally bound in a folio scrapbook with Huth ex-libris, bound by Riviere in 3/4 red morocco with marbled endpapers, with some fragments laid in. In the late 1920s this was disbound and housed in boxes. The Huth library bookplate was preserved and housed in Box 1; whereabouts of the earlier binding is unknown.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Huth (1815-1878) was an English merchant banker and a prominent bibliophile. He purchased items at nearly all the important sales throughout the latter half of the 19th century and and made the rounds of London bookdealers up until the day of his death. He was a memeber of the Philobiblion Society and the Roxburghe Club and published several works based on his own collection. Upon his death in 1878 his library passed to his second son Albert Henry Huth (1850-1910). The younger Huth was an author and prominent bilbiophile in his own right and continued to care for his and his father's collections. After his death in 1910 the library was sold off.

Sir John Fenn (1739-1794) was an English antiquary. He assisted in cataloging the manuscript collection of his friend and fellow antiquary, Thomas Martin of Palgrave, after the latter's death. He is best known for his edition of The Paston Letters.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from Sotheby. Huth library sale, Part III, Lot 3025 in June 1913 .
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in rough chronological order and appears to reflect the original order as received from the Huth library. See Henry Huth. Catalogue of the famous library ... collected by Henry Huth, 1913, Part III, lot 3025.

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Note:

Finding aid last updated on April 7, 2017.

About this collection guide

Date Prepared:
© 2017
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Dorothy Auyong in April 2017 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please visit the Huntington's website: www.huntington.org.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Item title, Call number].Collection of early printing fragments originally from the Huth library, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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