Henry thomas humphreys (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

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Zustand: Good. New and Enlarged Edition. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and marked with edge-wear. Spines faded. Some inner hinge cracking. Some foxing, occasionally heavy. 280mm x 210mm (11" x 8"). xxiv, 613pp + 111pp; 648pp + 166pp. 21 plates, with frontispiece included (2 with colour) + b/w in-text illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Black hardback cloth cover with blue leather spine.…

FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Initial ad. leaf vol. II, half titles, titles printed in red & black, errata slip following contents in each. Untrimmed in orig. green morocco-grained cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; v. sl. fading to spines, and two faint damp spots to the front board inner margin of vol. I. Bookseller's ticket: James Dewar & Son, Perth. Contemp. signature of Robt. Stewart on each titlepage. Robin de Beaumont booklabels. A v.g. copy. Wolff 3418. Scarce in commerce. Henry Noel Humphreys, 1810-1879, was a writer on numismatics and illustrator and designer of books on natural history. His co-authors here are Thomas Wright the antiquary, Humphreys' friend since student days, and James Orchard Halliwell (later Halliwell-Phillipps), fellow antiquary and biographer of Shakespeare. This fascinating work consists of stories supposedly by members of an intellectual society in Naples. The introduction forms a sort of apologia for archaeologists and their pursuits, decrying the fact they are often perceived as 'respectable old gentlemen' who form a 'dull, dry, uninteresting drag upon public attention'. It counters that there are 'young archaeologists as well as old', who have 'sought with much energy and enthusiasm to lift the veil of the past'. The stories that follow, some with elements of the supernatural, are the product of such 'young and enthusiastic hearts', each inspired by an aspect of medieval scholarship.…