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[[File:Henry Huth.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Henry Huth. Project Gutenberg.]] | |||
Henry Huth (1815–1878) was a book collector and bibliophile, and father of Alfred Henry Huth (1850–1910), also a noted bibliophile. The Huths were prior owners of a number of Folger items. The Huth family library was | Henry Huth (1815–1878) was a book collector and bibliophile, and father of Alfred Henry Huth (1850–1910), also a noted bibliophile. The Huths were prior owners of a number of [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] items. The Huth family library was dispersed between 1911 and 1920, totalling "8357 lots spread over nine sections." <ref>P. R. Quarrie, ‘Huth, Alfred Henry (1850–1910)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34077 accessed 20 Jan 2015</ref> | ||
===Notable | ===Notable items now at the Folger=== | ||
[http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Huth&Search_Code=NAME_&CNT=50&PID=elpSM1W2_znYGSmDyaIWFy4q0VoUi&BROWSE=12&HC=352&SID=6 352 items in Hamnet] have the former owner "Huth Library." Below are some notable examples. | |||
Henry Oxinden, ''Miscellany of Henry Oxinden [manuscript], ca. 1642-1670''. Call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=226678/ V.b.110] and [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/814y6z/ LUNA Digital Image] | |||
Edmund Spenser, ''The shepheardes calender. ''London: Printed by Hugh Singleton, dwelling in Creede Lane neere vnto Ludgate at the signe of the gylden Tunne, and are there to be solde, 1579. Call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=102053/ STC 23089] and [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/36jd24/ LUNA Digital Image] | |||
''Robin Good-Fellovv, his mad prankes and merry iests. Full of honest mirth, and is a fit medicine for melancholy. ''London: by Thomas Cotes, and are to be sold by Francis Groue, 1639. Call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=167642 STC 12017] and [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/2267b1/ LUNA Digital Image] | |||
===Huth bookplates=== | ===Huth bookplates=== | ||
A selection of bookplates from the Huth family. | A selection of bookplates from the Huth family. | ||
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File:Huth exlibris v.b.110.jpg|Huth Exlibris, from v.b.110 | |||
File:Huth ExLibris2 STC 23089.jpg|Huth Exlibris, from STC 23089, Edmund Spenser's ''The shepheardes calender'' | |||
File:Huth exlibris STC9.jpg|Huth Exlibris, from STC 9, Martin Aray's Discoverie and confutation of a tragical fiction | |||
</gallery> | |||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Collection]] | [[Category:Collection]] | ||
[[Category:Provenance]] | [[Category:Provenance]] | ||
[[Category: Books]] | |||
[[Category: 19th century]] |
Revision as of 09:01, 21 January 2016
Henry Huth (1815–1878) was a book collector and bibliophile, and father of Alfred Henry Huth (1850–1910), also a noted bibliophile. The Huths were prior owners of a number of Folger Shakespeare Library items. The Huth family library was dispersed between 1911 and 1920, totalling "8357 lots spread over nine sections." [1]
Notable items now at the Folger
352 items in Hamnet have the former owner "Huth Library." Below are some notable examples.
Henry Oxinden, Miscellany of Henry Oxinden [manuscript], ca. 1642-1670. Call number: V.b.110 and LUNA Digital Image
Edmund Spenser, The shepheardes calender. London: Printed by Hugh Singleton, dwelling in Creede Lane neere vnto Ludgate at the signe of the gylden Tunne, and are there to be solde, 1579. Call number: STC 23089 and LUNA Digital Image
Robin Good-Fellovv, his mad prankes and merry iests. Full of honest mirth, and is a fit medicine for melancholy. London: by Thomas Cotes, and are to be sold by Francis Groue, 1639. Call number: STC 12017 and LUNA Digital Image
Huth bookplates
A selection of bookplates from the Huth family.
- ↑ P. R. Quarrie, ‘Huth, Alfred Henry (1850–1910)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34077 accessed 20 Jan 2015