Bidspirit auction | HN Humphreys - Original print

HN Humphreys - Original print from Illuminated Illutrations of Froissart 1844 - This chromolithographic print is from Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart. Selected from the MS in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris and in the British Museum by HN Humphreys. (London: William Smith, 1844). A wonderful set of prints with a great profusion of fine illustrations from old wood-cuts. The plates are chromolithographs with beautiful hand-colouring and most are burnished with gold. They are from a beautiful collection of hand-coloured plates reproduced from two of the greatest of known illuminated manuscripts of Froissart. Size: 9.5in x 7in (24cm x 18cm)