A record of the Black prince.
Subtitle: Being a selection of such passages in his life as have been most quaintly and strikingly narrated by chroniclers of the period, embellished with highly wrought miniatures and borderings selected from various illuminated mss., referring to events connected with English history.
By: By Henry Noel Humphreys.
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Edward, Prince of Wales, 1330-1376.; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens, reproductions, etc.; Bookbinding -- England -- 19th century -- Specimens; Great Britain -- History -- Edward III, 1327-1377.
Notes: "In order to give as much as possible of the original 'old book' charm to these passages from the chroniclers, they have been carefully printed, with suitable 'rubrics,'in black letter, from old type that appears to have been actually used by ... the celebrated Caxton ... A massive carved binding has been added in order that the volume may convey, as completely as possible, the impression of one of those richly embellished books of chronicles that form the gems of some of our greatest public and private libraries "--Pref.
"The carved cover is taken from one of the compartments of the prince's tomb at Canterbury, slightly altered for its present purpose" [p.ii at end] and bears the coat of arms of the Black prince.
Portrait of Black prince inserted as frontispiece.