Accession number
PML 252796
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Illuminated manuscript of an excerpt from the Bestiary, folded accordion style.
"... being a translation by T.H. White, of a Latin bestiary of the twelfth century, first published in the U.S.A. in 1954, by G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. Written out and illustrated, of being the first work completed in my Westhampton, Massachusetts Studio, June third, nineteen eighty four"--Verso of excerpt.
"... being a translation by T.H. White, of a Latin bestiary of the twelfth century, first published in the U.S.A. in 1954, by G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y. Written out and illustrated, of being the first work completed in my Westhampton, Massachusetts Studio, June third, nineteen eighty four"--Verso of excerpt.
Description
1 item (20 panels), bound : illustrations ; 40 x 612 mm; 40 x 53 mm (folded)
Inscriptions/Markings
Illuminator's signature in ink after limitation statement.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Cockerell marbled boards, wrapped in gilt paper.
Classification
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