STONING OF ST. STEPHEN
Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.
£1,800
CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO
St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.
UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION
£7,500
![The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France (Picardy, Noyon?), 14th century (c. 1370s)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/2e7e05df-aba2-4903-984f-beb453c886f9/616x770.webp)
NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.
£5,500
![King Robert II of France accepts the surrender of Melun, an illuminated miniature on vellum from the Grandes Chroniques de France.
[Paris, c.1400-1410]](https://api.maggs.com/image/482fa0ed-6604-46e3-aae8-c01f5cbd7341/616x770.webp)
REMIET (Perrin)
King Robert II of France accepts the surrender… 1410.
A SUPERB MINIATURE FROM THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES DE FRANCE
£17,500
FRENCH ARTIST
St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.
WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND
£4,750
FRENCH ARTIST
A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1430.
£2,750
BOOK OF HOURS
Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.
FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES
£45,000
FRENCH ARTIST
The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.
EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION
£3,750
![The Old Testament Prophet Tobit, in a large historiated initial on a leaf from a very large Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Italy (Bologna or Ferrara?), mid 15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f6e18d77-665b-4021-a9eb-1258ec3db54f/616x770.webp)
GIOVANNI DI ANTONIO DA BOLOGNA?
The Old Testament Prophet Tobit, in a large… 1450.
SUPERB ILLUMINATION OF THE PROPHET TOBIT
£10,000
![King David before God, in a historiated initial, and other scenes, on a leaf from a very large Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Italy (Florence), mid-15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f154a09f-22ec-434c-a611-cc85acf318c4/616x770.webp)
KING DAVID BEFORE GOD
King David before God, in a historiated initial,… 1450.
EXCEPTIONAL FLORENTINE ILLUMINATION
£12,500
![St Michael the Archangel, in a large historiated initial on a leaf from a very large Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Italy (Bologna or Ferrara?), mid 15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/b5e12baf-c2f3-477d-be2c-d909c0c5c7c0/616x770.webp)
GIOVANNI DI ANTONIO DA BOLOGNA?
St Michael the Archangel, in a large historiated… 1450.
£7,500
![[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]
[Italy?, third quarter of 15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f64d82f8-8b29-431e-969a-222ec9044315/616x770.webp)
LEONARD OF CHIOS (Archbishop of Mytilene)
[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis] [Italy?, third quarter of… 1450.
THE "MOST AUTHORITATIVE" EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
£47,500
VENETIAN ILLUMINATOR
Historiated initial "O" and ornamental corner-border, executed in… 1470.
£700
![The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.
[France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f80dd2ba-c8ba-43d7-b8af-f5ef00c8399f/616x770.webp)
FRENCH ARTIST
The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book… 1470.
FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM
£6,000
CORNELIUS NEPOS
Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.
EDITIO PRINCEPS - THE PEMBROKE COPY
£35,000
MASTERS OF THE SUFFRAGES
The Adoration of the Three Magi, a large… 1480.
£4,500
![The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans defeated Hasdrubal, a miniature from the Romuléon, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Eastern France, c. 1480]](https://api.maggs.com/image/676af0d0-13fd-4484-b244-6728661efdd5/616x770.webp)
GARNIER (Pierre)
The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.
FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME
£15,000
ROLEWINCK (Werner)
De regimine rusticorum, 1481.
MORAL ADVICE FOR FARMERS
£15,000
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).
Tabula Quarta de Asia, 1482.
THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA AND THE HOLY LAND
£4,500
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).
Tabula Quinta de Asia, 1482.
THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF IRAN
£6,500
HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)
Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.
THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK
£25,000
UBERTINUS (de Casali)
Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.
THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST
£7,500
AESOP
Vitta Esopi. Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27… 1492.
WITH MAGNIFICENT EARLY WOODCUTS
£12,500
BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)
Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.
ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS
£6,500
AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)
Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.
HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE
£10,000
LAETUS (Pomponius)
Romanae Historiae compendium an interitu Gordani iunioris usque… 1499.
POSTHUMOUS FIRST EDITION
£2,750
FRENCH ARTIST
The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.
£3,000
FRENCH ARTIST
A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1500.
£2,250
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.
£1,500
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.
£1,500
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.
£1,500
KESCHINGER (Petrus de) & HALES (Alexander of)
Clavis theologiae sive repertorium... in summam doctoris irrefragabilis… 1502.
IN A SUPERB CONTEMPORARY MONASTIC BINDING
£5,500
![Cornelius Nepos. De vita Catonis. senioris [.] Sextus. Aurelius de vitis caesarum [.] Benevenutis. Imolensis. De eadem.re [i.e. Libellus augustalis, all ed. L. Abstemius.]](https://api.maggs.com/image/7ffac10f-5b4f-4ca6-8821-a65c28d8180c/616x770.webp)
NEPOS Cornelius
Cornelius Nepos. De vita Catonis. senioris [.] Sextus.… 1504.
MANUAL FOR A MAN OF ACTION
£2,500
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BUCKINCK (Arnold).
Quinta Asiae Tabula, 1507.
Earliest Available Printed Map of Persia
£4,500
![Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated by Bartolomeo Facio].
Pesaro: Girolamo Soncino, 9 June 1508](https://api.maggs.com/image/e29594cb-f63d-4d76-a229-b49644387d12/616x770.webp)
ARRIANUS Flavius
Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated… 1508.
FINE SONCINO IMPRINT
£2,750
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA]
Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508.
DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME
£10,000
TUBERINUS (Johannes)
Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs… 1512.
HEAVILY ANNOTATED
£2,250
GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe)
Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.
A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS
£11,000
ROTA (Giovanni).
Das Leben Unnd Gewonheyt, und Gestalt des Sophi… 1515.
A VERY EARLY REPORT ON TRAVELS IN PERSIA
£19,500
[POPE GREGORY I]
Incomincia il prologo del vulgarizatore del dyalogo di… 1515.
RARE EDITION OF THE DIALOGI, FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY
£1,750
[MARTYROLOGY]
Martyrilogium viola sanctorum, 1516.
£1,200
BOCCACCIO
Laberinto d'amore. Florence, 1516.
BOCCACCIO'S MYSTERIOUS LABYRINTHINE WORK
£1,250
