LE ROY (Mnsr. A.)
Au Kilima-ndjaro
£200
AZAIS & CHAMBARD
Cinq Annes de Recherches...en Ethiopie
£575
BRESSONET
L'Arbitrage Franco-Anglais.... boutres de Mascate
£475
FRENCH SCRIBE
Leaf from a glossed Bible, Eastern France, c.1130-50, 1130.
£2,000
STONING OF ST. STEPHEN
Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.
£1,800
![Leaf from a finely illuminated manuscript Missal - with an almost nude man and two men’s heads within the initials, in Latin on vellum
[Italy, Umbria (probably Assisi), c. 1290]](https://api.maggs.com/image/8c50389c-db85-46d0-9ab0-00ca140b4c0c/616x770.webp)
ITALIAN ILLUMINATOR
Leaf from a finely illuminated manuscript Missal -… 1290.
UNRECORDED LEAF FROM AN OPULENTLY DECORATED MISSAL
£5,750
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
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
BIRAGO (Giovan Pietro)
Two unidentified martyr saints, a large historiated initial… 1475.
£3,500
![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
MASTERS OF THE SUFFRAGES
The Adoration of the Three Magi, a large… 1480.
£4,500
HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)
Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.
THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK
£25,000
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
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS
De proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 May 1483, 1483.
THE GREATEST MEDIEVAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA
£17,500
UBERTINUS (de Casali)
Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.
THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST
£7,500
![De consolatione philosophica. [Pseudo-Boethius:] De disciplina scholarium.](https://api.maggs.com/image/ee90affa-f114-45f2-84ca-7d9c130c0395/616x770.webp)
BOETHIUS
De consolatione philosophica. [Pseudo-Boethius:] De disciplina scholarium, 1489.
WITH THE IMPRESSION OF AN EARLY READER'S SPECTACLES
£25,000
FRENCH ARTIST
Illuminated calendar leaf on vellum for March/April from… 1490.
SAGITTARIUS & TAURUS
£4,500
FRENCH ARTIST
Illuminated calendar leaf on vellum for May/June from… 1490.
GEMINI & CANCER
£4,500
FRENCH ARTIST
Illuminated calendar leaf on vellum for November/December from… 1490.
£4,500
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
A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1500.
£2,250
FRENCH ARTIST
The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.
£3,000
KESCHINGER (Petrus de) & HALES (Alexander of)
Clavis theologiae sive repertorium... in summam doctoris irrefragabilis… 1502.
IN A SUPERB CONTEMPORARY MONASTIC BINDING
£5,500
MARTIAL
Martialis cum duobus commentariis. Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis,… 1503.
A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED SCHOOL BOOK
£15,000
![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
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA]
Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508.
DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME
£10,000
![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
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
