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ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Collectanea Adagiorum, 1515.

WITH CONTEMPORARY JUVENILE NOTES & DRAWINGS

£11,000

[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

(BERNO , Abbot of Reichenau & & ADILBERTUS, of Augsburg)

Gloriosorum christi confessorum Uldarici et Symperti: necnon beatissimae… 1516.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK

£4,000

BOCCACCIO

Laberinto d'amore. Florence, 1516.

BOCCACCIO'S MYSTERIOUS LABYRINTHINE WORK

£1,250

[MARTYROLOGY]

Martyrilogium viola sanctorum, 1516.

£1,200

NATALIBUS (Petrus de)

Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER

£3,500

BEMBO (Pietro)

Gli asolani (Milan, Giovani Angelo Scinzenzeler, 1517), 1517.

"A MADONNA LUCRETIA"

£2,000

PLINIUS SECUNDUS

Naturae Historiarum libri XXXVII. E castigationibus Hermolai Barbari… 1518.

OWNED BY LUTHER'S TEACHER AND FUTURE FOE

£11,000

[ANON.].

Das ist ein anschlag eins zugs wider die… 1518.

Rare ‘Turkish Fear’ Pamphlet

£3,800

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Colloquies, 1519.

THE MACCLESFIELD COPY

£6,000

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Tertia d Asia, 1520.

THE THIRD PRINTED MAP OF THE CAUCASUS

£4,500

REGINO (Abbot of Prüm)

Annales, non tam de Augustorum vitis, quam aliorum… 1521.

WITH A POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR

£2,500

AUGUSTINE (St.)

Opuscula cum duplici indicio. Paris, Jean Petit, 1521.

WORKS OF AUGUSTINE BELONGING TO AN INFLUENTIAL COLLECTOR FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM

£1,200

CORTES (Hernando) & & MARTYR (Peter).

Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii de nova Maris Oceani Hyspania… 1524.

CORTES' SECOND LETTER: JOHN MURRAY'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, PRESENTED TO HIM BY MARTIUS

£30,000

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni).

Ameto over comedia delle nimphe fiorentine, 1524.

LOVE TRANSFORMS A BRUTE INTO A MAN

£600

HUTTICH (Johannes)

Imperatorum Romanorum Libellus, 1526.

MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF THE EMPERORS

£2,250

[ST JEROME]

Transito Vita Miracoli & morte del glorioso Sancto… 1528.

DEVOTIONAL LIFE OF ST. JEROME, ORIGINALLY IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

£1,500

PEUTINGER (Conrad)

De mirandis Germaniae antiquitatibus, sermones convivales. Strassburg, apud… 1530.

AUGSBURG MERCHANTS' PARTICIPATION IN PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION

£2,800

DUCALE

Frontispiece to a Ducale, issued by the Doge… 1530.

A VENETIAN COMMISSION, WITH PORTRAIT OF ST SEBASTIAN

£4,250

[MEDICI]

Letter addressed to Raffaele de' Medici and signed… 1531.

£300

VALLE (Giambattista delle).

Vallo libro continente appertinente à Capitanii, retenere &… 1531.

£1,250

DANTE ALIGHIERI .

Rime di diversi antichi autori toscani in dieci… 1532.

A DA SABBIO EDITION

£1,500

POLYDORE VERGIL

De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle, Johann Bebel, 1532, 1532.

WITH HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET

£1,500

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Liber cum primis pius, de praeparatione ad mortem, 1534.

£7,500

BORDONE (Benedetto).

Isolario di ... Nel qual si ragiona ditutte… 1534.

THE FIRST PRINTED MAP OF CONTINENTAL NORTH AMERICA

£25,000

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & FRIES (Laurent).

[Untitled Map of Persia], 1535.

£600

GROPPER

Canones concilii provincialis Coloniensis... celebrati anno 1536. Quibus… 1538.

FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BOYER, ARCHDEACON OF CONQUES (1508-41).

£4,800

ARRIANUS Flavius

De expeditione sive rebus gestis Alexandri Macedonum Regis… 1539.

£750

ARTEMIDORUS (Daldianus)

De somniorum interpretatione.  Basel, Johann Froben, September, 1539.… 1539.

EARLY DREAM INTERPRETATION, KNOWN BY FREUD

£2,750

CAPELLA (Galeazzo Flavio)

Commentarii . . . delle cose fatte per… 1539.

£950

BEBENBURG (Lupold von)

Veterum Germaniae principum.  Paris, Jean Foucher, 1540, 1540.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST FRENCH EX-LIBRIS STAMPS RECORDED

£1,800

BEMBO (Pietro)

Rime di Monsignor P. Bembo, 1540.

£375

BEMBO (Pietro)

Gliasolani, 1540.

£600

CAMBINI (Andrea)

Commentario . . . della origine de Turchi,… 1540.

£1,200

SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS ARTIST

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial… 1541.

A VIBRANT MINIATURE

£6,500

GIANNOTTI (Donato)

Libro de la republica de Vinitiani. (Rome, Antonio… 1542.

£680

[LAWS FOR THE INDIES] & CHARLES V.

Leyes y ordenancas nueuamente hechas por su Magestad… 1543.

THE FIRST BOOK OF AMERICAN LAW

£130,000

PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)

In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.

EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS

£4,500

AELIANUS

Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου… 1545.

EDITIO PRINCEPS

£5,000

CICERO (Marcus Tullius)

M T Ciceronis Brutus, seu de claris Oratoribus,… 1546.

BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED BY JEAN LOYS

£2,000

ALAMANNI (Luigi)

La coltivatione, 1546.

AN ITALIAN EXILE'S GEORGICS

£1,500

TOLOMEI (Claudio)

Due orazioni in lingua toscana. Accusa contra Leon… 1547.

DEDICATED TO THE PATRON OF THE 'CANEVARI BINDINGS'

£2,500