![Le premier (-vingt uniesme et dernier) livre d'Amadis de Gaule [translated by Nicolas d'Herbelay des Essars, G. Chappuys, and others.]](https://api.maggs.com/image/dead8cfc-a258-4af2-beab-3ccda0120d36/616x770.webp)
AMADIS DE GAULE
Le premier (-vingt uniesme et dernier) livre d'Amadis… 1577.
INSCRIBED BY A YOUNG HENRY PERCY, THE FUTURE 'WIZARD EARL'
£12,500
TURMEDA (Anselm) & [Abdallah al-Tarjuman al-Mayurqi]
Peregrinaciò del venturós peregri, 1735.
BY A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH CONVERT TO ISLAM
£2,000
![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
![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
![In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura annotationes… Cum indicibus Graeco et Latino locupletissimis.
(Rome, [printed by Antonio Blado for] Apud Io. Andream Dossena, 1544).](https://api.maggs.com/image/42f7e7d1-0118-4b2a-88d3-e60a6d97def2/616x770.webp)
PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)
In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.
EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS
£4,000
PARADIN (Claude)
Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.
INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT
£4,750
FELIBIEN (André)
Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles. Paris, 1674, 1674.
EARLIEST GUIDE BOOK TO PALACE OF VERSAILLE & PARK
£2,250
FABRICIO (Principio)
Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra la vita,… 1588.
THE BUONCOMPAGNI DRAGON
£9,500
COUSTEAU (Pierre)
Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de… 1560.
EARLY FRENCH EMBLEMS, IN ELABORATE BORDERS
£2,750
ERASTUS (Thomas).
De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.
ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY CAMBRIDGE PHYSICIAN
£4,500
TASSO (Torquato)
La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.
"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION
£5,750
[JESUITS]
Constitutiones Cum earum Declarationibus. Rome, In Collegio eiusdem Societatis, 1583.
SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE JESUITS IN ROME, A CORRESPONDENT OF PLANTIN'S
£2,750
![Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem universalem... pertinent. Ut et in eandem quorundam interpretum scripti commentarij [by Giordano Bruno, H. Cornelius Agrippa ]... Accessit index, etc.
Strasbourg, Lazarus Zetzner,](https://api.maggs.com/image/5b1bcd6e-09a3-4eac-96d5-73f58382d5d4/616x770.webp)
LULL (Ramon)
Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.
WITH THREE COMPLETE VOLVELLES
£7,500
![Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin with rubrics in French and a prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[France, Rouen, c. 1440]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f8c1fcf1-55f3-44e3-b5fb-7c0c530ff244/616x770.webp)
BOOK OF HOURS
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin…
THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS
£75,000
DUCLOS (Charles Pinot)
Les confessions du comte de ***… huitième edition,… 1776.
£750
![The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the commentary of Bernard of Parma, in Latin, illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum [France (Paris), c.1300 or early 14th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/8e9a2ec6-c111-4a7a-826b-e5c9bc5915b8/616x770.webp)
RAYMOND OF PENAFORT
The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the…
ILLUMINATED OPENING LEAF OF THE DECRETALS
£15,000
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1500.
WITH TWO BIRDS IN MINIATURE
£1,000
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1500.
£1,000
[PSEUDO-AUGUSTINUS]
Sermoni ali eremiti del divo Aurelio Augustino Ipponense, 1515.
SERMONS FOR HERMITS, OWNED BY HERMITS
£2,250
HUTTICH (Johannes)
Imperatorum Romanorum Libellus, 1526.
MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF THE EMPERORS
£2,250
![Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, escrites en grec par Longus, & translatées en françois par Jacques Amyot.
Londres [Paris], 1779](https://api.maggs.com/image/90a0c73f-6119-463c-81ed-e43f352b813d/616x770.webp)
LONGUS
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé, escrites… 1779.
£750
![Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé, par Longus. Double traduction du grec en françois, de Mr. Amiot et d'un Anonime [Antoine Le Camus] mises en paralelle, et ornées des estampes originales du fameux B. Audran, gravées aux dépens du feu duc d'Or](https://api.maggs.com/image/c4280234-f7d2-4cdd-9365-99bc11087ac8/616x770.webp)
LONGUS
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé,… 1757.
PASTORAL ROMANCE WITH PARALLEL FRENCH TRANSLATIONS
£1,250
SEMAINE SAINTE
L'office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de… 1743.
£1,500
![Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition.
Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734](https://api.maggs.com/image/4c8c5764-2f10-4637-870c-77185659fe72/616x770.webp)
MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734.
A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION
£5,000
![Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου περι πολιτειων υπομνημα. Πολημωνος φισιογνωμονικων εγχειριδιον... Variae historiae libri XIIII.
Rome: [Antonio Blado], January 1545](https://api.maggs.com/image/bb0a4e52-9594-4405-b1c4-5d6cea111a4e/616x770.webp)
AELIANUS
Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου… 1545.
EDITIO PRINCEPS
£5,000
CALVIN (Jean)
Institutio Christianae religionis. Geneva, Jean le Preux, 1592.
CALVIN'S LANDMARK WORK - FINELY BOUND
£2,750
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA]
Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508.
DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME
£10,000
TRIGAULT (Nicolas).
De Christianis apvd Iaponios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN
£16,000
DIPLOMA
Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.
A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT
£10,000
REGINO (Abbot of Prüm)
Annales, non tam de Augustorum vitis, quam aliorum… 1521.
WITH A POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR
£2,500
![Embéo e Majaró Lucas.[...] El evangelio segun S. Lucas.
Madrid](https://api.maggs.com/image/b629918d-b075-4511-a9f9-822e978e7684/616x770.webp)
BORROW (George)
Embéo e Majaró Lucas.[...] El evangelio segun S.… 1837.
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN THE ROMANY LANGUAGE
£4,500
PRUDENTIUS
Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.
RARE PRINTED DONATION EX-LIBRIS
£2,500
[MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT]
Medical, veterinary and agricultural manuscript containing various conditions… 1800.
MEDICAL & VETERINARY MANUSCRIPT, WITH CONVENIENT, HAND-STITCHED POCKET
£1,750
[DIPLOMA]
Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.
DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY
£8,000
ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques)
Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique, 1772.
UNCOMMON COUNTERFEIT EDITION OF ROUSSEAU'S MOST FAMOUS WORK
£750
POLYDORE VERGIL
De rerum inventoribus libri octo. Basle, Johann Bebel, 1532, 1532.
WITH HOLBEIN'S DANCE OF DEATH ALPHABET
£1,500
![[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae extant opera, cum Latina intepretatione.
[Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1572](https://api.maggs.com/image/69cf4d82-8791-4851-ba64-62c557264d66/616x770.webp)
PLUTARCHUS
[Works, Greek & Latin] Τα σωζομενα συγγραμματα... Quae… 1572.
FINELY BOUND & RARELY FOUND COMPLETE
£15,000
![[WORKS] Sus obras con la declaracion magistral en lengua Castellana, por el Doctor [Juan] Villen de Biedma.](https://api.maggs.com/image/a67653b2-85d1-4a07-977b-e6a6e6b1ba7b/616x770.webp)
HORATIUS FLACCUS (Quintus)
[WORKS] Sus obras con la declaracion magistral en… 1599.
INSCRIBED BY THE RECTOR OF SEVILLE'S ENGLISH SEMINARY
£2,750
![Δειπνοσοφιστων βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα. Deipnosophistarum libri XV (edited by Isaac Casaubon; tr. J. Dalechamps).
[Geneva, Henri and Paul Estienne, for] Jérôme Commelin, 1598](https://api.maggs.com/image/c6685656-5521-4bb2-874d-726c8c884727/616x770.webp)
ATHENAEUS , of Naucratis
Δειπνοσοφιστων βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα. Deipnosophistarum libri XV (edited by… 1598.
A CLASSIC OF GASTRONOMY BOUND FOR DE THOU & HIS FIRST WIFE
£12,000
![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
SANCHEZ DE AREVALO (Rodrigo)
Speculum omnium statuum totius orbis terrarum, 1613.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF A BOHEMIAN REBEL AND HIS WIFE
£2,250
LONICER (Johannes)
Ständ und Orden Der H. Römischen Catholischen Kirchen, 1585.
GERMAN EDITION OF THIS INDEX OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES, ILLUSTRATED BY JOST AMMAN
£2,500
