REGINO (Abbot of Prüm)
Annales, non tam de Augustorum vitis, quam aliorum… 1521.
WITH A POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR
£2,500
AESOP
Fables d'Ésope dédiées au Premier Consul Bonaparte, 1801.
ILLUSTRATED AESOP FABLES DEDICATED TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
£1,500
![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
![A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial 'D' on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook on vellum.
[Veneto, second quarter 15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/3e99f8b4-ae67-41de-8751-694049d31dc4/616x770.webp)
CORTESE (Cristoforo)
A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial…
£5,000
![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
![The Dormition of the Virgin, in a historiated initial on a very large leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Italy (Venice), mid to late 14th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/974b0913-8ed9-4d83-83cb-548f5eaea3a6/616x770.webp)
GIUSTINO DI GHERARDINO da Forlì
The Dormition of the Virgin, in a historiated…
14TH-CENTURY VENETIAN ILLUMINATION
£8,500
![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
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Illuminated leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1408.
FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY HOURS
£1,850
![Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[Italy, 12th century].](https://api.maggs.com/image/0da19e88-bedd-44f8-9c26-f88dedfaa2a2/616x770.webp)
PSEUDO-CHRYSOSTOM
Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in…
£1,800
![A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius of Paris, in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[England, second half or late 14th century].](https://api.maggs.com/image/9fc7da30-de50-483e-8edb-85597f32f15b/616x770.webp)
PETRUS RIGA
A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius…
£2,250
![Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in Trastevere. Fragment of a leaf of the Paschal Vigil from a Liturgical book in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum.
[Italy, probably Rome, 12th century].](https://api.maggs.com/image/e32b6153-da0d-4b44-925c-7d079767f237/616x770.webp)
ROMAN SCRIBE
Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in…
£2,500
KANT (Immanuel).
Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, 1783.
£1,750
ERASMUS (Desiderius).
Liber cum primis pius, de praeparatione ad mortem, 1534.
FIRST EDITION - WITH MORE'S EPITAPH
£7,500
ISSELBURG (Peter)
Künstliche Waffenhandlung der Musqueten und Piquen oder Langen… 1620.
RARE EDITION, WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS
£5,500
GHEYN (Jacques de)
Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquets, & picques Selon l'ordre… 1619.
POLYGLOT EDITION WITH ENGLISH TEXT
£12,000
![Discours du roi, prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où sa Majesté a fait l’ouverture des Etats-Généraux.
[Paris]: de l’imprimerie de Didot l’Aîné, [1789].](https://api.maggs.com/image/e7bb9291-9f08-48d0-a5f4-06f1fd900a71/616x770.webp)
[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. & [FRENCH MONARCHY]
Discours du roi, prononcé le 5 mai 1789, jour où sa Majesté a fait l’ouverture des Etats-Généraux. [Paris]: de l’imprimerie de Didot l’Aîné, [1789], 1789.
PRINTED ON SILK BY DIDOT
£7,500
ISACCHI (Giovanni Battista)
Inventioni nelle quali si manifestano varij secreti, & vtili… 1579.
INVENTIONS AND SECRETS
£7,500
ZINCGREF (Julius Wilhelm)
Emblematum Ethico-Politicorum Centuria. Une centaine d'Emblêmes morales &… 1698.
POLYGLOT EMBLEM BOOK WITH MERIAN'S ENGRAVINGS
£2,000
![Expositio super toto psalterio.
[Augsburg], Johann Schüssler, [not after 1471].](https://api.maggs.com/image/00191e51-d38b-4e93-8b3f-a03a32685c26/616x770.webp)
TURRECREMATA (Johannes de)
Expositio super toto psalterio. [Augsburg], Johann Schüssler, [not after… 1471.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES ST JOHN HORNBY
£12,500
LA POPELLINIERE (Lancelot-Voisin, Seigneur de).
L'Amiral de France, et par occasion, de celuy… 1584.
PROMOTING THE FRENCH COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD
£18,750
[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
![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… 1300.
ILLUMINATED OPENING LEAF OF THE DECRETALS
£15,000
FRENCH ARTIST
St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.
WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND
£4,750
FRENCH ARTIST
The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.
FRANCIS OF ASSISSI RECEIVES THE STIGMATA
£3,000
[KANT (Immanuel).] & [REINER (Gregor Leonhard).]
Kant's Theorie der Reinmoralischen Religion mit Rücksicht auf… 1796.
£325
REINHOLD (Karl Leonhard).
Sendschreiben an J.C. Lavater und J.G. Fichte über… 1799.
£450
HELVETIUS (Claude Adrien).
De l'Esprit, 1758.
£800
[Anon]
A chi toca toca, 1796.
RARE, PLAYFUL ALMANAC IN VENETIAN DIALECT
£550
[D'AGUERRE (Chrétienne), Comtesse de Sault]
Manuscript notarial account book for regional Provence, 1584.
LA COMTESSE DE SAULT FINANCES THE FRENCH CATHOLIC LEAGUE
£12,500
STENGEL (Georg)
Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.
CHARMING, EGG-SHAPED EMBLEMS, WITH EARLY DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS
£5,500
BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)
Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.
OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
£9,500
DA CASTIGLIONE (Sabba)
Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, 1554.
WITH UNUSUAL WOODCUT DEPICTION OF THE LEFT-HANDED SCHOLAR
£2,750
BANDETTINI (Teresa)
Visione in morte di S.E.D. Ottavia odescalchi principessa… 1829.
COMMEMORATIVE POETRY BY AN EARLY ITALIAN IMPROVISATRIX
£4,000
[BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)] & SALVIATI (Leonardo)
Il Decameron di messer Giovanni Boccacci, cittadini fiorentino,… 1582.
THE DECAMERON, CLEANED UP FOR CENSORS
£2,500
SCHILLER (Friedrich).
Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua. Ein republikanisches Trauerspiel, 1788.
£250
![Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum. [France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/4d5692d3-a655-4a90-9b0a-a62004453af7/616x770.webp)
FRENCH ARTIST
Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…
FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM
£6,500
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
![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/1b0f775f-ff17-4374-b9d6-7f91efad40f1/616x770.webp)
NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.
£5,500
![[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV.](https://api.maggs.com/image/5e7b5ebe-e5fe-4293-8e07-8390cb5bd34b/616x770.webp)
OVIDIUS NASO
[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.
RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID
£2,500
![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/8ad9dd90-b07f-4ed7-ba8c-0023c2dd4b63/616x770.webp)
LULL (Ramon)
Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.
WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS
£7,500
ERASTUS (Thomas).
De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.
ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN
£4,500
