[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
NATALIBUS (Petrus de)
Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER
£3,500
[MONTERCHI (Giuseppe)]
Scelta de medaglioni piu rari nella Bibliotheca dell'… 1679.
BOUND FOR BIBLIOPHILE AND ART COLLECTOR PAULO VAN UCHELEN
£1,500
[OLDFIELD (T.H.B.)].
An Entire and Complete History, Political and Personal,… 1794.
£125
KANT (Immanuel).
Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht abgefasst, 1798.
£650
![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
![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
![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
ERASMUS (Desiderius).
Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso…
SAMMELBAND OF THREE IMPORTANT EDITIONS
£9,500
DESNOUES (Guillaume)
Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de… 1706.
ON EMBALMING PRACTICES, BY AN EARLY ANATOMICAL WAX MODELLER
£2,500
AESOP
Fabellas una cum argumentis novis. Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.
A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN
Sold
[DUPONT DE NEMOURS (Pierre Samuel).]
De l'origine et des progrès d'une science nouvelle, 1768.
A lovely copy of this important exposition of physiocrat doctrine
£6,500
SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).
Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.
Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature
£15,000
BOCCACCIO (Giovanni).
Le Decameron. Contes de Bocace, traduction nouvelle; augmentée… 1801.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BOCCACCIO, IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£1,500
KANT (Immanuel).
Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, 1783.
£1,750
[MIRABEAU (Victor Riquetti, Marquis de).]
Lettres sur le commerce des grains, 1768.
£1,200
BOUTERWEK (Friedrich).
Idee einer Apodiktik. Ein Beytrag zur menschlichen Selbstverständigung… 1799.
£1,250
[Clairville (Joseph Philippe de)]
Plantes et arbustes d'agrément, gravés et enluminés d'après… 1791.
VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATED BOTANY FOR WOMEN
£4,500
![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
![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
TRIGAULT (Nicolas).
De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN
£16,000
LUTHER (Martin)
Etliche fürneme Schrifften: Darinn die reine Christliche Lehr… 1597.
£1,250
SAY (Jean-Baptiste).
Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la… 1826.
£750
GHEYN (Jacques de)
Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquets, & picques Selon l'ordre… 1619.
POLYGLOT EDITION WITH ENGLISH TEXT
£12,000
HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)
Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.
THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK
£22,500
![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/f466a56d-30f7-4c4e-87e1-64155f667067/616x770.webp)
GARNIER (Pierre)
The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.
FROM A LAVISH ILLUMINATED HISTORY OF ROME
£13,500
VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni)
Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1570.
DESIGNS DRAWN ON THE BLOCKS BY VERDIZOTTI HIMSELF
£6,500
[Anon]
A chi toca toca, 1796.
RARE, PLAYFUL ALMANAC IN VENETIAN DIALECT
£550
BEDE , the Venerable
Large fragment, almost a full leaf, from Bede's…
BEDE'S COMMENTARY ON ST MARK
£2,000
JACOBI (Friedrich Heinrich).
Auserlesener Briefwechsel. In zwei Bänden, 1825.
£350
AESOP
Fables d'Ésope dédiées au Premier Consul Bonaparte, 1801.
ILLUSTRATED AESOP FABLES DEDICATED TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
£1,500
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.
£1,500
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Illuminated leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1408.
FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY HOURS
£1,850
ZINCGREF (Julius Wilhelm)
Emblematum Ethico-Politicorum Centuria. Une centaine d'Emblêmes morales &… 1698.
POLYGLOT EMBLEM BOOK WITH MERIAN'S ENGRAVINGS
£2,000
![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/db3c34ce-f0b9-4a64-8f91-0c653efd7363/616x770.webp)
PHILANDRIER (Guillaume)
In decem libros M. Vitruvii Pollionis de architectura… 1544.
EARLY CRITICAL RECEPTION OF VITRUVIUS
£4,500
[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
BANDETTINI (Teresa)
Visione in morte di S.E.D. Ottavia odescalchi principessa… 1829.
COMMEMORATIVE POETRY BY AN EARLY ITALIAN IMPROVISATRIX
£4,000
CHYTRAEUS (David), [APOCALYPSE], AEMILIUS (Georg) & MELANCHTHON (Phillip)
Explicatio Apocalypsis Iohannis Perspicua & brevis, 1575.
THE APOCALYPSE, WITH EARLY BOHEMIAN PROVENANCE
£4,500
DANTE
Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.
THE SIGNET LIBRARY COPY
£9,500
EUSTATHIUS (Archbishop of Thessalonica) & HOMER
Copiae cornu sive oceanus enarrationum Homericarum, ex Eustathii… 1558.
OWNED BY AN EARLY CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION
£7,500
![[Original pen and ink drawings] Four Olympian Gods after frescoes by Polidoro da Caravaggio.](https://api.maggs.com/image/6c52feb4-8326-4da8-ba6c-a6e562e660d1/616x770.webp)
[GOLTZIUS (Hendrick) [Circle of]] & [CALDARA (Polidoro), called Da Caravaggio]
[Original pen and ink drawings] Four Olympian Gods… 1600.
INK SKETCHES AFTER GOLTZIUS, AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO
£2,000
