![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
![[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]
[Italy?, third quarter of 15th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f64d82f8-8b29-431e-969a-222ec9044315/616x770.webp)
LEONARD OF CHIOS (Archbishop of Mytilene)
[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis] [Italy?, third quarter of… 1450.
THE "MOST AUTHORITATIVE" EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
£47,500
KANT (Immanuel).
Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781.
A FINE COPY OF KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON
£47,500
BOOK OF HOURS
Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.
FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES
£45,000
LEO (Johannes).
Description de l'Afrique, 1556.
£25,000
BORDONE (Benedetto).
Isolario di ... Nel qual si ragiona ditutte… 1534.
THE FIRST PRINTED MAP OF CONTINENTAL NORTH AMERICA
£25,000
[DE BALAGNY (Gauthier)]
Recueil de bonnes et mauvaises poisies, de diferens… 1587.
A MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANY SPANNING MORE THAN A CENTURY
£25,000
HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)
Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.
THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK
£25,000
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
TRIGAULT (Nicolas).
De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN
£16,000
![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
SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).
Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.
Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature
£15,000
![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 MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME
£13,500
![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
![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
[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
![[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
£12,500
BARON L'ESTAT
Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784.
WRITTEN & PERFORMED FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT
£12,500
GHEYN (Jacques de)
Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquets, & picques Selon l'ordre… 1619.
POLYGLOT EDITION WITH ENGLISH TEXT
£12,000
FABRICIO (Principio)
Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi sopra la vita,… 1588.
THE BUONCOMPAGNI DRAGON
£12,000
![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
AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)
Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.
HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE
£10,000
BOAISTUAU (Pierre)
Histoires prodigieuses... extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, Grecs… 1560.
MONSTERS AND PORTENTS, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION
£10,000
GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe)
Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.
A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS
£10,000
![[Opere]. La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con varie annotazioni e copiosi rami adornata.](https://api.maggs.com/image/a942b87f-281b-49da-87db-8e15b05ecb5c/616x770.webp)
DANTE
[Opere]. La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con… 1757.
SPECTACULARLY ILLUSTRATED, ROCOCO DANTE
£10,000
ERASMUS (Desiderius).
Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso…
SAMMELBAND OF THREE IMPORTANT EDITIONS
£9,500
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
DIPLOMA
Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.
A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT
£9,500
![Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin.
[Italy (Emilia-Romagna, perhaps Bologna), c. 1260-70]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f8e06b91-7478-4ef7-ab73-930c589cc220/616x770.webp)
ITALIAN ARTIST
Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf…
£9,500
DANTE
Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di… 1564.
THE DIVINE COMEDY, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED
£9,500
![Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam salutis humanae per redemptorem nostrum Iesum Christum Dei & Marium filium instauratae... nunc primum è tenebris in lucem editae...
[Hamburg, G.L. Frobenius], 1604](https://api.maggs.com/image/1be39e4e-bf72-409e-b817-94b24ad9538a/616x770.webp)
ALTDORFER (Albrecht)
Alberti Durer Noriberg. German. Icones sacrae. In historiam… 1604.
ALTDORFER'S WOODCUTS DISGUISED AS DÜRER'S WORK
£9,000
![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
MARIETTE (Pierre-Jean)
Traité des pierres gravées par P.J. Mariette. Recueil… 1750.
SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED, FROM A CONNOISSEUR'S LIBRARY
£8,500
[DIPLOMA]
Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.
DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY
£8,000
CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO
St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.
UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION
£7,500
![Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two Men on a leaf from the Mailhac-Faber Bible, illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum. [Southern France, late 13th or early 14th century]](https://api.maggs.com/image/d4923212-a6aa-416c-ba31-7916749d1a60/616x770.webp)
SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…
TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK
£7,500
![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
UBERTINUS (de Casali)
Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.
THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST
£7,500
ERASMUS (Desiderius).
Liber cum primis pius, de praeparatione ad mortem, 1534.
FIRST EDITION - WITH MORE'S EPITAPH
£7,500
![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
![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
