HOROZCO Y COVARRUBIAS (Juan)
Emblemas Morales. Segovia, Juan de la Cuesta, 1589.
THE FIRST EMBLEM BOOK PRINTED IN SPAIN
£7,500
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
ERASMUS (Desiderius).
Liber cum primis pius, de praeparatione ad mortem, 1534.
FIRST EDITION - WITH MORE'S EPITAPH
£7,500
GLISSENTI (Fabio)
Discorsi morali contra il dispiacer del morire, detto… 1596.
DEATH IN VENICE WITH WOODCUTS AFTER HOLBEIN
£7,500
ASCHAM (Roger)
Familiarum Epistolarum Libri tres, magna orationis elegantia conscripti,… 1602.
A DE THOU BINDING, WITH HIS WIFE'S ARMS
£7,500
![The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial on a choirbook leaf [Southern Netherlands (perhaps Delft), dated 1541 (more probably 1544)].](https://api.maggs.com/image/9c984ec8-e9dd-459f-8a94-d997de27ff52/616x770.webp)
SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS ARTIST
The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial… 1541.
A VIBRANT MINIATURE
£6,500
![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
BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)
Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.
ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS
£6,500
[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
VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni)
Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1570.
DESIGNS DRAWN ON THE BLOCKS BY VERDIZOTTI HIMSELF
£6,500
![The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.
[France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f80dd2ba-c8ba-43d7-b8af-f5ef00c8399f/616x770.webp)
FRENCH ARTIST
The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book… 1470.
FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM
£6,000
AESOP
Fabellas una cum argumentis novis. Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.
A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN
£6,000
TASSO (Torquato)
La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.
"RELIURE DE PRESENT" DESIGNED BY GRAVELOT FOR THIS EDITION
£5,750
ISSELBURG (Peter)
Künstliche Waffenhandlung der Musqueten und Piquen oder Langen… 1620.
RARE EDITION, WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS
£5,500
STENGEL (Georg)
Ova Paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque a Georgio… 1635.
CHARMING, EGG-SHAPED EMBLEMS, WITH EARLY DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICANS
£5,500
![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
CLAVIUS (Christopher)
Aritmetica Prattica... tradotta da Latino in Italiano dal… 1602.
JESUIT ASSOCIATIONS - A GIFT FROM A FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN TO A FUTURE MISSIONARY
£5,500
PARADIN (Claude)
Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.
INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT
£5,500
![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
![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
GROPPER
Canones concilii provincialis Coloniensis... celebrati anno 1536. Quibus… 1538.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BOYER, ARCHDEACON OF CONQUES (1508-41).
£4,800
FRENCH ARTIST
St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.
WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND
£4,750
[Clairville (Joseph Philippe de)]
Plantes et arbustes d'agrément, gravés et enluminés d'après… 1791.
VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATED BOTANY FOR WOMEN
£4,500
ERASTUS (Thomas).
De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.
ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN
£4,500
DE LA VEGA (Garcilasso)
Principe de los Poetas Castellanos, 1622.
A RARE EDITION OF DE LA VEGA'S SECULAR POETRY
£4,500
OVIDIUS NASO
Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567.
WOODCUTS BY VIRGIL SOLIS
£4,500
![The Virgin and Child, historiated initial 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/2b968f77-6ff5-4762-84da-3deced33a111/616x770.webp)
NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
The Virgin and Child, historiated initial on a… 1370.
£4,500
![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
![A suite of large neo-gothic illuminated initials.
[France, c. 1840-60?]](https://api.maggs.com/image/c1e9a858-78ed-42f4-a536-2141ecfd1ec7/616x770.webp)
FRENCH ILLUMINATOR
A suite of large neo-gothic illuminated initials. [France, c.… 1840.
GOTHIC REVIVAL ILLUMINATION
£4,500
MASTERS OF THE SUFFRAGES
The Adoration of the Three Magi, a large… 1480.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
£4,500
RABELAIS (Francois)
Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais, Docteur in… 1588.
UNCOMMON EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£4,000
BOCCHI (Achille)
Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat… 1555.
FIRST EDITION OF BOCCHI'S EMBLEMS
£4,000
GALLI DA BIBIENA (Ferdinando)
L'Architettura Civile, preparata su la geometria, e ridotta… 1711.
FIRST EDITION, OWNED BY FATHER-AND-SON PAINTERS
£4,000
![Echantillon de l'Oeconomie raffinée
[N.p., 3 May, 1697].](https://api.maggs.com/image/0e8dcfcb-ef37-4d11-a094-b4001138af66/616x770.webp)
[MAHIEU M. de]
Echantillon de l'Oeconomie raffinée [N.p., 3 May, 1697], 1697.
ADMINISTRATING NEW TERRITORIES UNDER THE SUN KING - ONLY ONE COPY KNOWN
£4,000
BANDETTINI (Teresa)
Visione in morte di S.E.D. Ottavia odescalchi principessa… 1829.
COMMEMORATIVE POETRY BY AN EARLY ITALIAN IMPROVISATRIX
£4,000
FRENCH ARTIST
The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.
EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION
£3,750
CANARD (Nicolas François).
Principes d'economie politique, ouvrage couronné par l'Institut national,… 1801.
"A SOLITARY PRECURSOR OF MODERN MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS"
£3,750
KANT (Immanuel).
Critik der practischen Vernunft, 1788.
CRITIQUE OF PRACTICAL REASON
£3,750
SFONDRATI (Celestinus)
Innocentia vindicata, in qua gravissimis argumentis ex S.… 1695.
BENEDICTINE EMBLEMS PRINTED AT ST. GALL
£3,500
PISTOFILO (Bonaventura)
Oplomachia di Bonaventura Pistofilo. Siena: Hercole Gori, 1621, 1621.
DEDICATED TO KENELM DIGBY, WITH HIS PORTRAIT
£3,500
NATALIBUS (Petrus de)
Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER
£3,500
