[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
FRENCH ARTIST
Illuminated leaf on vellum for September/October from a… 1490.
£4,500
DESNOUES (Guillaume)
Lettres de G. Desnoues, Professeur d'Anatomie & de… 1706.
ON EMBALMING PRACTICES, BY AN EARLY ANATOMICAL WAX MODELLER
£2,500
OVIDIUS NASO
Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567.
WOODCUTS BY VIRGIL SOLIS
£4,500
AESOP
Fabellas una cum argumentis novis. Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.
A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN
£6,000
![[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
[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
[GALIANI (Ferdinando).]
Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds, 1770.
£2,500
[HERBERT (Claude Jacques).]
Essai sur la police générale des grains, sur… 1755.
£450
Le Decameron. Contes de Bocace, traduction nouvelle; augmentée… 1801.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BOCCACCIO, IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
£1,500
GROPPER
Canones concilii provincialis Coloniensis... celebrati anno 1536. Quibus… 1538.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF JEAN BOYER, ARCHDEACON OF CONQUES (1508-41).
£4,800
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
GROSSE (Henning)
Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritum de vaticiniis,… 1632.
TALES OF DEMONIC PHENOMENA AND THEOLOGIANS ON TRIAL: A CURIOUS CONTRAST OF WORKS BOUND TOGETHER IN THE 17TH CENTURY
£1,250
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
MARIETTE (Pierre-Jean)
Traité des pierres gravées par P.J. Mariette. Recueil… 1750.
SUMPTUOUSLY ILLUSTRATED, FROM A CONNOISSEUR'S LIBRARY
£8,500
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
£25,000
![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
FRENCH ARTIST
Illuminated leaf on vellum for July/August from the… 1490.
WITH DELIGHTFUL SEASONAL MINIATURES
£4,500
VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni)
Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1570.
DESIGNS DRAWN ON THE BLOCKS BY VERDIZOTTI HIMSELF
£6,500
![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
[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
MASCARDI (Agostino)
Silvarum Libri IV, 1622.
WITH TITLE PAGE BY RUBENS, FUNDED BY THE AUTHOR
£2,000
JACOBI (Friedrich Heinrich).
Auserlesener Briefwechsel. In zwei Bänden, 1825.
£350
LEWIS (Matthew Gregory).
The Monk: A Romance, 1807.
A charming English-language edition published in Paris.
£1,250
DA CASTIGLIONE (Sabba)
Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, 1554.
WITH UNUSUAL WOODCUT DEPICTION OF THE LEFT-HANDED SCHOLAR
£2,750
AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)
Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.
HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE
£10,000
