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Speculum Judaeorum, Das ist, Juden Spiegel...
Cologne, Willhelm Lützenkirchen, 1602

HESS (Ernst Ferdinand)

Speculum Judaeorum, Das ist, Juden Spiegel... Cologne, Willhelm Lützenkirchen,… 1602.

A CONVERT'S ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE OTHERS AWAY FROM JUDAISM

Speculum omnium statuum totius orbis terrarum.

SANCHEZ DE AREVALO (Rodrigo)

Speculum omnium statuum totius orbis terrarum, 1613.

FROM THE LIBRARY OF A BOHEMIAN REBEL AND HIS WIFE

Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwen Tiijdt.
Dordrecht, Hendrick van Esch, 1633

Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwen Tiijdt. Dordrecht, Hendrick van… 1633.

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial

CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.

UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours . Amiens, c.

St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.

WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND

Ständ und Orden Der H. Römischen Catholischen Kirchen

LONICER (Johannes)

Ständ und Orden Der H. Römischen Catholischen Kirchen, 1585.

GERMAN EDITION OF THIS INDEX OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES, ILLUSTRATED BY JOST AMMAN

Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat libri quinque.
Bologna, Nova Academica Bocchiana,

BOCCHI (Achille)

Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere quas serio ludebat… 1555.

FIRST EDITION OF BOCCHI'S EMBLEMS

Symbolorum et emblematum ex re herbaria desmumtorum centuria una collecta.
Frankfurt, Johann Ammonius, 1654

CAMERARIUS (Joachim)

Symbolorum et emblematum ex re herbaria desmumtorum centuria… 1654.

THE BOTANIST GEORGE BENTHAM'S COPY

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans defeated Hasdrubal, a miniature from the Romuléon, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[Eastern France, c. 1480]

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

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]

RAYMOND OF PENAFORT

The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the…

ILLUMINATED OPENING LEAF OF THE DECRETALS

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.

EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial on a choirbook leaf [Southern Netherlands (perhaps Delft), dated 1541 (more probably 1544)].

SOUTHERN NETHERLANDS ARTIST

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, in an initial… 1541.

A VIBRANT MINIATURE

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)]

NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.

The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a vellum leaf probably from a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c.1500-

The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.

The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.
[France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]

The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book… 1470.

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

Tivoli.

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Tivoli, 1650.

Traite d'Anatomie tome premier osteologie.
A LHermitage, 1777.

Traite d'Anatomie tome premier osteologie. A LHermitage, 1777, 1777.

FIBRE THEORY FROM AN ANATOMICAL CONNOISSEUR

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]

SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
Bruges, c. 1440-1450

Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.

FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum.

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.

DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY

Veterum Germaniae principum.
Paris, Jean Foucher, 1540.

BEBENBURG (Lupold von)

Veterum Germaniae principum. Paris, Jean Foucher, 1540, 1540.

ONE OF THE EARLIEST FRENCH EX-LIBRIS STAMPS RECORDED

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum.
Venice, Nicolaus Jenson, 8 March

CORNELIUS NEPOS

Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.

EDITIO PRINCEPS - THE PEMBROKE COPY

Wahre Bildtnuss des Felfens Scyllae, vnd des gefahrlichen ohrtys Charybdis in Calabria ...

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Wahre Bildtnuss des Felfens Scyllae, vnd des gefahrlichen… 1650.

Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου περι πολιτειων υπομνημα. Πολημωνος φισιογνωμονικων εγχειριδιον... Variae historiae libri XIIII.
Rome: [Antonio Blado], January 1545

Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου… 1545.

EDITIO PRINCEPS

Δειπνοσοφιστων βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα. Deipnosophistarum libri XV (edited by Isaac Casaubon; tr. J. Dalechamps).
[Geneva, Henri and Paul Estienne, for] Jérôme Commelin, 1598

ATHENAEUS , of Naucratis

Δειπνοσοφιστων βιβλια πεντεκαιδεκα. Deipnosophistarum libri XV (edited by… 1598.

A CLASSIC OF GASTRONOMY BOUND FOR DE THOU & HIS FIRST WIFE

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