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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

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

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

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

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

Vitta Esopi.
Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27 Mar. 1492

Vitta Esopi. Venice, Manfredus de Bonellis, de Monteferrato, 27… 1492.

WITH MAGNIFICENT EARLY WOODCUTS

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

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

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum.

Venetian doctoral diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1644.

DEGREE DIPLOMA FROM A PAPER UNIVERSITY

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

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung der Bestätigungen, welche die Philosophie des Verfassers, seit ihrem Auftreten, durch die empirischen Wissenschaften erhalten hat.

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.

Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature

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

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

Tivoli.

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Tivoli, 1650.

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

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 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]

GIOVANNI DI ANTONIO DA BOLOGNA?

The Old Testament Prophet Tobit, in a large… 1450.

SUPERB ILLUMINATION OF THE PROPHET TOBIT

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 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 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]

GIUSTINO DI GHERARDINO da Forlì

The Dormition of the Virgin, in a historiated…

14TH-CENTURY VENETIAN ILLUMINATION

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial

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

EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION

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 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

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

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

Suite of six allegorical prints.
France, c. 1560-1570.

DELAUNE (Etienne)

Suite of six allegorical prints. France, c. 1560-1570, 1570.

MANNERIST ALLEGORY

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

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

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 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]

GIOVANNI DI ANTONIO DA BOLOGNA?

St Michael the Archangel, in a large historiated… 1450.

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

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

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

Sinus Puteolanus.

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Sinus Puteolanus, 1650.

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours.

[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours.

[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours.

[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.

Silvanectum Senlis. [&] Lemovicum Limoges.

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Silvanectum Senlis. [&] Lemovicum Limoges, 1650.

Scelta de medaglioni piu rari nella Bibliotheca dell' eminentiss. et reverendiss. principe il signor Cardinale Gasparo Carpegna.
Rome: Gio. Battista Bussotti, 1679

[MONTERCHI (Giuseppe)]

Scelta de medaglioni piu rari nella Bibliotheca dell'… 1679.

BOUND FOR BIBLIOPHILE AND ART COLLECTOR PAULO VAN UCHELEN

Sacrarum cerimoniarum Romanae Ecclesiae libri tres non ante impressi.
(Venice: Gregorio de' Gregorii, 21 September 1516)

MARCELLUS (Christophorus)

Sacrarum cerimoniarum Romanae Ecclesiae libri tres non ante…

UNAUTHORISED WORK REVEALING THE SACRED CEREMONIES OF THE PAPAL CHAPEL

Reims en Champagne.

MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).

Reims en Champagne, 1650.

Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[Italy, 12th century].

PSEUDO-CHRYSOSTOM

Pseudo-Chrysostom Fragment from Opus imperfectum in Matthaeum in…

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik.

KANT (Immanuel).

Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik, 1783.

Principe de los Poetas Castellanos

DE LA VEGA (Garcilasso)

Principe de los Poetas Castellanos, 1622.

A RARE EDITION OF DE LA VEGA'S SECULAR POETRY

Première Introduction à la philosophie économique; ou analyse des Etats policés. Par un disciple de l'Ami des Hommes.

[BAUDEAU (Abbe Nicolas).]

Première Introduction à la philosophie économique; ou analyse… 1771.

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