FRENCH ARTIST
The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.
EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION
£3,750
FRENCH ARTIST
St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.
WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND
£4,750
DUCALE
Frontispiece to a Ducale, issued by the Doge… 1530.
A VENETIAN COMMISSION, WITH PORTRAIT OF ST SEBASTIAN
£4,250
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
GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Phillipe)
Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.
A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS
£11,000
UBERTINUS (de Casali)
Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.
THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST
£7,500
![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
MARANTA (Bartolomeo)
Lucullianarum quaestionum libri quinque, 1564.
£500
AUSONIUS
Opera, 1575.
£1,500
PISTOFILO (Bonaventura)
Oplomachia di Bonaventura Pistofilo. Siena: Hercole Gori, 1621, 1621.
DEDICATED TO KENELM DIGBY, WITH HIS PORTRAIT
£4,500
BOOK OF HOURS
Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.
FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES
£45,000
RUSCELLI (Girolamo)
Le impresi illustri . . . aggiuntovi nuovamte.… 1584.
THE MOST COMPLETE EDITION
£2,750
[POPE GREGORY I]
Incomincia il prologo del vulgarizatore del dyalogo di… 1515.
RARE EDITION OF THE DIALOGI, FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY
£1,750
![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
[ST. FARRE]
Traite d'Anatomie tome premier osteologie. A LHermitage, 1777, 1777.
FIBRE THEORY FROM AN ANATOMICAL CONNOISSEUR
£2,250
ASCHAM (Roger)
Familiarum Epistolarum Libri tres, magna orationis elegantia conscripti,… 1602.
BOUND IN RED MOROCCO FOR DE THOU
£7,500
![King Robert II of France accepts the surrender of Melun, an illuminated miniature on vellum from the Grandes Chroniques de France.
[Paris, c.1400-1410]](https://api.maggs.com/image/482fa0ed-6604-46e3-aae8-c01f5cbd7341/616x770.webp)
REMIET (Perrin)
King Robert II of France accepts the surrender… 1410.
A SUPERB MINIATURE FROM THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES DE FRANCE
£17,500
BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)
Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.
ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS
£6,500
![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].
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
£9,500
ISACCHI (Giovanni Battista)
Inventioni nelle quali si manifestano varij secreti, & vtili… 1579.
INVENTIONS AND SECRETS
£8,500
GHEYN (Jacques de)
Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquets, & picques Selon l'ordre… 1619.
EXTREMELY RARE - WITH ENGLISH TEXT
£12,500
KILIAN (Georg Christoph)
Denkmäler des Alten Roms oder Sammlung der vornehmsten… 1767.
RARE FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO SUPERB COLLECTIONS OF PLATES
£6,500
BEBENBURG (Lupold von)
Veterum Germaniae principum. Paris, Jean Foucher, 1540, 1540.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST FRENCH EX-LIBRIS STAMPS RECORDED
£1,800
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Wahre Bildtnuss des Felfens Scyllae, vnd des gefahrlichen… 1650.
£150
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Gallipoli, 1650.
£150
![Cales. [&] Calais [&] Duynkerke.](https://api.maggs.com/image/2f7d0fd3-d46a-4938-b573-b9323b99dca0/616x770.webp)
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Cales. [&] Calais [&] Duynkerke, 1650.
£100
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
La Rochelle, 1650.
£250
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Lyon, 1650.
£200
![Silvanectum Senlis. [&] Lemovicum Limoges.](https://api.maggs.com/image/3e8aef6e-731b-4a6f-b7b0-26047219507b/616x770.webp)
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Silvanectum Senlis. [&] Lemovicum Limoges, 1650.
£150
![Diepe. [&] St. Malo.](https://api.maggs.com/image/07fcf7e6-8269-4fea-b4cd-fec0ec4b6cb5/616x770.webp)
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Diepe. [&] St. Malo, 1650.
£150
![Civitatis Avignon omniumq[ue]. viarum et aedificiorum eius perfecta delineatio 1635.](https://api.maggs.com/image/2c3b6393-0a66-42d7-bde3-630ac0b8768b/616x770.webp)
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Civitatis Avignon omniumq[ue]. viarum et aedificiorum eius perfecta… 1650.
£250
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Reims en Champagne, 1650.
£150
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Messina, 1650.
£300
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Ostia, 1650.
£150
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Forte de Fuentes, 1650.
£200
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Lauretum, 1650.
£150
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Tivoli, 1650.
£200
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Neapolis, 1650.
£400
MERIAN (Matthäus sr.).
Sinus Puteolanus, 1650.
£200
![Cosmographiae universalis Lib.VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, omniu[m] habitabilis orbis partiu situs, p[ro]priæq[ue] dotes. Regionum topographicæ effigies. ...](https://api.maggs.com/image/a51a5eab-cf55-4de6-b710-69287ccec0aa/616x770.webp)
MUNSTER (Sebastian).
Cosmographiae universalis Lib.VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei… 1550.
A FINE COPY
£27,500
GELLI (Giambattista)
La Circe. Florence, (appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1 April), 1549.
£1,250
