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Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita.
Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513.

GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe)

Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.

A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS

Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs corporis Christi publici assertoris. deque supplicationibus et (ut aiunt) processionibus: que oppido Lipsico talium sacrorum luce peraguntur.

TUBERINUS (Johannes)

Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs… 1512.

HEAVILY ANNOTATED

Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of the territory of Livorno, in the name of the Ten of Florence, with signature Nics. Maclavello.
Florence: 20 October, 1508.

MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA]

Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508.

DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME

Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated by Bartolomeo Facio].
Pesaro: Girolamo Soncino, 9 June 1508

ARRIANUS Flavius

Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated… 1508.

FINE SONCINO IMPRINT

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.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours. France (Paris), c.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 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.

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours.

[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]

Single leaf on vellum from Book of Hours, 1500.

Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia. Descriptio urbis Viennensis. Ed: Nicolaus de Wyle.
(Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 17 May 1496)

AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)

Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.

HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE

Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus).
Venice, Damianus de Mediolano, de Gorgonzola, Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis, 15 June 1495.

BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)

Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.

ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS

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

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi.
Venice, Andreas de Bonetis, 12 March 1485

UBERTINUS (de Casali)

Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.

THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes Lucilius Santritter).
Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 14 October 1482.

HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

De regimine rusticorum.

ROLEWINCK (Werner)

De regimine rusticorum, 1481.

MORAL ADVICE FOR FARMERS

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

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

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

[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]
[Italy?, third quarter of 15th century]

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

King David before God, in a historiated initial, and other scenes, on a leaf from a very large Gradual, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Italy (Florence), mid-15th century]

KING DAVID BEFORE GOD

King David before God, in a historiated initial,… 1450.

EXCEPTIONAL FLORENTINE ILLUMINATION

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

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.

The destruction of Job's household, a large initial

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

EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION

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

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum from a Book of Hours. France, c.

A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1430.

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

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]

REMIET (Perrin)

King Robert II of France accepts the surrender… 1410.

A SUPERB MINIATURE FROM THE GRANDES CHRONIQUES DE FRANCE

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.

St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial

CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO

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

UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION

Historiated initial

STONING OF ST. STEPHEN

Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.

Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso recognitum autore . . . tum duobus libris in fine adiecta. Basle, H. Froben & N. Episcopius, 1532.

ERASMUS (Desiderius).

Apophthegmatum opus cum primus frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso…

SAMMELBAND OF THREE IMPORTANT EDITIONS

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

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius of Paris, in Latin, manuscript on vellum.
[England, second half or late 14th century].

A leaf from Aurora in the first redaction by Aegidius…

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

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].

Paschal Vigil for SS. Rufina e Seconda in…

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

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…

Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin.
[Italy (Emilia-Romagna, perhaps Bologna), c. 1260-70]

Pentecost, an historiated initial on a vellum leaf…

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

A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial 'D' on a leaf from an illuminated choirbook on vellum.
[Veneto, second quarter 15th century]

CORTESE (Cristoforo)

A prophet pointing to his eyes, historiated initial…

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

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin with rubrics in French and a prayer in Middle English, illuminated manuscript on vellum.
[France, Rouen, c. 1440]

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, in Latin…

THE FITZ-RALPH HOURS

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