STONING OF ST. STEPHEN
Historiated initial "S" with small miniature of the… 1280.
£1,800
![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]](https://api.maggs.com/image/8e9a2ec6-c111-4a7a-826b-e5c9bc5915b8/616x770.webp)
RAYMOND OF PENAFORT
The Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the… 1300.
ILLUMINATED OPENING LEAF OF THE DECRETALS
£15,000
CIRCLE OF VENTURELLA DI PIETRO
St. John the Baptist, a large historiated initial… 1330.
UMBRIAN ILLUMINATION
£7,500
![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)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/1b0f775f-ff17-4374-b9d6-7f91efad40f1/616x770.webp)
NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.
£5,500
![The Virgin and Child, historiated initial 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)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/2b968f77-6ff5-4762-84da-3deced33a111/616x770.webp)
NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST
The Virgin and Child, historiated initial on a… 1370.
£4,500
[FRENCH ILLUMINATOR]
Illuminated leaf on vellum from a Book of… 1408.
FROM THE CHESTER BEATTY HOURS
£1,850
FRENCH ARTIST
St. Lawrence, an illuminated miniature on vellum from… 1425.
WITH GRIDIRON IN HAND
£4,750
BOOK OF HOURS
Use of Angers, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on… 1440.
FINELY ILLUMINATED IN BRUGES
£45,000
FRENCH ARTIST
The destruction of Job's household, a large initial… 1450.
EVOCATIVE FRENCH ILLUMINATION
£3,750
![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
![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]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f154a09f-22ec-434c-a611-cc85acf318c4/616x770.webp)
KING DAVID BEFORE GOD
King David before God, in a historiated initial,… 1450.
EXCEPTIONAL FLORENTINE ILLUMINATION
£12,500
![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
![[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
VENETIAN ILLUMINATOR
Historiated initial "O" and ornamental corner-border, executed in… 1470.
£700
![The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.
[France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]](https://api.maggs.com/image/f80dd2ba-c8ba-43d7-b8af-f5ef00c8399f/616x770.webp)
FRENCH ARTIST
The Transfiguration, an illuminated cutting from a Book… 1470.
FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM
£6,000
![Expositio super toto psalterio.
[Augsburg], Johann Schüssler, [not after 1471].](https://api.maggs.com/image/00191e51-d38b-4e93-8b3f-a03a32685c26/616x770.webp)
TURRECREMATA (Johannes de)
Expositio super toto psalterio. [Augsburg], Johann Schüssler, [not after… 1471.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES ST JOHN HORNBY
£12,500
MASTERS OF THE SUFFRAGES
The Adoration of the Three Magi, a large… 1480.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI
£4,500
![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
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).
Tabula Quarta de Asia, 1482.
THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA AND THE HOLY LAND
£4,500
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).
Tabula Quinta de Asia, 1482.
THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF IRAN
£6,500
![[Leaf from the Polychronicon mentioning Muhammad.]](https://api.maggs.com/image/b6d85709-263f-4971-8268-f66282d754df/616x770.webp)
CAXTON (William), printer, & HIDGEN (Ranulf), author.
[Leaf from the Polychronicon mentioning Muhammad.], 1482.
AN EARLY PRINTED ACCOUNT OF MUHAMMAD IN ENGLISH
Sold
HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)
Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.
THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK
£25,000
UBERTINUS (de Casali)
Arbor vitae crucifixae Jesu Christi. Venice, Andreas de… 1485.
THE TREE OF THE CRUCIFIED LIFE OF CHRIST
£7,500
BRUNI ARETINO (Leonardo)
Epistolarum Familiarium Libri VIII. (Ed. Antonius Moretus and… 1495.
ONE OF ONLY TWO FIFTEENTH-CENTURY EDITIONS
£6,500
AENEAS SYLVIUS PICCOLOMINI (later Pope Pius II)
Epistolae familiares. De Duobus amantibus Euryalo et Lucretia.… 1496.
HUMANIST LETTERS BY A FUTURE POPE
£10,000
LAETUS (Pomponius)
Romanae Historiae compendium an interitu Gordani iunioris usque… 1499.
POSTHUMOUS FIRST EDITION
£2,750
FRENCH ARTIST
A funeral service, an Illuminated miniature on vellum… 1500.
£2,250
FRENCH ARTIST
The Stigmatization of St Francis, miniature on a… 1500.
FRANCIS OF ASSISSI RECEIVES THE STIGMATA
£3,000
![Cornelius Nepos. De vita Catonis. senioris [.] Sextus. Aurelius de vitis caesarum [.] Benevenutis. Imolensis. De eadem.re [i.e. Libellus augustalis, all ed. L. Abstemius.]](https://api.maggs.com/image/7ffac10f-5b4f-4ca6-8821-a65c28d8180c/616x770.webp)
NEPOS Cornelius
Cornelius Nepos. De vita Catonis. senioris [.] Sextus.… 1504.
MANUAL FOR A MAN OF ACTION
£2,500
PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BUCKINCK (Arnold).
Quinta Asiae Tabula, 1507.
Earliest Available Printed Map of Persia
£4,500
![Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated by Bartolomeo Facio].
Pesaro: Girolamo Soncino, 9 June 1508](https://api.maggs.com/image/e29594cb-f63d-4d76-a229-b49644387d12/616x770.webp)
ARRIANUS Flavius
Praefatio in libris rerum gestarum Alexandri regis [translated… 1508.
FINE SONCINO IMPRINT
£2,750
TUBERINUS (Johannes)
Carmen ad gravem: sanctumque senatum Lipsensem: de orgijs… 1512.
HEAVILY ANNOTATED
£2,250
GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe)
Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513.
A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS
£10,000
ROTA (Giovanni).
Das Leben Unnd Gewonheyt, und Gestalt des Sophi… 1515.
A VERY EARLY REPORT ON TRAVELS IN PERSIA
£19,500
[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
Laberinto d'amore. Florence, 1516.
BOCCACCIO'S MYSTERIOUS LABYRINTHINE WORK
£1,250
(BERNO , Abbot of Reichenau & & ADILBERTUS, of Augsburg)
Gloriosorum christi confessorum Uldarici et Symperti: necnon beatissimae… 1516.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK
£4,000
[MARTYROLOGY]
Martyrilogium viola sanctorum, 1516.
£1,200
NATALIBUS (Petrus de)
Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SAINTS, WITH MANUSCRIPT PILATE LETTER
£3,500
[ANON.].
Das ist ein anschlag eins zugs wider die… 1518.
Rare ‘Turkish Fear’ Pamphlet
£3,800
REGINO (Abbot of Prüm)
Annales, non tam de Augustorum vitis, quam aliorum… 1521.
WITH A POSTHUMOUS PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR
£2,500
CORTES (Hernando) & & MARTYR (Peter).
Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii de nova Maris Oceani Hyspania… 1524.
CORTES' SECOND LETTER: JOHN MURRAY'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE, PRESENTED TO HIM BY MARTIUS
£30,000
