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New York: George Brazilller, 1970. hardcover. fine/near fine. Introduction and legends by J.J.G. Alexander. Illustrated with colored medieval images throughout. 12mo, blue boards with golden pattern. d.w. New York: George Braziller, (1970). Book in fine condition in a near fine dust wrapper with some minor creasing in back flap.<br/> <br/>

Paris: La Sirène. Very Good. 1920. Facsimile Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (narrow) Collectible In tan wraps with two-color title label to upper cover, 8vo (slim), [10]+ 13pp. Fascimile of the 1512 edition with woodcuts. Hand #'d 515 of a limited edition. Includes the text in French and Latin. (LIght shelfwear to extremities, crease to rear corner, upper edges uncut). .

8vo. Imitation leather binding stamped in gold, in custom slipcase. 2nd printing. Full color reproductions throughout. Fine in like slipcase.

Fair. Top page edges are dusty/marked. Slight bow to the book from storage. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm. Actual book shown below.

New York: George Braziller, [1969]. Hardcover. Very good condition in slipcase. Folio 139pl., illus.

New York: George Braziller [0-8076-0690-1] 1973. (Hardcover in slipcase) 247pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. In very good plus illustrated slipcase. 127 full-page color plates with commentaries on adjacent pages, bibliography. The covers are very lightly soiled and two pages with very small dog-ears. (Art, Book of Hours).

New York: George Braziller, 1972. Over 160 color plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue boards. Fine, in slipcase. Previous owner's bookplate and signature. Over 160 color plates. 1 vols. 8vo.

New York: George Braziller, 1971. 109 Color Plates, 2 Black and White Figures. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth. Fine in gilt dust jacket. 109 Color Plates, 2 Black and White Figures. 1 vols. Folio. The Duke of Berry was a great collector of anything beautiful, from gems to castles. His library was surely one of the most remarkable of his collections, and included the Très Riches Heures and the Belles Heures, both illustrated by the famous Limbourg Brothers, as well as the Grandes Heures, which is one of the most impressive works of its type.

with 3 attractive 1- & 2-line initial letters in blue and red, trailing scroll work in alternate colours, initial capitals in text heightened in yellow, side 1 includes the antiphon for All Saints' day, 15 lines to the page, 2 sides on vellum, 6¼" x 4¼", English, circa Side 1 includes the special antiphon commemorating all the saints in conjunction with Christ's coming.

Zurich: Belser Verlag, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Zurich, Belser Verlag, 1983 (facsimile edition). Duodecimo, 240, [4] leaves. Gilt-decorated full sheepskin, all edges gilt (now a little rubbed in the centre); small light-coloured area on an early blank; an excellent copy in the original cloth-bound book-form box (a little rubbed and marked, with light wear to a bottom edge). The box also contains a companion introductory volume (in German) by Luigi Michelini Tocci (octavo, 47 pages; cloth; in fine condition). A handsome facsimile edition of this small illuminated book of hours. The original, held by the Vatican Library, was produced around the year 1500; it is written in a French Gothic script and contains charming miniatures and decorations from several Flemish workshops. This is Volume 66 in the series 'Codices e Vaticanis selecti quam simillime expressi iussu Ioannis Pauli PP II concilio et opera curatorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae'. It is also one of the 'Belser Faksimile Editionen aus der… Read More

Paris: Widow of Thielman Kerver, 1523 [calendar covering the years 1523-42]. 170 x 111 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/8"). Single column, 26 lines in a roman typeface. Each leaf with multiple one- to three-line initials, ALL WITH FULL METALCUT BORDERS on one side, incorporating vignettes and decorative designs, including the Dance of Death, and vining flowers and acanthus entwining animals and human figures, AND the other side of each leaf WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE surrounded by an architectural border. Printed in red and black. ◆A little soiling in places and the occasional additional trivial imperfection, otherwise in fine condition. These leaves contain attractive full-page metalcut miniatures with highly desirable imagery, including the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Resurrection, the Three Dead, Betrayal, and Deposition, all executed with a fine degree of detail and attractive composition. Besides their obvious aesthetic appeal, these leaves also help to tell the story of the gradual shift from… Read More

1450. France ca. 1450 15,8 : 10,8 cm. With 13 initials in red, blue and black and heightened with gold. Two two-line and 11 one-line initials in red, blue and heigthened with gold. 14 lines written in black and red.

France: Unknown scribe & illuminator, 1490. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibles. Very Good. Gorgeous original, hand-drawn leaf on parchment probably from a book of hours. 6 x 4 inches, attractively framed and matted. Dimensions in glass-fronted frame: 13 1/4 x 19 inches. No date, presumed to be circa late 15th - early 16th cent. 16 lines with painted border in gold and blue; 4 illuminated initials, the largest covering 4-lines.

1480. Belgium, ca. 1480 15,5 : 11 cm. With 2 two-line initials and 7 initials in red, blue and black and heightened with gold. Two two-line and 7 one-line initials in red, blue and heigthened with gold. Latin manuscript on vellum. Partly rupricated in red and blue.

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES EACH WITH TWO SEVEN TO EIGHT-LINE MINIATURES BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆A touch of yellowing to edges of vellum, an occasional marginal blemish, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE MINIATURES EXQUISITELY PAINTED and on the whole very fresh and deeply hued. These leaves offer an array of lively and highly detailed metalcut scenes, from their border vignettes with a myriad of interesting images to the several splendid hand-painted miniatures, and taken as a whole, they comprise… Read More

France, ca. 1475. 165 x 112 mm. (6 1/2 x 4 3/8"). Single column, 16 lines in a gothic book hand. Kalends comprised of gray and white acanthus leaves accented with flowers on a background of brushed gold, saints' names in blue, red, or gold, month and Golden Numbers in burnished gold, days in alternating blue and burnished gold, five Dominical letters in burnished gold on a blue or red ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border featuring a brushed gold triangle with a spray of pink flowers, and WITH A ROUNDEL DEPICTING THE LABOR OF THE MONTH (RECTO) AND ASTROLOGICAL SIGN (VERSO), the background filled with blue and gold acanthus leaves and swirling hairline stems bearing leaves and gold berries. ◆Panel border with three small burn holes, four brown spots to the text, minor soiling to fore and head margins. Not as pretty as it could be, but an inexpensive example of a Book of Hours calendar leaf with miniatures. .

with initial letters in blue, mauve and gold, the right hand one with a beautifully penned border in the outer margin of trailing roses and other flowers, in blue, red, green and gold, together 4 sides 6" x 4½", vellum, Flanders or Northern France, circa The first leaf contains Psalm 29, 'Exaltabo te Domine', 'I will extol Thee, O Lord', (in the Hebrew and KJV Psalm 30), from verse 3b, 'Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit', to the end at verse 12, 'O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever', the last two letters of 'tibi' being on the second leaf. The second leaf continues with 'Requiem', the antiphon 'Domine a[bs]traxisti ab inferis animam meam', 'Lord thou hast drawn my soul out of hell', and Psalm 39, 'Expectans expectavi', 'I waited patiently for the Lord', (in the Hebrew and KJV Psalm 40), down to verse 6, '... burnt offering and sin offering hast Thou not… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Each leaf with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, THESE LEAVES WITH TWO EIGHT-LINE MINIATURES FROM THE SUFFRAGES; the miniatures painted, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆A hint of yellowing to edges of vellum, a few marginal blemishes, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE MINIATURES EXQUISITELY PAINTED and on the whole very fresh and deeply hued. These leaves offer an array of lively and highly detailed metalcut scenes, from their border vignettes with a myriad of interesting images to the several splendid hand-painted miniatures, and taken as a whole, they comprise some… Read More

Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Pezzana 1758, 1758. 8vo. (180x106mm) pp. [8], 405, [3]. Six engraved plates, one signed M. Heylbrouck and an engraved vignette to title page. Text in Latin and Italian. Contemporary Italian sheep, covers with elaborately tooled gilt borders, fan sprays at the inner corners. Centre of the boards have leaf motifs and two gilt oval frames with green morocco onlays bearing initials "G.P" (upper cover) and "A.P" (lower cover). Flat spine decorated in gilt with leaf motifs, with three green morocco onlays lettered and decorated in gilt. Edges to boards tooled in gilt. All edges gilt and gauffered with a delicate leaf pattern. Attractive green endpapers. In very good condition with one or two small worn spots. Internally excellent with a little foxing in places. Book label of John Saks loosely inserted along with a slip of paper from Christie's reading "Lot No. 191/1 10 Jun 1981" when a number of Saks's books were sold. Saks (the grandson of the founder of the eponymous shop and a… Read More

Paris: Simon Vostre, ca. 1502 [calendar 1502-20]. 177 x 112 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). Most leaves with at least a few (and some with many) one-line initials painted in gold on a red or blue ground, occasional two-line initial similarly painted, rectos and versos with FULL METALCUT BORDERS incorporating various floral motifs, acanthus, animals, putti, grotesques, biblical scenes, and imagery from the Dance of Death, SOME LEAVES WITH ONE, TWO, OR THREE EIGHT-LINE MINIATURES FROM THE SUFFRAGES, AND OTHER LEAVES WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE set within a gold architectural frame, ALL MINIATURES AND INITIALS BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED BY HAND; the miniatures painted, with some liberties taken, over printed metalcuts. Bohatta 745; Van Praet I, 161. ◆Full-page miniatures trimmed close at top and fore edges,, paint on a few miniatures with a little of rubbing here and there, a touch of browning to edges of some leaves, occasional marginal blemishes, but the vast majority of leaves IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, THE MINIATURES… Read More