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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Mr. KERATR. Lithographie originale.
1833 Planche 314 de La Caricature N° 150.La Caricature, 19 septembre 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 70. Belle épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli horizontal,Delteil 70 ,tirage bien noir malgré l'image jaunie
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Mr. DE RIGN.Lithographie originale.
1833 Planche 333 de La Caricature N° 159.La Caricature, 21 novembre 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 72. épreuve en noir jaunie; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli horizontal,fentes en marge -Delteil 72 , 'image jaunie
Référence libraire : 25091
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Mr. GUIZ..Lithographie originale.
1833 Planche 340 de La Caricature N° 162.La Caricature, 13 cecembre 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 70. épreuve en noir jaunie; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli horizontal,bon tirage bien noir -Delteil 74 ,
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Mr. JOLIV.....Lithographie originale.
1833 Planche 346 de La Caricature N° 164.La Caricature, 27 cecembre 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 75. épreuve en noir jaunie; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli horizontal,bon tirage bien noir -Delteil 75 ,
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Nous sommes tous d'honnètes gens, embrassons-nous, et que ça finisse.- Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 439 de La Caricature N° 210.La Caricature, 23 octobre 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 95. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli médian vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 95 ,
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Où allons-nous,où allons-nous?... nous marchons sur un volcan, l'abîme des révolutions est ouvert sous nos pas......le char de l'état est arrêté par le débordement de toutes ces mauvaises passions. - Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 425 de La Caricature N° 203.La Caricature, 25 septembre 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 89. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli médian vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 89 ,
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Philippe mon père, ne me laissera donc plus de gloire à acquérir!.....Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 376 de La Caricature N° 178.La Caricature, 3 avril 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 77. épreuve en noir ,fente sans manque (restaurable) en marge et sur 1 cm dans la planche; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli vertical,bon tirage bien noir - Delteil 77 ,
Référence libraire : 25096
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
PÈRE-SCIE..Lithographie originale coloriée- Hand-coloured lithograph,.
1833 Planche 264 de La Caricature N° 127.La Caricature, 11 avril, 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 50. Belle épreuve en noir et pli horizontal,plis;lithographie en noir sur velin blanc,Delteil 51 ,tirage bien noir malgré l'image jaunie
Référence libraire : 25079
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Repos de la France. - Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 417 de La Caricature N° 199.La Caricature, 28 aout 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 84. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 82 ,
Référence libraire : 25104
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Récompense honnête aux électeurs obéissans..Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 404 de La Caricature N° 193.La Caricature, 17 juillet 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 80. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 79 ,
Référence libraire : 25100
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Sire! Lisbonne est prise - aaaah!!.....aussi j'ai revé que je me battais crânement.Lithographie originale.
1833 Planche 304 de La Caricature N° 145.La Caricature, August 15, 1833 1833. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 67. Belle épreuve en noir et pli horizontal,plis;lithographie en noir sur velin blanc,Delteil 67,tirage bien noir malgré l'image jaunie
Référence libraire : 25064
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Très bien! très bien! vous vous êtes parfaitement conduits! l'on va vous diriger sur Beaulieu, sur Poissy, sur Bicêtre, je suis content de vous..- Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 437 de La Caricature N° 209.La Caricature, 6 novembrebre 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 94. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli médian vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 94 ,
Référence libraire : 25121
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Un rentier des bons royaux. Un rentier des Cortès. - Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 423 de La Caricature N° 202.La Caricature, 18 septembre 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 87. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli médian vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 87 ,
Référence libraire : 25114
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Un grand mortier à très petite portée...- Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 448 de La Caricature N° 215.La Caricature, 18 decembre 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 98. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli médian vertical,bon tirage bien noir, tache brune en marge - Delteil 98 , D'après l'explication, le titre reprend un calembour de Napoléon. Mortier, maréchal d'Empire et alors président du Conseil, homme dont la grande taille n'annonçait pas une intelligence à la hauteur - "dans les maisons fort élevées, le dernier étage est toujours fort mal meublé" selon le mot de Talleyrand rapporté dans "La Caricature" du 18 décembre 1834, p. 1720 - est représenté en mortier crachant une pluie de décorations. Louis-Philippe en artilleur déclenche le feu. La planche ridiculise le président du Conseil et dénonce un système d'achat de suffrages par distribution de "croix, de pensions, de faveurs de toute sorte" (in explication). Notons que le pantalon de Louis-Philippe est raccommodé par une pièce de tissu sur laquelle est inscrit "CHARTE" au niveau du postérieur du souverain.
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879).
Yeux noirs, front haut, teint brun, barbe, favoris.....c'est bon!... on te reconnaîtra, mon gaillard..Lithographie originale.
1834 Planche 391 de La Caricature N° 186.La Caricature, 29 mai 1834. Lithographie originale sur Velin blanc. . Delteil 79. épreuve en noir ; lithographie en noir sur velin blanc pli vertical,bon tirage bien noir,petite tache brune en marge - Delteil 79 ,
Référence libraire : 25099
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HORACE.
Odes et Épodes. Chants séculaires.
HORACE. Odes et Épodes. Chants séculaires. Traduction nouvelle par le Comte de Séguier. 1883, A. Quantin, "collection antique", Paris. 1 vol. petit in-16 relié de VI - 204 pages. Reliure mosaïquée demi maroquin à coins Tabac, dos à 5 nerfs richement orné de caissons, filets, frises, fleurons, titre et date en queue, frappés à l'or fin. Motifs mosaïqués de maroquin orangé sur le dos. Tête dorée. Reliure exécutée et signée par SMEERS ENGEL. 14 figures gravées en couleurs dans des médaillons dorés, gravées par MÉAULLE d'après les aquarelles de MEYER. Cartouche d'encadrement marron. Très bel exemplaire imprimé sur velin satiné fort. Bon état. Très bon
Référence libraire : 000269
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Hoyer, Niels [d.i. Hernst Harthern]
Nachtlied. Mit 3 Originalradierungen von Joseph Eberz.
Hamburg, Adolf Harms / [Leipzig, [W. Opetz], ( 1922). 15 S. Mit 2 in Holz geschnittenen Titeln (Reihe u. Titel) u. 3 Originalradierungen. (= Die Drucke der schönen Rarität., Hrsg. v. Niels Hoyer. [Druck 4]). 4to (33 cm). OHPgt mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel u. gemusterten Japanpapierbezügen.
Référence libraire : 95913
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HUCHERI
Bellovaci Medicorum monspeliensium cancellarii, de febrium differentiis, causis, signisque & curatione
Lugduni Antonium de Harsy 1601
Référence libraire : 001274
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Huebmann, Simon
Schatz-Gruben, In welcher verborgen das Gold der Göttlichen Lieb vnd Gütigkeit, vnd aller Schatz vnsers Heyls:. Das ist: Tractat Von den herrlichen Früchten deß Leydens Christi ; Wie nemblichen im selbigen zu finden, vnd auß selbigem zu schöpffen alles hailsames vnd köstliches vnserer Seelen ... Dargestellet durch den Ehrw. vnd Geistlichen P. Simonem Huebmann/ Ord. S. Benedicti auß dem Closter Admont/ der Zeit in dem Hoch-Adelischen Frawen-Stifft Göß/ ejusd. Ord. in der Steyermarck ...,.
Salzburg, Bey Johann Baptista Mayr, 1665. [15] Bl., 776 S. Pgt. d. Zt.
Référence libraire : 65527
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HUGNET (Georges)
1961
Paris Hugnet 1961 In-8 En feuilles, couv. à rabats Ed. originale Dédicacé par l'auteur
Référence libraire : 003999
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HUGNET (Georges)
La Morale à Nicolas
Milano All'insegna del pesce d'oro 1964 In-32 Broché, couverture illustrée Edition originale
Référence libraire : 005940
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Huysmans, J.-K. :
En Ménage. Orné de vingt-trois dessins par Em. Jodelet.
Paris, Henri Jonquières et Cie, 1923 ; in-8, broché ; (3) ff. (bl., faux-titre, titre), 336 pp., (2) ff. (justification, bl.) ; 1 dessin en couleurs en frontispice, 22 dessins en noir in-texte ; couverture blanche à rabats imprimée en noir et marron.
Référence libraire : 2560
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
"Beauvais Hours" So-called "Sotheby's Hours" Heures � l'usage de Beauvais Heures de Pierre Cauchon.
Rouen c.1430-1432. 4to. 140 x 195 mm. 18 lines with 18 initials in gold to both verso and recto. Written in brown red and blue ink in a professional French textura hand. With a beatiful decoration of ivyleaf sprouting from a gilted baguette in the outer margin both verso and recte. Text faded. Oratio. f. 179 � Presumably made for the bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon at the time residing in his own "Hotel" in Rouen the city where the book was written and illuminated. Today is Pierre Cauchon only remembered as the 'infamous' judge in the legendary trial against Jeanne la Pucelle. In 1432 was he appointed bishop of Lisieux and did then obviously loose interest in its completion in the ambitious and luxurious form it was conceived from the beginning. This would explain the sudden decline of artistic quality the pages left unfinished and the miserable fate it later suffered.<br><br>Provenance:<br>Sold Sotheby's 9 February 1948 Lot 225 Property of Oswald J. Swinburne; <br>Sold Sotheby's 14 July 1981 Lot 118 The property of Mrs. A Manning Catalogue p.53-54 with illustrations; Bought by the dealer Von der Merekt. Photographs from that sale now in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute 37 negatives including all calendar pages. <br>Unaccounted for between 1981 and 2002 when large parts were dispersed by E. Neumann-Walter of Leipzig and sold at various auctions as gatherings miniatures and single leaves the leaves mostly by way of auctions 2002-2006. <br>Three miniatures sold by Christie's in Nov. 2002 acquired by Maggs Bros. see Catalogue 1340 next. <br>Miniatures and a few well preserved single leaves sold by Maggs Bros. Ltd. Illuminations. Catalogue 1340 2003 No.9 10 11 12 13.<br>Gathering from the Office of the Dead and two large miniatures sold by Sotheby's 17 June 2003 Lots 58 60 61 last two acquired by Maggs Bros.<br>Additional information about some of the multiple transactions courteously provided by Paul Harcourt of Maggs Bros.:<br>Firstly the miniature of St. Agatha was sold at Bonham's in London on 25/6/03 lot 337 catalogued as France c. 1440 acquired by Sam Fogg photos by Peter Kidd 2003 now Margot and David Nishimura Collection.<br>Also Reiss & Sohn Auktion 86 15-18 Oct. 2002 lots 1051-1054 had I think 14 text leaves and a miniature of the Nativity. The miniature may have been unsold since it appears to have been at Hartung's Auktion 13-15 May 2003 lot 37. Lot 38 in the sale was a miniature of St. Maur later resold on by James Barrett and lot 39 consisted of 4 text leaves. Also Reiss Auktion 89 6-10 May 2003 lot 1236 was a miniature of St. Aegidius from this manuscript and 1237 consisted of 4 text leaves.<br>Research by Erik Drigsdahl. unknown
Référence libraire : 52033
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
"Guyot Hours" Heures � l'usage de Nantes
France c.1485-1515. Small8vo. 80 x 12 mm. 1 leaf in vellum single column with text to both verso and recte. Fine flower ornamentation in red blue and gold to outer margin both verso and recte. Horisontal catchword. Small worm-hole to upper right corner far from affecting text. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52035
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
"Guyot Hours" Heures � l'usage de Nantes
France c.1485-1515. 4to. 133 x 95 mm. 1 leaf of fine vellum 1 column written in dark brown only recte 11 lines. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52073
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
A leaf from a liturgical Psalter in Latin.
Rhineland or possibly Flanders or England: c. 1260-1280. Single leaf 177 x 131mm. 20 lines of text in gothic script. 4-line historiated initial of a knight in armor 4 initials in gold gold highlighting in text. Small drawing of a dragon in red ink drawing of a bird in left margin partly trimmed away. In very good condition. § A very fine and early leaf of interest in that other leaves from this manuscript are known which variously originate from either the Rhineland or England. Elaborate description on back probably English dealer provenance. Private collection California. c. 1260-1280. Single leaf unknown
Référence libraire : 105904
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Adoration of the Magi.
Naples: late 15th century. A cutting 173 mm x 182 mm with historiated initial 'E' doubtless the introit 'Ecce advenit. for Mass at Epiphany 147 mm x 152 mm. Slight spots of rubbing. In an elaborate gold frame. § The Virgin and Child seated on the right with Joseph behind set among green and yellow hills painted in full colors and liquid gold the initial itself in elaborate leafy design in dark red with pink and white heightening entwined with green leaves at the top and bottom set on a burnished gold ground with colored trefoils in each corner flecked blue surround traces of text and music to the right of the initial verso with parts of 2 lines each of text and of music on a 4-line red stave. Large miniature in the style of the Neapolitan illuminator Cristoforo Majorana documented in Naples from 1480 until 1492 cf. F. Avril Dix siecles d'enluminure italienne 1984 pp. 176-7 no. 156. The standing kinds are painted with splendid robes fringed with pearls. The blue flecked border giving the effect of the whole initial hovering above the vellum derived from the classicising illumination of Mantua and Padua and became a feature of Neapolitan manuscripts of the late fifteenth century. late 15th century. A cutting hardcover
Référence libraire : 122866
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Antiphonal in Latin.
Tuscany: c. 1350. Folio 430 x 308mm. Single leaf. With four-line staves of music with five recto and six verso lines of text beneath. With a very fine initial ‘A’ in Tuscan colors. The top edge has been repaired perhaps at the time with a strip of vellum for unknown reasons perhaps a mark of ownership removed. Otherwise in very good condition generally clean and fresh and with ample margins. § A fine early Tuscan leaf being the responses and versicles for the first reading at Matins. The leaf opens: “Absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis.†Provenance: Bernard M. Rosenthal 1995 with his notes; private collection San Francisco. c. 1350. Folio hardcover
Référence libraire : 105910
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Book of Hours Upholland Hours Use of Amiens.
Amiens c.1430-40. 4to. 135 x 185. 1 leaf of vellum 1 column written in dark brown red and blue ink in a gothic liturgical hand both verso and recte. 6 small initials all in gold recte. 1 small and 1 larger initial in gold with a beatiful decoration of ivyleaf sprouting from the initial verso. Traces from having been bound in inner margin. � "This book in which the present leaf was part of was executed about the Fourteenth Century & is supposed to be the work of the celebrated Fra Angelica. It belongs in fact to a well-defined group of Amiens manuscripts of the second quater of the fifteenth century which centres around the Hours of Raoul d'Ailly." Sotheby's 1990.<br><br>Provenance: <br>Wigan Lancashire Upholland College Library Ms.99; Sold Christie's 2 Dec. 1987 lot 33; Sold Sotheby's 29 Nov. 1990 lot 137; Sold again Sotheby's 5 Dec. 1994 lot 94; 2002 broken up and dispersed by Griffon Medieval Manuscripts. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52068
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Book of Hours Upholland Hours Use of Amiens.
Amiens c.1430-40. 4to. 135 x 185. 1 leaf of vellum 1 column written in dark brown red and blue ink in a gothic liturgical hand both verso and recte. 4 initials all in gold with a beatiful decoration of ivyleaf sprouting from two of the initial recte. 5 small initial and 1 larger in gold with a beatiful decoration of ivyleaf sprouting from the larger initial verso. Traces from having been bound in inner margin. � "This book in which the present leaf was part of was executed about the Fourteenth Century & is supposed to be the work of the celebrated Fra Angelica. It belongs in fact to a well-defined group of Amiens manuscripts of the second quater of the fifteenth century which centres around the Hours of Raoul d'Ailly." Sotheby's 1990.<br><br>Provenance: <br>Wigan Lancashire Upholland College Library Ms.99; Sold Christie's 2 Dec. 1987 lot 33; Sold Sotheby's 29 Nov. 1990 lot 137; Sold again Sotheby's 5 Dec. 1994 lot 94; 2002 broken up and dispersed by Griffon Medieval Manuscripts. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52071
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Book of Hours Upholland Hours Use of Amiens.
Amiens c.1430-40. 4to. 135 x 185. 1 leaf of vellum 1 column written in dark brown red and blue ink in a gothic liturgical hand both verso and recte. 7 small initials all in gold recte. 5 small initials in gold verso. Traces from having been bound in inner margin. Soiling mostly to inner margin. � "This book in which the present leaf was part of was executed about the Fourteenth Century & is supposed to be the work of the celebrated Fra Angelica. It belongs in fact to a well-defined group of Amiens manuscripts of the second quater of the fifteenth century which centres around the Hours of Raoul d'Ailly." Sotheby's 1990.<br><br>Provenance: <br>Wigan Lancashire Upholland College Library Ms.99; Sold Christie's 2 Dec. 1987 lot 33; Sold Sotheby's 29 Nov. 1990 lot 137; Sold again Sotheby's 5 Dec. 1994 lot 94; 2002 broken up and dispersed by Griffon Medieval Manuscripts. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52067
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Book of Hours Upholland Hours Use of Amiens.
Amiens c.1430-40. 4to. 135 x 185. 1 leaf of vellum 1 column written in dark brown red and blue ink in a gothic liturgical hand both verso and recte. 14 small initials all in gold recte. 15 small initials in gold verso. Large repair to outer margin not affecting text traces from having been bound in inner margin. � "This book in which the present leaf was part of was executed about the Fourteenth Century & is supposed to be the work of the celebrated Fra Angelica. It belongs in fact to a well-defined group of Amiens manuscripts of the second quater of the fifteenth century which centres around the Hours of Raoul d'Ailly." Sotheby's 1990.<br><br>Provenance: <br>Wigan Lancashire Upholland College Library Ms.99; Sold Christie's 2 Dec. 1987 lot 33; Sold Sotheby's 29 Nov. 1990 lot 137; Sold again Sotheby's 5 Dec. 1994 lot 94; 2002 broken up and dispersed by Griffon Medieval Manuscripts. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52065
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Book of Hours Upholland Hours Use of Amiens.
Amiens c.1430-40. 4to. 135 x 185. 1 leaf of vellum 1 column written in dark brown red and blue ink in a gothic liturgical hand both verso and recte. 4 small initials all in gold recte. 6 small initial and 1 larger in gold with a beatiful decoration of ivyleaf sprouting from the larger initial verso. Traces from having been bound in inner margin. � "This book in which the present leaf was part of was executed about the Fourteenth Century & is supposed to be the work of the celebrated Fra Angelica. It belongs in fact to a well-defined group of Amiens manuscripts of the second quater of the fifteenth century which centres around the Hours of Raoul d'Ailly." Sotheby's 1990.<br><br>Provenance: <br>Wigan Lancashire Upholland College Library Ms.99; Sold Christie's 2 Dec. 1987 lot 33; Sold Sotheby's 29 Nov. 1990 lot 137; Sold again Sotheby's 5 Dec. 1994 lot 94; 2002 broken up and dispersed by Griffon Medieval Manuscripts. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52070
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM MODERN. BINDINGS ZAEHNSDORF
CATALOGUE OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES
England ca. 1910. 392 x 287 mm. 15 3/8 x 11 1/4". 32 leaves with text in an attractive italic hand all separated by tissue guards. SUMPTUOUS OLIVE GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed on front doublure and with their exhibition stamp on rear turn-in covers with densely stippled floral roll border enclosing a large frame formed by drawer handle tools and floral tools on a stippled ground; central panel with large cornerpieces rampant with flower tools circlets volutes and much stippling; raised bands spine compartments heavily gilt in a similar style gilt titling RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES with opulent dentelle frame surrounded by gilt-tooled green morocco turn-ins red watered silk endleaves with gilt edging all edges gilt. WITH 76 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES BY RICHARD COSWAY ANDREW PLIMER AND OTHERS mounted and enclosed by hand-painted burnished gold frames EACH PORTRAIT WITH HAND-ILLUMINATED TITLE in red blue green and burnished gold. Verso of front endleaf with book label of Thomas Agnew & Sons Old Bond Street Library. A bit of wear to front joint a little rubbing to extremities occasional mild rumpling to head or tail of vellum leaves isolated small marginal smudges otherwise a fine specimen the vellum creamy and bright the illuminations shining and the binding quite sound and lustrous with gold. Composed of vellum leaves this is a unique luxurious catalogue of a miniatures collection with delicate script lovely illumination and a stately binding by one of London's foremost workshops. State-of-the-art photographic reproductions of mostly 18th century miniatures are juxtaposed here with calligraphy and illuminations harking back to Medieval bookmaking. Each portrait is surrounded by a gold frame and accompanied by a hand-written description with an illuminated title giving biographical details of known subjects and a physical description of the miniatures whenever they are labelled simply "Portrait of a Lady" or "Portrait of a Gentleman." The scale of this production--which is nearly twice the size of most illuminated manuscripts of the early 20th century--and the splendor of the binding point to a patron of considerable means likely either the proprietors of or a client of the Agnew art dealers. The Agnew firm began as a printseller in Manchester in 1817 but over the course of the 19th century became one of the principal British galleries under the leadership of the founder's son William. A London branch opened in 1860 and the Bond Street flagship in 1875. William Agnew 1825-1910 did much to foster the careers of British artists Holman Hunt Frederick Leighton and Edward Burne-Jones and his clients included Henry Tate whom he encouraged to found the celebrated Tate Gallery. The binding here is a superb example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest Hungary Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. It is generally understood that the firm reserved the use of its oval stamp showing a binder at work seen here for their finest bindings including those entered in exhibitions. unknown
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Christ before Caiaphas.
Dutch school: c. 1450 or later. 138 x 98mm. Miniature without text image of Christ before Caiaphas being held by a soldier with a jester dancing behind Him disciples behind Him with a cock sitting above the three-sided border of simple flowers. In good condition. § Origin and provenance unknown; from a private California collection. c. 1450 or later. 138 x 98mm. Miniature unknown
Référence libraire : 105895
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Christ with the Cross from an Antiphonal.
German: c. 1500. 132 x 155 mm. Matted. § An intriguing painting showing the instruments of the Passion a crowing cock the head of Judas the thirty pieces of silver &c. A somewhat surreal piece with the head and some of the instruments floating in the air against a rich blue background Christ standing before a tomb clad in loincloth and red cloak with a blue cloak on the tomb a ladder and pillar at each side. Some surface wear and damage within the image which is also cropped slightly but an interesting and unusual painting. c. 1500. 132 x 155 mm. Matted. § An intriguing painting hardcover
Référence libraire : 8716
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Coronation of the Virgin miniature from a Book of Hours.
France possibly Maine or Anjou: c. 1480. Single leaf 162 mm x 110 mm. Slight fading in an old frame with metal fittings. A finely painted miniature with the use of gold modeling and the cloud of cherubim in the tradition pioneered by Jean Fouquet. § The Virgin and God seated on separate stools in a paneled room God placing a crown on her head a host of blue seraphim behind miniature in an arched compartment above the large initial and three lines of text opening of Compline within a full border of colored flowers and acanthus leaves in little rectangles with ground of liquid gold or pale blue or plain vellum. c. 1480. Single leaf hardcover
Référence libraire : 122865
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Decretals.
North Italy: 1350-1375. Folio 420 x 270mm. Written in ink on vellum in a Gothic hand with a surrounding gloss in a smaller but similar hand colored initials in red and blue. With extensive annotations and a large marginal drawing of three knights in armor in different and perhaps slightly later hands. Trimmed very close at the top and one edge no apparent loss of text. In very good condition. § A rare annotated medieval leaf with drawing. The Canon Law text from the Decretals begins at book 5 title 33 of chapter 17 de privilegiis et excessibus privilegiatorum to the beginning of chapter 23. Interestingly chapter 20 deals with the privileges of the Knights Templar. 1350-1375. Folio hardcover
Référence libraire : 105909
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES IN FRENCH OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A BOOK OF HOURS
France early 15th century. 150 x 108 mm. 5 7/8 x 4 1/4". Single column 17 lines in a gothic book hand. Rubrics in red one leaf with a pink and blue line-filler with white tracery and gold bezant each leaf with two or more one-line gold initials on blue and pink ground and two or more two-line initials in blue and pink on a gold ground with tendrils emanating from the corners terminating in gilt ivy leaves and blue flowers. Vellum faintly soiled one leaf with an early and very small repair at the corner of the text a few trivial thumb smudges but these faults all quite trivial and on the whole very well preserved. While Book of Hours leaves in Latin appear frequently on the market individual leaves in French are rather more difficult to come by. The present leaves provide an excellent opportunity to study the Medieval form of this language in a religious context in addition to being lovely specimens in themselves. unknown
Référence libraire : ST13588
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN WITH FINE PANEL BORDERS
Rouen ca. 1490. 197 x 127 mm. 7 3/4 x 5". Single column 24 lines in a clean attractive bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red line endings of blue or red with gold embellishment a number of one-line initials in gold on a red or blue ground one leaf with three two-line initials in white and black on a brushed gold ground and enclosing flowers and BOTH SIDES OF EACH LEAF WITH A VERY ATTRACTIVE PANEL BORDER featuring acanthus leaves flowers grapes and other vegetation all ON A BRUSHED GOLD GROUND. Margins just slightly browned at the very edge small stain on one corner of each leaf but IN VERY FINE CONDITION the gold and paint bright and fresh and the margins very ample. unknown
Référence libraire : ST10758a-2w
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A VERY FINE VERY LARGE BOOK OF HOURS
Paris ca. 1440. 222 x 162 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8". Single column 16 lines of text in a beautiful gothic book hand. Rubrics in red leaves with varying numbers of line fillers and one- and two-line initials in burnished gold blue and magenta highlighted with white tracery and WITH LOVELY RINCEAU BORDERS on one or both sides these composed of delicately twining hairline stems bearing red and blue blossoms and FEATURING A PROFUSION OF BURNISHED GOLD IVY LEAVES. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION the vellum extraordinarily bright fresh and clean and WITH MARGINS AS VAST AS ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR. Commissioned for use by a woman as indicated by the feminine form in the "Obsecro te" the Book of Hours from which these leaves come could only have been a manuscript of great beauty prepared for a household of very substantial wealth and importance. The level of achievement manifested here in both the scribal hand and the execution of the illuminated decoration clearly indicates that some of the best artisans money could buy were at work on this book and only a powerful family could afford to pay their price. Further corroboration of this fact is seen in the leaves' immense margins which are at least as wide as on any Book of Hours leaves we have ever owned. Such a conspicuous display of purchasing power those extra millimeters meant the slaughtering of extra animals and that meant greater cost announces an owner's self-congratulatory consequence that is uncommon except in the grandest of prayer books of the period. Happily the condition here matches the importance of the manuscript which was obviously considered from the beginning--and ever after--an object to be carefully preserved. For additional leaves from this Book of Hours at different price points please check our website. unknown
Référence libraire : ST12158bA
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A VERY FINE VERY LARGE BOOK OF HOURS
Paris ca. 1440. 222 x 162 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8". Single column 16 lines of text in a beautiful gothic book hand. Rubrics in red leaves with varying numbers of line fillers and one- and two-line initials in burnished gold blue and magenta highlighted with white tracery and WITH LOVELY RINCEAU BORDERS on one or both sides these composed of delicately twining hairline stems bearing red and blue blossoms and FEATURING A PROFUSION OF BURNISHED GOLD IVY LEAVES. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION the vellum extraordinarily bright fresh and clean and WITH MARGINS AS VAST AS ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR. Commissioned for use by a woman as indicated by the feminine form in the "Obsecro te" the Book of Hours from which these leaves come could only have been a manuscript of great beauty prepared for a household of very substantial wealth and importance. The level of achievement manifested here in both the scribal hand and the execution of the illuminated decoration clearly indicates that some of the best artisans money could buy were at work on this book and only a powerful family could afford to pay their price. Further corroboration of this fact is seen in the leaves' immense margins which are at least as wide as on any Book of Hours leaves we have ever owned. Such a conspicuous display of purchasing power those extra millimeters meant the slaughtering of extra animals and that meant greater cost announces an owner's self-congratulatory consequence that is uncommon except in the grandest of prayer books of the period. Happily the condition here matches the importance of the manuscript which was obviously considered from the beginning--and ever after--an object to be carefully preserved. For additional leaves from this Book of Hours at different price points please check our website. unknown
Référence libraire : ST12158bC
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A VERY FINE VERY LARGE BOOK OF HOURS
Paris ca. 1440. 222 x 162 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8". Single column 16 lines of text in a beautiful gothic book hand. Rubrics in red leaves with varying numbers of line fillers and one- and two-line initials in burnished gold blue and magenta highlighted with white tracery and WITH LOVELY RINCEAU BORDERS on one or both sides these composed of delicately twining hairline stems bearing red and blue blossoms and FEATURING A PROFUSION OF BURNISHED GOLD IVY LEAVES. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION the vellum extraordinarily bright fresh and clean and WITH MARGINS AS VAST AS ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR. Commissioned for use by a woman as indicated by the feminine form in the "Obsecro te" the Book of Hours from which these leaves come could only have been a manuscript of great beauty prepared for a household of very substantial wealth and importance. The level of achievement manifested here in both the scribal hand and the execution of the illuminated decoration clearly indicates that some of the best artisans money could buy were at work on this book and only a powerful family could afford to pay their price. Further corroboration of this fact is seen in the leaves' immense margins which are at least as wide as on any Book of Hours leaves we have ever owned. Such a conspicuous display of purchasing power those extra millimeters meant the slaughtering of extra animals and that meant greater cost announces an owner's self-congratulatory consequence that is uncommon except in the grandest of prayer books of the period. Happily the condition here matches the importance of the manuscript which was obviously considered from the beginning--and ever after--an object to be carefully preserved. For additional leaves from this Book of Hours at different price points please check our website. unknown
Référence libraire : ST12158bB
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A VERY FINE VERY LARGE BOOK OF HOURS
Paris ca. 1440. 222 x 162 mm. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8". Single column 16 lines of text in a beautiful gothic book hand. WITH LOVELY RINCEAU BORDERS on one or both sides these composed of delicately twining hairline stems bearing red and blue blossoms and FEATURING A PROFUSION OF BURNISHED GOLD IVY LEAVES. IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION the vellum extraordinarily bright fresh and clean and WITH MARGINS AS VAST AS ONE COULD EVER HOPE FOR. Commissioned for use by a woman as indicated by the feminine form in the "Obsecro te" the Book of Hours from which these leaves come could only have been a manuscript of great beauty prepared for a household of very substantial wealth and importance. The level of achievement manifested here in both the scribal hand and the execution of the illuminated decoration clearly indicates that some of the best artisans money could buy were at work on this book and only a powerful family could afford to pay their price. Further corroboration of this fact is seen in the leaves' immense margins which are at least as wide as on any Book of Hours leaves we have ever owned. Such a conspicuous display of purchasing power those extra millimeters meant the slaughtering of extra animals and that meant greater cost announces an owner's self-congratulatory consequence that is uncommon except in the grandest of prayer books of the period. Happily the condition here matches the importance of the manuscript which was obviously considered from the beginning--and ever after--an object to be carefully preserved. For additional leaves from this Book of Hours at different price points please check our website. unknown
Référence libraire : ST12158bD
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ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
FROM A VERY DECORATIVE BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
Paris ca. 1420. 203 x 143 mm. 8 x 5 5/8". Single column 15 lines of text in an attractive gothic book hand. Leaves with multiple finely illuminated one-line initials and a single two-line initial in blue or magenta with white tracery and containing one or more twining flowers in blue orange and white the whole on a burnished gold ground usually as many line fillers of the same design as initials the text enclosed on three sides by a bar border of blue and gold with acanthus leaf extensions at the bottom and EACH SIDE OF EACH LEAF WITH A VERY INTRICATE FULL BORDER OF RINCEAU consisting of many floral buds gold bezants and ivy leaves. Borders trimmed a little close at one edge nol loss of decoration one leaf with thin strip of mounting cloth along inner margin a hint of yellowing at edges but generally in excellent condition THE ILLUMINATION ESPECIALLY AND CONSISTENTLY BRIGHT AND FRESH. These are Parisian Book of Hours leaves from what was obviously a splendid manuscript. The substantial size of the leaves the glistening gold and the intricacy of the decoration of the border and the illuminated letters combine here to make a very pleasing impression. unknown
Référence libraire : ST11052b-2d
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Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Historiated initial ‘U’ of a standing Saint cut to shape from a choirbook.
Central Italy c.1250. Matted in fine condition. § A well-painted initial of a man in flowing blue and pink robes holding a book to which he gestures probably Saint Paul. Italian miniature paintings of this period are known to be difficult to localize with any accuracy but as the face is strongly drawn with well-proportioned features it might well hail from central Italy. unknown
Référence libraire : 8719
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Presumably late 15th century. 4to 195 x 142. 1 leaf of vellum 21 lines of text and 10 small initials 5 in gold recte and 18 lines of text and 2 initials in gold verso. Light soiling. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52101
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum possibly from "Heures Le Clerc".
Paris presumably late 15th century. 150 x 11 mm. 1 leaf of fine vellum 1 column written in dark brown and red with 13 lines in a gothic liturgical hand recte and verso. Column 80 x 28 mm with beautiful floral illumination in red green blue and gold recte and verso. Initial to both recte and verso. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52075
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Presumably late 15th century. 4to 195 x 142. 1 leaf of vellum 21 lines of text recte and verso. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52103
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF ON VELLUM
Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum.
Presumably late 15th century. 4to 195 x 142. 1 leaf of vellum 21 lines of text recte and 18 lines verso. hardcover
Référence libraire : 52102
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