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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.

Charming small manuscript leaf from an French Book of Hours written around 1470 in or near Rouen.VERSO: 14 Lines of text in Latin five 1-lines initial in liquid gold on b...

$150 / ≈ €128
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: France, ca.1470

 


Double page manuscript page from a Shahnameh, The Book of Kings, written by Ferdowsi.

Fine double page brilliantly illuminated gilt leaves written by the scribe Abu Bakr Jami in Isfahan. The Arabic text contains Islamic prayers with beautiful headings thro...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


Vue d'un Rocher troué de la Nouvelle Zélande. [Tome III Pl. 8.]

A view of a New Zealand landscape and seascape through a hollow rock. Engraved by Demouchy. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voy...

$30 / ≈ €26
Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773

 


Vue de l'Isle d'Otahiti et de plusieurs Pirogues. [Tome II Pl. 11.]

View of the Island of Tahiti and dugouts. From the French edition of James Cook's first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britanniqu...

$50 / ≈ €43
Maker / Publisher: COOK, Captain James.
Place & Date: Paris, 1773