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Contents of the Book of Hours : 1. ff. 2-7 : Calendar. In red and brown ink. Justification 115 x 75 mm. 2. ff. 8-11 : 4 passages des Evangiles : - Saint Jean 1, 1-...

$45000 / ≈ €39721
Maker / Publisher: BOOKS OF HOURS
Place & Date: c.1480
Selling price: $45000
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Dum flaus in agro gaudet colligere spicas Ruth, forte affinis, venit in arua Booz. [ûRuth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.]

A superb example of this illustration showing Ruth thanks Boaz for letting her glean his fields, from The Story of Ruth.Copper engraving published in " Thesaurus sac...

$300 / ≈ €265
Maker / Publisher: DE JODE, G.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1585

 


(Island of Pearls) Perlarum insula ob unionum copiam sic dicta.

A depiction of Cubagua as the Perlarum Insula (Island of Pearls), with in the foreground, two large ships send dinghies toward busy Native Americans collecting pearl oyst...

$250 / ≈ €221
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1594