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Leaf on vellum from a printed Book of Hours.

21 lines of printed text, surrounded by Renaissance borders decorated with flowers and little miniatures with figures on both sides.From the press of the leading Parisian...

$125 / ≈ €110
Maker / Publisher: BOOK OF HOURS
Place & Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c. 1520-1540

 


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...

$100 / ≈ €88
Maker / Publisher: ABU BAKR JAMI
Place & Date: Isfahan, ca. 1780

 


Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris.

The oval map is surrounded by a strapwork frame and the title, adorned with ribbons, is held aloft by two winged cherubs.According to P. Meurer based on de Jode's 12 shee...

$500 / ≈ €438
Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, 1587