Catalogue of a second portion of ... choice books, consigned from Paris, the property of an eminent collector [Bertin] Which will be sold by auction ... on ... July 15th, 1848 / [Bertin].
- Antoine Bertin
- Date:
- [1848]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of a second portion of ... choice books, consigned from Paris, the property of an eminent collector [Bertin] Which will be sold by auction ... on ... July 15th, 1848 / [Bertin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![156 Villon (Franc.) Le recueil et istoires des repues franches EN VERS, got][)iclctt0r, the title and one leaf wanting, brown calf . . 8vo, without place or date 157 VerGIER (Le) D’Honneur, nouvellement imprime a Paris. De lentreprise et Voyage de Nappies. Aiiquel est com- pris comraat le roy Charles huitieme de ce nom a banyere desploy^e, et passa et rapassa dejournee de puis Lyon jusques a Nappies et de Nappies iusques a lyon csemble plusieurs autres choses faictes compose par reuerend pere en dieu Monseigneur Octauie de sainct Gelais evesque dangolesme et par Maistre de la vigne Secretaire de Mon- seiur le Due de Sauoye, avec aultres EN VERS, got|)lc letter, an exceedingly fine copy, in green morocco and marbled leaves, by Koehler, richly tooled in compartments . PARIS, S, D. The text of this rare Romance is illustrated with several hundred wood engravings ; and preceding it is an index of contents, written upon vellum, the first page being exquisitely illuminated and adorned with “ Un Chevallier d’Honneur,” fully ap- pointed. A few letters at the upper corner of leaf i. iv. have been restored. 158 ANTIPHOBftNALE ROMANUM, or Service Book of the Roman Church Manuscript upon vellum, large folio, in a case The Manuscript is a fine specimen of its kind, the vellum on which it is written is very thick, the character is bold and well executed, it measures 21 i inches in length and 15^ inches in breadth, and there are 204 folios. It is bound in the old oaken style, with bosses and clasps. All the capital letters are illuminated in colours, and some of tfitem are further ornamented with gilding. At the commence- jadrent of each service there is a large illumination in gold and colours, and those are generally of a finished and superior chracter, illustrative to the services to which they are affixed— the Advent, the Nativity, the Resurrection, &c. There are also several portraits of Saints attached to the services on their days, and illustrations painted in the margins. There is no date affixed to the manuscript nor name of rubricator, illumi- nator, or scribe. Neither is there any writing to shew to what monastery or cathedral it has belonged. It is probably of the XIII or XIV Century, and is said to have been procured from Spain ; but its history is unknown. The above description was kindly drawn out by Mr. Petti- grew, from his own personal inspection.—W. G. 159 Missale Romanum, original binding 8vo MS. UPON VELLUM, with miniature paintings](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29344906_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
