Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
10-14 June 1901
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/85
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lor 153—continued. che fecie lo illustro poeta Mess’ Giovanni di Boccacio da certaldo sopra Dante”; and at the end, fol. 107: “ Finito I] Dante Picchelo Cioe cierte spositioni desso Dante & fatte p. Mess’ Giovanni Boccacio da ciertaldo.” With a commentary, fol. 109: “ Inchominciano le chiose di Dante Alleghieri da Firenze.” *,* MS, OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY, ON VELLUM, ff. 129, beauti- fully written in neat semi-roman letter by an Italian scribe, red and black, double columns of 43 lines, with 5 large (24 by 2 in.) FINELY PAINTED AND RICHLY ILLUMINATED INITIALS, the first containing a MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF DANTE, another of Our Saviour in the act of Blessing ,; the other three composed of flower ornaments ; a rich leafy branch scroll border surrounds the first miniature, the others having a 2, 4 and 4 marginal decoration of similar design ; a fine ornamental pen-letter with marginal decoration in a different style from the above, on the first page of Prologue ; and numerous pen-letters and small ornaments through- out. Brown morocco, silk linings, g.e. From Lord Guildford’s collec- tion. Autograph letter of G. Libri relating to the MS. inserted ; A VERY FINE DANTE MS. 154. DE Bios. HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, PAR M. G. DE BLOIS. (DCIV) 4to The full title prefixed is as follows: Histoire de France, contenant som- mairement l’origine des peuples qu’ils l’ont habitez depuis le deluge universel jusqu’a Pharamond premier roy de France; et quy sonts ceux quy onts regnez sous les noms de Celtes, Gaulois, Sicambriens, Frans et Francois et une relation exacte et cronologique de tout ce qui sy est passé de considérable pendant les trois races royales de Méro- vingiens, Carlovingiens & Capétiens, avec lystoire générale de Louis quatorze, &c. Par M. G. de Blois, Bourgeois de Valenciennes. * * AUTOGRAPH MS. OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, on paper, ff. 454, neatly written. Old calf gilt. 155. DECRETALES. COMMENTARIA IN DECRETALIUM LIBROS DUO PRIORES. (DCXVI) small folio Begins: Bone memorie &c. Presbyter Cardinalis postulandus. . *,* MS. OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, on paper, ff. 205, written in a neat cursive hand, long lines, 43 to a page, rubricated, capitals in blue and red. Half calf gilt. 156. DELLA BELLA. STEFANO DELLA BELLA, DEUX GOUACHES. (DCLXXII1) sm. fol. Two highly-finished paintings in body colours (8 by 7 in.), representing the sending forth of Jesuit missionaries, and illustrating, respectively,
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