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St. Paul’s Epistle to the Corinthians II Glossed incunable leaf, 1498, with coloured initials added by hand. Nicolas De Lyra (c.1270-1340) was ... more info

The Hours of the Cross. “Your praises reflect the music of my heart.” Recto:  18 lines of text in Latin written on vellum in black ... more info

The Gospel according to St. Matthew Nicolas De Lyra (c.1270-1340) was a French doctor of theology and teacher at the Sorbonne in Paris.   His ... more info

Decorative coloured initials added by hand.  Quality rag paper. Commentary on the Holy Spirit appearing to the apostles as fire. This handsome ... more info

First Latin edition,1554 A leaf from Mattioli’s edition of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides with woodcuts of bay and plane trees. Pietro ... more info

First Latin edition,1554 A leaf from Mattioli’s edition of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides with a woodcut of Styrax. Pietro Andrea Mattioli ... more info

First Latin edition,1554 A leaf from Mattioli’s edition of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides with a woodcut of the Mastic Tree   ... more info

Incunable “Biblia Latina” leaf,1488 Coloured initials added by hand after printing. Verso:  Two columns of Latin text printed in ... more info

   Rainerius of Pisa “Pantheologia” leaf,1474               Decorative coloured initials ... more info

An incunable leaf from the Hortus Sanitatis with four woodcuts, 1497. Woodcuts of eel trapping & storing, fishing, whale lifts boat. Recto: Text ... more info