With the Annunciation to the Virgin in a large historiated initial.
Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
Miniature from a Book of Hours.
Christ in a large initial
Christ as a standing figure, robed in green and burgundy, with a halo formed from burnished gold.
BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Paris
A small and complete Parisian Book of Hours with a plethora of exquisite illuminations.
SPARE, Austin Osman. Wandering Lust
A striking pencil drawing by the artist, depicting a multi-faced male nude figure accompanied by a female nude.
SPARE, Austin Osman. The Evolution of the Human Race
A portrait of Walter Warren (1869–1942), the artist, gun engraver for Purdey and Sons, and an acquaintance of Spare since childhood
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[JOHNSON, Samuel]. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.
[JOHNSON, Samuel]. A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775 £ 500 8vo (210 x 120 mm); [iv], 384 pp.; six-line errata leaf after the title. Contemporary sprinkled calf, single […]
Le tableau de la Vie. Pour l’année 1820
A lovely early 19th century children’s miniature almanac in French.
HARVEY, William
Harvey’s fascinating treatise on the science of generation, the last of the three works published during his lifetime.
RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas François. Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes
The expanded Geneva edition of Raynal’s most influential work, a compilation of treatises concerning the commercial dealings of European powers and their colonial domains.