• Detail of a page: initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a foliate border inhabited by animals and birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Historiated initial 'I' of Augustine dressed as a Bishop enthroned blessing two groups of kneeling Augustinian canons., Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphoner (index antiphoner; antiphonal)

eighth day (6 May 1856) of the sale by Tiffin for £1 10s. Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, a lion, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 275 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, trompe l'oeil gems, the arms of Clement VII, plaques inscribed in capitals 'Clemen / VII' and 'Pont / Max', roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border with scrolled ends of trompe l'oeil gems and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border of trompe l'oeil gems, a vase and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers and birds on a black ground, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 265 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers on a black ground and a roundel containing the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 235 x 25 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading in 1815-1870: purchased by him for £115 10s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May

• The upper pastedown, with a typical Bury press-mark, '.J. 7.' ('J' is for Jerome). To the right of this is an inscription headed 'A book of St. Edmund, in which are contained', followed by a note on the contents., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

(b. 1642, d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its

• Detail of a tinted drawing of Clothaire enthroned, Muhammad preaching, and Brunhilde being drawn and quartered., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• A miniature of a scene from the Triumphs of Emperor Charles V: the duke of Cleves submitting to Charles V., The Triumphs of Charles V (index L'Aguila Triumphante de Carlos Quinto)

of rue Caumartin, Paris: purchased from him by Woodburn in December 1815 (f. 2). Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: purchased from him by Thomas Grenville before 1817 (f. 2). Thomas Grenville (b. 1755, d. 1846), politician

• A cartouche of architectonic decoration, containing a versified caption relating to the miniature of f. 13., The Triumphs of Charles V (index L'Aguila Triumphante de Carlos Quinto)

of rue Caumartin, Paris: purchased from him by Woodburn in December 1815 (f. 2). Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: purchased from him by Thomas Grenville before 1817 (f. 2). Thomas Grenville (b. 1755, d. 1846), politician

• A miniature of a scene from the Triumphs of the Emperor Charles V: Egmont submitting to Charles V, 1546., The Triumphs of Charles V (index L'Aguila Triumphante de Carlos Quinto)

of rue Caumartin, Paris: purchased from him by Woodburn in December 1815 (f. 2). Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: purchased from him by Thomas Grenville before 1817 (f. 2). Thomas Grenville (b. 1755, d. 1846), politician

• A cartouche of masks, shells, gemstones, grotesques, architectonic decoration and all'antica elements, containing a versified caption relating to the miniature of f. 14., The Triumphs of Charles V (index L'Aguila Triumphante de Carlos Quinto)

of rue Caumartin, Paris: purchased from him by Woodburn in December 1815 (f. 2). Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: purchased from him by Thomas Grenville before 1817 (f. 2). Thomas Grenville (b. 1755, d. 1846), politician