• Title page with decorated border., Commission from the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino

(f. 2). Text in gold (f. 2). Commission from the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino Made in 1635 as a commission by the doge of Venice, Francesco Ericcio, to Antonio Molino appointing him Proveditore of Cattaro for

• Illuminated initial 'T'(anta) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prefatory letter to De re militari, and the arms of Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice, in the lower margin., De re militari, with prefatory letter

1).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated initial and arms of Agostino Barbarigo Antonius Vegnatus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• All' antica border, including roundels with heraldic devices, cameos and the coat of arms of Aragon., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of border with the device of three maces., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of border with device of 'Solomon's knot' supported by an eagle., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc)., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc) with Hercules and serpents., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Detail of the colophon with the motto of the 'Omnium rerum' scribe: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'., De evangelica praeparatione

Pliny was active in Venice and Naples from 1472 to 1483 (see Bollati 2004). He derives his name from an incunable decorated by him: British Library IC19662, containing Pliny's ~Natural History~, printed by Nicolas Jenson in Venice in 1472 (see

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, with a full border with gems, inset miniatures of deer, Ezechiel, Jeremiah, Solomon, and other figures, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; putti holding the arms of Agostino Biliotti, Gonfalonier of Justice in Florence in the lower margin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, and partial border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with King David playing his harp, and partial border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Scribal colophon reading: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV'., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Nativity, and full border with gems, inset miniatures of deer, Ezechiel, Solomon, and other figures, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of putti holding the arms of Agostino Biliotti, Gonfalonier of Justice in Florence, in the lower margin at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) with King David playing his harp, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Detail of a scribal colophon, reading: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV'., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Hours of Agostino Biliotti')

(f. 15); colophon: 'Scripto per Agostino Biliotti da Antonio Sinibaldi gratis et amore Anno Domini MCCCCLXXXV' (f. 240).Abbate Canonici of Venice: his sale, 25 June 1836, lot 141. Walter Sneyd: his sale, December 1903, lot 556; bought by Yates Thompson.

• Gold-stamped and blind-tooled late fifteenth-century Venetian binding., De re militari, with prefatory letter

date 'May 27th 1783', f. 1).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Venetian binding Antonius Vegnatus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• null, De re militari, with prefatory letter

the date 'May 27th 1783', f. 1).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Antonius Vegnatus Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)