Manuscript of Thomas Wolsey Cardinal Chancellor and Archbishop of York, marriage license between John Gomersall and Agnes Rayner dated 12 May 1525, paper in fair condition, seal without lid and missin[...]
A beautiful, early period piece, used in Italian Alps or Tyrol, this is a bucket hammered from a single sheet of copper. It has a rounded base, engraved sides, and a top rim with two lugs that allow [...]
Stone mortar with four high handles and a spout on one side. A substantial piece, it consists of a circular bowl with four supports, all resting on a flat base. Weight 22 kg. France, 16th century.
This document records a sale in August 1540 or 1550 by Benoît Vulpit of St-Léon (?), to the widow of Cl. Perlog (?) of a plot of land called La Rougy, cultivated with rye, for the price of 18 florins.[...]
Extraordinary lost-wax cast bronze pharmacy mortar. The mortar's exterior is decorated with a series of alternating frames, and at the bottom is a wide band decorated with phytomorphic motifs. Above t[...]
A carved boxwood knife sheath, dated 1564, richly decorated with religious scenes in relief arranged in superimposed registers. The composition is dominated, in the upper section, by the figure of Evi[...]
Refined and
unique hand-forged wrought iron candle holder. In the past, it was used as a
"walking candle holder" for moving between rooms in the house, thanks
to its practical base that also served[...]
Superb mortar with very rich decoration of figures and lambrequins. Heads of Renaissance men and women, profile of Mars and the Holy Face, etc. A manufacturing defect, clearly a casting problem. Never[...]
Jean Nicolas – Giovanni Ripa – Jean GarronIurisprudentiae alumnis frugiferum de secundis nuptijs opus[Lyon], Vincent de Portonariis, 1536Followed by three complementary treatisesIn-8° full calf from t[...]
De Gallorum Cisalpinorum Antiquitate, ac origine de MERULA GaudenzioLugduni, apud Seb. Gryphium (Sebastian Gryphus), 1538. 12mo (12 × 16.5 cm). Three parts in one volume: 2 unnumbered leaves, paginati[...]
Anthropomorphic Lead Spout in the Form of a Dog. England, Tudor period, 16th century. Measurements: 9.3 × 6.8 × 3.6 cm (excluding stand); 11 × 8.2 × 7 cm (including stand). This small sculptural spout[...]
Large copper medal with a brown patina, made between the late 19th and 1900. It depicts King Charles IX facing forward, wearing splendid robes and numerous jewels. This high-quality portrait is in rel[...]
RARE MEDIEVAL METAL FRAME PURSE - Northern Europe, 15th-16th century. An exceptional travel purse or merchant's pouch made of leather and wrought iron, a remarkable example of late medieval European c[...]
Bronze lavabo from the Netherlands, early 16th century. With a loop handle and two side spouts. There are 2 holes due to use and age see pictures.Its original green patina is remarkable. It is prefera[...]
DAUPHINÉ. MONTÉLIMAR. Lead sash bearing the coat of arms of Hugues Adhémar Adhémar, Lords of Montélimar.15th/16th century. The arms are described as: Gules, three crosses clechée and pommée or. This i[...]
Antique map depicting a view of Colmar, taken from a copy of Münster's Cosmography. Sebastian Münster (1489-1552), humanist scholar, chronicler, and cartographer. Fold in the middle. Map mounted on he[...]
Octavo, 280 pages, Venice 1533, this is a true novel, among the earliest in Italian vernacular literature: "The Adventures and Loves of Peregrino and Ginevra," in the style of Boccaccio's Filocolo. Th[...]
A very interesting 36-page register, measuring 40 cm x 28 cm, from the 16th century, notably concerning the Cize tax and various entry taxes in the towns and ports of several cities in the Basque Coun[...]
VILLENEUVE (Arnaud de), CURION - CRELL - PICTORIUS (Jean-Jacques-Georges) - De conservanda bona valetudine Opusculum Scholae Salernitanae, ad Regem Angliae: cum Arnoldi Novicomensis, Medici & Philosop[...]
A stoneware jug dating from the late Middle Ages in exceptional condition, unrestored and of a very elegant shape. Height: 16 cm. Diameter of the body: 9 cm. Diameter of the base: 6.5 cm.
CHARLES II OF ORLEANS - Autograph letter signed, addressed to Monseigneur d'Albin. Paris, June 12, 1540. 1 p. in-4 (23x34cm), 15 lines in brown ink on paper, handwriting of a secretary, autograph sign[...]
FOESIO, Anutio, HIPPOCRATES. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis opera omnia quae extant. Francofurdi, Andrea Wecheli, 1595. A large volume (385x260 mm), 8.5 cm thick, later binding, i[...]
Original engraved map with watercolor highlights, taken from the second volume of three by Peter von Brachel, publisher in Cologne in 1580, three geographers participated in this work "Braun Georg, No[...]
Bronze mortar with garlands, flowers and putti
Tuscany, second half of XVI century
H 10 ; diameter : 13 cm
Artisans and healers used mortars for grinding food, dyes and drugs. The rich friezes [...]
PLUTARCH - The moral and mixed works of Plutarch. Translated from Greek into French, revised and corrected in several passages by Master Jacques Amiot, advisor to the King and grand almoner of France.[...]
Medal dedicated to Emperor Charles V by the city of Nuremberg. 1521Albrecht Dürer (design) Hans Krafft (execution) Silver Nuremberg (Germany) 1521The city of Nuremberg commissioned this medal in honor[...]
This exquisite illuminated miniature, produced in France in the mid-16th century, delicately and richly depicts the scene of the Annunciation. The image is set within a large historiated initial, like[...]
MELA (Pomponius) - Pomponii Melae de orbis situ libri tres, accuratissime emendati, un à cu Commetariis Ioachimi Vadiani Heluetii castigatioribus, & multis in locis auctioribus factis: id quod ca[n]di[...]
Copper engraving, watercolored by the publisher. This plan appeared in a Latin book published in Cologne in 1572 entitled Civitates orbis terrarum liber primus and subsequently reprinted several times[...]
A fine copy in blond calf, this large volume In 16 with the cipher of Amadeo on the first cover and Dal Pozzo on the second. This rare piece of prestigious Italian belonging, the "Marquis di Pozzo", i[...]
HOMER - Ilias ad verbum translata, Andrea Dino justinopolitano interprete. Salingiaci (Solingen), Chez Johannes Soter, 1540; in-8, 30 ppnch. + 278 pages, binding in pigskin stamped on wood boards, spi[...]
GERSON - MORLAIS - LE CHARTREUX (Jean - Bernard - Denys) - De imitatione Vhristi. Followed by Contem. Mundi. Followed by Dionysii Chartusiani de perfecto mundi contemptu opusculum. Lyon, Chez Jean Jac[...]
FIORENTINO (Remigio) - Epistole et evangeli di tutto l'anno. Followed by Indirizzo per la visita delle sette chiese. Venice and Rome, Apresso I Guerra, per Il Varese, 1591-1667; small in-12, printed t[...]
Medal for Henri IIAttributed to Étienne Delaune, after 1552 Gilded bronze casting Diameter: 54 mm Obverse: HENRICVS · II · GALLIARVM REX INVICTISS P P ·The bust of the king, crowned with a laurel w[...]
Rare and beautiful copy from the end of the Renaissance (1587) in two very beautiful folio volumes, full tinted calf, spine with raised bands decorated with rich and fine gilt iron in the boxes, title[...]
CICERO - Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quninctum fratrem, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutii. Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1564; in-8, 387 pages + 21-page index, binding in stamped pigskin on wooden[...]
Partially ochre-glazed earthenware jug, intended for holding water or beer.The piece is in overall good condition, with wear of use.A slight firing crack is visible on the neck.Residues and streaks su[...]
HAUTE EPOQUE 2nd half of the 16th century Collection offering dish depicting the Elevation of the Virgin MaryThe Madonna is represented here alone, without the child Jesus in her arms, on a thin cresc[...]
Ivory knob depicting a smiling man's head, 16th century French or Flemish work. The man with the hat and hairstyle typical of the 16th century is smiling openly. In the Renaissance, the mouth refers t[...]
Bronze scoop with double zoomorphic spout. Ring handle held by two women's heads. 16th - 17th century 29cm wide including the two spouts 13cm diameter at the neck 28cm long with the attachment 11cm de[...]
Request executed by the seneschal of Lyon at the request of Sébastien Chambollay, canon and prebendary of the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux in Lyon. He accuses Claude Boullioud, heir of Claude Boull[...]
The exceptional of all rarity this book in a large volume in 12, "The Books of Hierosme Cardanus", Milanese Doctor, entitled of Subtlety, and subtle inventions, together the occult causes and reasons [...]
Louis RicheomeThe truth defended for the Catholic religion in the cause of the Jesuits, against the plea of Antoine ArnaudTurin, Michel Gaillard, 1595In-8° full contemporary vellum, 6 preliminary leav[...]
Andrea Guarna – Bellum Grammaticale Lugduni, Theobaldum Paganum, 1549 In-12° paperback under marbled paper, 39 pages Dimensions: 10 x 14.5 cm Rare copy of this 16th-century Latin grammar treatise, wri[...]
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTANTINOPOLITANO ENNA[...]
The first is entirely made of tin, the inside of the spoon is engraved with "tramblé", the stem ringed in its center ends with a two-sided cherub's head, datable to the end of the 16th century (compar[...]
Rare salt cellar, good size: 8cm x 7cm, sand-cast bronze, it rests on 3 cut-out feet, lower border with two threads, overflowing profile, body with openwork basketwork decoration, strong threaded uppe[...]
Very rare cast bronze medalBust of Girolamo Morcat facing right, bearded, wearing a doublet and a coat. (obverse) (obverse)Justice, standing, facing, holding in her right hand a sword, and a palm in h[...]
ARISTOTLE Aristotelis Stagiritae Opera, post omnes quae in hunc vsque diem prodierunt editiones, summo studio emaculata, & ad Graecum exemplar diligenter recognita ab Iacobo Martino doctore medico ac [...]
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