[MANUSCRIPT - NATURAL HISTORY]. "Cours de Culture. 1855-56". [France, c.1856]. A manuscript

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Substantial remains of a single gathering from a large manuscript of Augustine, De sermone Domini in monte secundum Matthaeum, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably Germany, second hal

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Ɵ Book of Hours, Use of Paris, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris), c. 1500] 172 leaves (plus an added seventeenth-century frontispiece, and 2 paper

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Papal indulgence for the Hospital at 'Ronceval' (Roncevaux in the high pass over the Pyrenees), in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [southern France/northern Spain (Pyrenees), soon after 9 A

Ɵ Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris or Rouen), c. 1480-90] 87 leaves (plus 2 original endleaves at front and back), with many leaves cut away, l

Three cuttings from a large Carolingian Theological Compendium , with a decorated geometric and animal initial, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [most probably France, ninth century (probably first h

Theodore Roosevelt. "History as Literature." 29 pages. The original manuscript of Roosevelt's December 27, 1912 annual presidential address to the American Historical Association. The heavily revised

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After Niki de Saint Phalle Nana tapestry France, c. 1990hand-woven maguey fiber 56 w × 84 l in (142 × 213 cm) Woven signature to center 'Niki de Saint Phalle 191'. Woven signature

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CLOUET, Francois (Tours c. 1515 - 1572). Portrait of a Boy (possibly Henri de France). Black, red, and white chalk, with later retouching in bodycolor on paper, laid down on canvas. 13 1/4" x 9 1/8" s

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927), "Paysage d'Ile de France", circa 1885, oil on canvas, signed, 81x65 cm; The work will be reproduced in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonné Armand Guillaumin,

Natural History, Part I, Mushrooms: No. IV. 1974. Lithograph. Cm 55,50 x 75,50. 32/98, Edition and signature lower right in pencil. Mattieu Litho, Switzerland, dry stamp lower left. Sheet from a folde

EDWARDS, George (1694-1773). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c.; WITH: Gleanings of Natural History. London

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