Luis da Cunha, letters to, as Ambassador in London, from the Marques de Cascais, Portuguese ambassador in Paris, and others. Phillipps MS 6778 Creation dates: 1697 - 1710
CHART. A 16th Century Portolan Chart attributed to Van Dourado, covering the Northern Hemisphere extending from the eastern coast of Canada and Greenland to Japan Creation dates: Circa 1580
ILLUMINATIONS Leaves from Acuńa Rosarium and Prayerbook; the Annunciation, f.1v, Christ carrying the Cross reaching out towards St. Veronica, f.7v, the Ascension, f.10v, the Coronation of the Virgin, f.13v, made for a member of the Acuńa family, of Castille, by Simon Bening (1483-1561), on vellu...