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BOOK OF HOURS ILLUMINATIONS Leaf with a miniature of the Adoration of Magi, southern France probably Auvergne. Sotheby’s, 6 July 2000 (LO 0509), Lot 47 Creation dates: Circa 1500
ZOLA, Emile Autograph Letter Signed to Mr — Badaire, the Paris correspondent of a Viennese newspaper, concerning 'Au Bonheur des Dames', 12 Sep 1882; Autograph Letter Signed to a theatre director, concerning 'Nana and Germinal', 15 Nov 1885 Creation dates: 12 Sep 1882 - 15 Nov 1885
NICHOLAS I, Tsar of Russia Letter Signed to Prince Michael Semenovich, commander-in-chief and governor-general of the Caucasus, written in the eve of Crimean war, 2 Jan. [Western 14th] 1854. With an English translation Creation dates: 2 Jan [Western 14th] 1854
AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (St. 354-430) Leaf from the 'De civitate Dei', commentary by Thomas Waleys and Nicolaus Trivet, Basel, Johann Amerbach Creation dates: 13 Feb 1490
BIBLE ILLUMINATION Leaf, f.305v, containing a picture of Solomon beating a youth, from a Bible with Prologue attributed to St. Jerome, on vellum, Paris Creation dates: 3rd quarter of 13th century
BOOK OF HOURS ILLUMINATIONS Leaves of miniatures from a Book of Hours, including a shepherdess shearing a sheep; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the Annunciation to the shepherds; the Presentation in the Temple; Coronation of the Virgin; the Agony in the Garden; Bathsheba and David; etc., use ...