Collection: Manuscripts, Documents, and Bible Leaves

Gi bu Chū Son Shi (Sun Tzu Annotated by Cao Cao), Circa 1775-1850. Manuscript Edition of Cao Cao’s Commentary on Sun Tzu’s Art of War, First of Two or Three Volumes

Bei’i saiō jōyaku and Others (The Later Treaties with American Barbarians), After 1857. A Collection of Four Related Manuscript Accounts of the Diplomatic Meetings and Experiences with American Envoys, Mainly Townsend Harris

Leaf From an Illuminated Book of Hours with a Historiated Initial, Northern France, Circa 1470. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum. Psalms 122-123, with a Large Border

Leaf From an Extravagantly Illuminated Book of Hours, Paris, Circa 1440-1460. Folio 118 from the Office of the Dead. Masterfully Illuminated Manuscript by Jean Hancelin and the Master of Saint Stephen

Leaf From an Extravagantly Illuminated Book of Hours, Paris, Circa 1440-1460. Folio 102 from the Office of the Dead. Masterfully Illuminated Manuscript by Jean Hancelin and the Master of Saint Stephen

Leaf From an Extravagantly Illuminated Book of Hours, Paris, Circa 1440-1460. Folio 88 from the Penitential Psalms, including Psalm 6. Masterfully Illuminated Manuscript by Jean Hancelin and the Master of Saint Stephen

Leaf From an Extravagantly Illuminated Book of Hours, Paris, Circa 1440-1460. Folio 81 from the Hours of the Virgin. Masterfully Illuminated Manuscript by Jean Hancelin and the Master of Saint Stephen

Book of Hours Calendar, Use of Paris, Circa 1450. Extravagantly Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum from France, By the Circle of the Master of Jean Rolin II, With Full Borders

Sermonum Sancti Vincentij Pars Tertia Que de Sanctis Appellari Solet, 1525. Third and Final Volume. With Several Early Annotations and 13th Century Manuscript Binder’s Waste

Ein Hübsch Lesen unn Grosz Wunderzeichen von dem heiligen zwölffbotten sant Jacob und zweien Jacobs brüdern, 1516. An Extremely Scarce Legend Written in Verse and with Woodcut Borders. Also Bound in Manuscript Waste

Sermones Gabrielis Barelete Tam Quadragesimales Quam de Sanctis, 1536. Tomus Primus and Secondus Bound in One. With Annotations and 8 Leaves Partially Supplemented by an Early Hand