rare and unique manuscripts, books and art

Japanese hand painted botany. Late Edo period, c. 1900

The tale of Jason and the Argonauts as told in the Argonauticon. The first illustrated edition of 1519.

Le Petit Bibliothequaire, 1825

Octave Uzanne. Le Miroir du monde, 1888

The French monarchy in manuscript  http://bit.ly/1p5rbci 

Italian decorated paper on Dissertazione epistolare sull’origine della Universitá di Pisa, 1765 http://bit.ly/1A7YAF1 

miniature almanach http://bit.ly/1thbb3T #miniature #miniature book #tiny

The Swan of Tuonela. Raymond Lister, 1945. Miniature painting. http://bit.ly/1CPzq1D

M. Crespel's herbarium http://bit.ly/1xsltSK

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Japanese art http://bit.ly/11BJ87g

Alchemist and hermetic philosopher Ramon Llull http://bit.ly/1xs9FQi #alchemy #hermetic