![Fragment of a leaf from Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, 10th century]](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_0304-515x618.jpg "Fragment of a leaf from Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia ecclesiastica, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France, 10th century]")
![Fragmentary leaf from Chromatius of Aquileia, parts of sermons XIX–XX, probably from a Homiliary, in Latin, on vellum [Germany, 10th century]](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1178-515x618.jpg "Fragmentary leaf from Chromatius of Aquileia, parts of sermons XIX–XX, probably from a Homiliary, in Latin, on vellum [Germany, 10th century]")
![Fragmentary leaf from Chromatius of Aquileia, parts of sermons XIX–XX, probably from a Homiliary, in Latin, on vellum [Germany, 10th century]](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1177-515x618.jpg "Fragmentary leaf from Chromatius of Aquileia, parts of sermons XIX–XX, probably from a Homiliary, in Latin, on vellum [Germany, 10th century]")
![Gu Hutou Hua Lienu Zhuan (Xin Kan Gu Lienu Zhuan) [An Ancient Edition of Biographies of Virtuous Women ] Liu Xiang; images attrib. to Gu Kaizhi](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_0472-515x618.jpg "Gu Hutou Hua Lienu Zhuan (Xin Kan Gu Lienu Zhuan) [An Ancient Edition of Biographies of Virtuous Women ] Liu Xiang; images attrib. to Gu Kaizhi")
![Gu Hutou Hua Lienu Zhuan (Xin Kan Gu Lienu Zhuan) [An Ancient Edition of Biographies of Virtuous Women ] Liu Xiang; images attrib. to Gu Kaizhi](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_0467-515x618.jpg "Gu Hutou Hua Lienu Zhuan (Xin Kan Gu Lienu Zhuan) [An Ancient Edition of Biographies of Virtuous Women ] Liu Xiang; images attrib. to Gu Kaizhi")
![Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_1292-515x618.jpg "Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.")
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![Fragmentary leaf of a Glossed Gospels, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France(?), 12th century (3rd? quarter)]](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1175-515x618.jpg "Fragmentary leaf of a Glossed Gospels, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [France(?), 12th century (3rd? quarter)]")
C12th - C13th manuscripts
£1,600.00
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Historiated initial in gold for the opening of ‘Speculum historiale’, Vincent de Beauvais c.1430
£15,000.00
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Historiated initial OT prophet, Italy c.1320 (Emilia-Romagna)
£3,500.00
£1,800.00
Illuminations
Huge ‘Atlantic’ Bible leaf with an impressive initial opening the Book of Judges, Italy, c.1100
£16,000.00
C12th - C13th manuscripts
Huge C12th bifolium of St Augustine’s Tractate 94 on St. John’s gospel.
£1,850.00
£6,000.00
![Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_1302-515x618.jpg "Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.")
£10,000.00
![Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.](https://butlerrarebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/abe-books.jpg "Illuminated edition of Rashid’s Tarih-i-Rasid Efendi, 1153AH [1740]; 2 volumes.")