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A long missing Palatine Latin manuscript surfaced through INLIBRIS and was swiftly recognized by the Heidelberg University Library and the Vatican Library.
Identified as Pal. lat. 851, the codex has now been restored to its historical collection and made available to scholars. The rediscovery and collaboration were documented in L’Osservatore Romano (23 January 2026).

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On Isra and Mi’raj, we share with you this beautiful and rare pilgrimage scroll from before 1617 CE, with a French inscription at the bottom corner.

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Stuttgart & Ludwigsburg Antiquarian Book Fairs 2026
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Der christlich Glaube Mit Gottseligen christlichen und hoch tröstlichen Gebeten wie ein jeder Christ Täglich vor den Augen des Herrn seines Gottes erscheinen mag.

[Oertl, Hieronymus. Nuremberg, ca. 1600]

Unique prayer book manuscript on vellum, containing sixteen full-page illuminated engravings after Marten de Vos: a highly expressive devotional work of the waning 16th century. One of only eight known manuscripts by Hieronymus Oertl, it provides a “unique example of the art of book arts around 1600” (Baeyer, p. 6), highlighting the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Baroque, between manuscript and printed book.

The twelve engravings illustrate the individual articles of the Creed from Creation to the Resurrection and eternal life. Both content and iconography stand out from Oertl’s other efforts: only the “frontispiece” was also used in another of his works (albeit with different illumination). The suite is based on a 13-sheet set of engravings after drawings from de Vos’s “Credo”, printed in Amsterdam in 1633 as “XII Fidei Apostolicae Symbola”. The signature “Ioann Collaert sculp.” testifies to the engravers Adrian and Jan Collaert II (while the information “M. de Vos invent.” and “Adrian Collaert sculp.” or “excud.” is trimmed away).

The splendid engravings boast gilt highlights and a richly differentiated colour scheme, “ranging from delicate and sensitive translucent washes to pastose coloring” (Baeyer, p. 64).

Stock Code: BN65408

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Rodericus Zamorensis (Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo).
[Speculum vitae humanae - germanice]. Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens.
Augsburg, Johann Bämler, 23. VII. 1479.

Second German edition of the “Speculum vitae humanae” (Mirror of Human Life), a popular early modern work on the virtuous life. Designed as an aid to good decision-making, the text discusses the advantages and shortcomings of all the secular and ecclesiastical professions and estates of medieval society. For today’s readers, the work provides a wealth of information on the cultural history and everyday life of the Middle Ages.
The first German (and first illustrated) edition emerged from Günter Zainer’s Augsburg press in 1476. The Ulm humanist and town physician Heinrich Steinhöwel (ca. 1411-79) completed his translation by 1474; his original manuscript is preserved in the Bavarian State Library (cgm 1137). He replaced Rodrigo’s dedication by his own, addressed to Duke Sigismund of Tirol, which the printer Johann Bämler omitted in the present second German edition, also tightening the first two books. A third German edition would be printed by Peter Berger in 1488, also in Augsburg.
The present second edition in German is even scarcer than the first: ISTC notes only fifteen copies worldwide, two of which in are the U.S. MRFH lists one more copy and three with unknown locations. The book is extremely rare in the trade: none of all three German editions are listed in ABPC.

Stock Code: BN63402

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Interesting use of snake skin shed as a bookmark (?) on a 17th century Syrian book of the apostles in Arabic, recently added to our collection.

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Going to the Pink Pony Club tonight

Taken from a monumental illustrated #Firdausi #Shahnameh manuscript produced in Kashmir, complete in 4 parts and containing 84 miniatures distributed throughout the text. The manuscript reflects sustained artistic planning and elite patronage within a Persianate cultural environment in which the Shahnameh remained a central text of kingship, history, and literary authority.
It bears a 19th century princely ownership inscription naming Shahzadah Shir Ali Khan and Shir Muhammad Ali, as well as a dated inscription from 1863 CE, underscoring its continued circulation and prestige in the modern period.

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Illuminated in Rouen around 1480, this Book of Hours captures the brilliance of late medieval devotion and art. Its pages shimmer with gold and deep colour, each miniature revealing scenes of prayer, light, and time.
If you would like to see this remarkable manuscript, join us at Abu Dhabi Art 2025 @abudhabiart between November 19th to November 25th.

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See you at #BuchWien!

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PROGRAMME | TALKS

Tune in to listen about our gallery focus sector: Collectors’ Salon, where galleries present rare manuscripts, historical objects, and modern works inspired by the interconnectedness of civilisations.

Moderator: Roxane Zand, Collectors’ Salon Gallery Rep

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Find us at @AbuDhabiArt in its 17th edition with two catalogues which we will give you a sneak peek of next week during the #CollectorsSalon 😌

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Under the patronage of Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed, the 17th Abu Dhabi Art, organised by @dctabudhabi, will take place from 19-23 November 2025 at Manarat Al Saadiyat, with 140 galleries from 37 countries taking part, gathering 600-plus artists to present over 2,000 artworks.

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This Geʽez Psalter, created in the government scriptorium of Haile Selassie between 1930 and 1974, brings together twenty-five hand-painted scenes of devotion and colour.

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Opening day at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair. Come see what @inlibris_at and @KotteAutographs have to offer!

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John Heywood. The Spider and the Flie. London, 1556.

First edition of Heywood's illustrated allegorical poems.

The illustrations consist of a series of single-page woodcuts, each depicting the window in a library where the drama occurs.

BN# 67285
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We have begun packing for the Melbourne Rare Book Fair (31 July - 2 August). Added to our list:

Persian playing cards, Qajar Persia, ca. 1830 CE.

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Tibetan Buddhist miniatures, 19th or early 20th century.

A manuscript collection of Tibetan Buddhist paintings and talismans, showing Buddhist deities. In total, the manuscript is illustrated with 18 Buddhist deities.

BN# 65625

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Hyakuba no zu [The Hundred Horses], Japan, Bunsei era, 1818-30.

BN# 38559

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Burmese tattoo design book. Shan Region, Burma, ca. 1800s.

Rare and unusual manuscript tattoo design book from the Shan region of Burma (now Myanmar). This work is made from foldout mulberry (saa) paper.

BN# 63262

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). Portrait photograph signed and inscribed, Vienna, 1917.

The half-length portrait shows the 55-year-old artist outside his studio in Vienna's Feldmühlgasse.

BN# 65052

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Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Sepia publicity portrait signed, autumn 1944.

BN# 62920

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