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The Hague, KB, 133 A 3

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Contents:

Pseudo-Aristotle, Le Livre des problèmes. Translation from the Latin by Évrard de Conty

Place of origin, date:

Southern Netherlands; c. 1450-1475

Material:

Vellum, ff. 329+293 (2 vols.), 407x300 (270x203) mm, 39 lines, littera hybrida (lettre bourguignonne##), Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt with coat of arms of Stadholder William V

Decoration:

Vol. I: 1 two-column miniature (173x197 mm) with decorated initial and border decoration; decorated initials (ff. 67r, 92v, 120r, 140v, 158v, etc.); Vol. II: 1 two-column miniature (162x196 mm) with decorated initial and border decoration; decorated initials (ff. 10r,13r, 20r, 60v, 82v, etc.)

Provenance:

probably acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II or Henri III; by descent to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadholders, at The Hague; transfered in 1798 to the then newly-erected Nationale Bibliotheek (now: Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

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