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The Hague, KB, 71 A 19

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Contents:

Livy, Histoire romaine (4th Decade). Translation from the Latin by Pierre Bersuire

Place of origin, date:

France; c. 1425-1450

Material:

Vellum, ff. 222, 415x300 (265x170) mm, 46 lines, littera cursiva, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V

Decoration:

8 column miniatures (80/85x75 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 26v, 46r, 73r, 96v, 116r, etc.)

Provenance:

probably acquired by the Counts of Nassau Engelbert II (d. 1504) or Henry III (d. 1538); by descent to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadholders, at The Hague; carried off in 1795 to Paris by the French and restituted to the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in1816

Annotation:

Opening leaf, probably with two-column miniature, missing before f. 2

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