1. The widow Anne of Polignac receiving St Jerome’s letter from a messenger and Jerome writing. From Jerome’s Letter LIV to Furia (To Furia, On the Duty of Remaining a Window), translated by Charles Bonin. In French, illuminated manuscript on parchment, France (likely Bourges), c.1500- 10, one full-page miniature by the Master of Spencer 6. It is offered for $160,000.
2. From the Schembart (‘hiding beard’) Carnival Book, a carnival reveller holding a firework with an elephant in the margin. Written in German, illuminated manuscript on paper, Nuremberg, c.1540-50. Sixty-four pen and ink with watercolour drawings and 22 extra pen and ink drawings. It is available for $350,000.