• null, Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• Miniature of a city., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

miniatures in colours. Spaces for large initials (ff. 2, 3). Small initials in plain red. Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt Contemporary note at the end of the volume, perhaps by the author(?) 'Anno

• null, Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134)

of the arts: listed in his catalogue (see ~Bibliotheca Smithiana seu catalogus librorum Josephi Smithii Angli per cognomina authorum dispositus~ (Venice: Pasquali, 1755), p. 420; sold to King George III, along with the bulk of Smith's library and art collection,

• Miniature illustring book I of Virgil's Aeneid, of Dido welcoming Aeneas in Carthage, with the good omen of the flying swans, and a ruined Troy in the background, and the first line of the title, in square capitals attributed to Bartolomeo Sanvito., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Detail of miniature illustrating book III of Virgil's Georgics, with shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

of an apostolic protonotary, his device of a lamb (ff. 1, 17, 59). ? Probably Zaccaria Sagredo (b. 1653, d. Venice, 1729), Venetian collector of paintings, prints and drawings, purchased for 2,000 Venetian lire, and sold to Smith: 18th-century inscription

• Decorated initial 'D'(eo) with foliate decoration extending into the margins., Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice)

blue with flourishing in the other colour. Coloured initials in red or blue. Statuti di Venezia (Statutes of Venice) Made in Venice c. 1466-c. 1472: colophon stating that the manuscript was compiled and written between the 1st and 15th day

• Initial 'V' with filigree penwork decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V' of Michael weighing a soul., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Michael Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiatd initial 'A' of the Presentation in the Temple., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Presentation in the Temple Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'S' of Saint Peter dressed as a pope and holding a book., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Peter Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'L' of Lucy holding eyes on a dish and a palm leaf., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Lucy Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'F' of John the Baptist., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. John Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'B' of Longinus holding a spear., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Longinus Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Historiated initial 'D' with Simon and Andrew fishing on Lake Galilee., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Simon and Andrew Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Initial 'A' with filigree decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

Oxford', ~Burlington Magazine~, 120 (1978), 585-93).John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the British Museum for £16. Initial Master of the Donato Commission Venice Italy, N. E. (Venice)

• Opening page of Cicero's Philippic orations, with a decorated intial 'A'(ntequam), and an added illuminated foliate border and heraldry., Philippics

an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni,

• null, Philippics

in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni, 16th century: ownership inscription with

• null, Philippics

in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at the beginning of the other orations. Philippics Ambrosius Contareni, 16th century: ownership inscription with

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), Aeneis (index Aeneid)(imperfect), with Argumenta, prologue, and verses

Machiavelli family quartered with other arms (f. 59). Notes by Paulus Manutius (b. 1512, d. 1574), printer and scholar of Venice (contemporary note, f. 2v, inscription: ‘Pauli Amicorum L(iber)’ (f. 2); the library of the Manutius family dispersed after the