Faits des romains. - Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961; North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945; Princeton University. Library ([Burgundy?, France] : [producer not identified], 1500)
Title from printed catalog.
Script: Bastard Secretary. Written in one hand.
Decoration: Fol. 1r:*Three-quarter-page framed miniature (215 x 250 mm): Julius Caesar is shown dressed in a blue and gold cloak and on a horse covered in a rose-and-gold fabric. Under a deep blue sky, Caesar is leading a troop of nine men and two horses toward a welcoming party of five men outside city gates, which have 2 small escutcheons and 2 pennants depicting the imperial double eagle in gold (sable, a double eagle displayed or). A man, having climbed a tree, looks down on the group.
France, 18th century. Brown calf over pasteboard, with marbled paper pastedowns.
Garrett MS. 129, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
of Robert Garrett
Keywords: Caesar, Julius -- Early works to 1800.; Rome -- History -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, French -- France; Manuscripts, French -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Illumination of books and manuscripts