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LEAVES— ENGLISH. BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Latin manuscript on vellum, Catholicon. [England, mid-14th century.] image 1
LEAVES— ENGLISH. BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Latin manuscript on vellum, Catholicon. [England, mid-14th century.] image 2
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LEAVES— ENGLISH.
BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298.
Latin manuscript on vellum, Catholicon. [England, mid-14th century.]

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LEAVES— ENGLISH.

BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Latin manuscript on vellum, Catholicon. [England, mid-14th century.]
Single leaf, recto and verso, 2 columns, 39 lines, dark brown ink, 308 x 203 mm, 6-line initial "Q" in blue and red, 2-line initial in red, capital stroked and underlining of lemmata in red. Light soiling, left margin trimmed close just touching a few letters, some light smudging.
Provenance: Sotheby's, December 11, 1979, lot 12 (part).

The close of entries of the letter "P" and the beginning of "Q."

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