From the Douce collection.
7. _Horæ_, small quarto; end of the fifteenth century. The illuminations
possess exquisite softness and delicacy.
Also from the Douce collection.
8. _The Miracles of the B. Virgin_, in French. A Douce MS., in folio,
executed about 1460, for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and enriched
with most beautiful paintings of the tint called '_Camaieu gris_'.
9. _Horæ_, in quarto. A beautiful Douce book, the work of a French
scribe in and about the year 1407.
10. _Horæ_, in duodecimo. Another gem from the Douce collection,
executed about the year 1500, for the Emperor Maximilian and Mary of
Burgundy his wife.
The margins are adorned with charming figures of birds, and in one
instance a border is filled with representations of pottery and
glass.
11. _Horæ_, in quarto, of the commencement of the sixteenth century;
from the Douce collection. An exquisite specimen of Flemish art. It
belonged to Mary de Medici.
12. _Horæ_, in small folio. A most sumptuous volume, executed about
1410. The illuminations are of the school of Van Eyck.
The borders of birds, butterflies, flowers, landscapes, &c., are
marvels of nature in art; and many of the initials are distinguished
by the utmost delicacy in design and finish in execution. Also from
the Douce collection.