French translation by Jean Corbechon of the Liber de proprietatibus rerum of Bartholomaeus Anglicus. In nineteen books. Two volumes. Volume 1 (15 E. ii) contains books 1-11; Volume 2 (15 E. iii), books 12-19. The chapters on number and music in Book 19 (sometimes called Book 20) are here omitted.

The style of the illuminations of the volumes is rather different. Volume 1 has a border with gold ground (f. 7r); Volume 2 a border (f. 11r) with flowers and birds in perspective on a gold ground; both are somewhat more like the books produced at Lilie. The directions for the illuminator were in words, see f. 60r. The subjects of the miniatures [of animals], of very fair execution, are:

• The author and various kinds of birds. f. 11r.
• Various animals. f. 49v.
• Camel, unicorn, lion, dragon, and other animals. f. 200r.

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