Attributed to Jacques Lemoyne de Morgues

While the paper used in this sketchbook was produced in France during the sixteenth century, the attribution of the drawings of insects, animal and flowers within is the subject of some debate due to the uneven quality of execution among the sheets, which suggests more than one hand was involved. Some of the studies correspond to engravings in the Altera Pars of Crispijn van de Passe's Hortus Floridus, 1614-17. Many of the plates can be directly connected with drawings by Le Moyne in the British Museum (an album of fifty drawings from ca. 1585) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (and album of 59 drawings from the 1560s).
The folios bear two numbering systems, an earlier one in pen and brown ink (followed in the list of folios attached to this record) and a more recent one in pencil (indicated in brackets).
Watermark: Pot with foot and one handle and letters BB inside. Watermark, beta radiograph, page 14. Pot, letters BB. 144490wm1_1975_18_p14_WM_beta
Watermark: Fragment, possible bottom of an eagle. Watermark, beta radiograph, page 22 144490wm2_1975_18_p22_WM_beta
Watermark: Hand with crown above. Watermark, beta radiograph, page 70. 144490_wm3_1975_18_p70_WM_beta
Watermark: Fragment of the top part of an eagle. Watermark, beta radiograph, page 77. Eagle. 144490wm4_1975_18_p77_WM_beta