• Detail of arms with a rose supported between a white greyhound and a red dragon, from the bottom border of the folio., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Miniature of a lady Jeunesse presenting the author to lord Bel Accueil and lady Plaisance and their court, with a full border with two mottos, 'La plus eure' and 'Dieu et mon droit', the arms of Edward the Confessor and George, the royal arms of England and the arms of Elisabeth of York surmounted by a crown with two shields bearing the same arms differenced by labels of three points; white roses ~en soleil~ of York; red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon between red and white roses., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Court of Love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a lady Jeunesse presenting the author to lord Bel Accueil and lady Plaisance and their court, with a full border with two mottos, 'La plus eure' and 'Dieu et mon droit', the arms of Edward the Confessor and George, the royal arms of England and the arms of Elisabeth of York surmounted by a crown with two shields bearing the same arms differenced by labels of three points; white roses ~en soleil~ of York; red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon between red and white roses., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Court of Love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Text page, with a detail written within the ascender of a letter: ‘ave ma / ri gratia / plena / d[omi]n[us] tecu[m].', Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Text page with illuminated initials and flourishes., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May 1856,

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, Matthew, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, John, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the sale, 8 May 1856,

• Detail of a miniature of a lady Jeunesse presenting the author to lord Bel Accueil and lady Plaisance and their court, with a full border with two mottos, 'La plus eure' and 'Dieu et mon droit', the arms of Edward the Confessor and George, the royal arms of England and the arms of Elisabeth of York surmounted by a crown with two shields bearing the same arms differenced by labels of three points; white roses ~en soleil~ of York; red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon between red and white roses., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Court of love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Text page with illuminated initials and line-fillers., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women, with a full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene'; and an initial 'D'(u) with a red and white rose., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Castle of Love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Castle of Love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Detail of a Tudor rose in the lower left corner of the folio., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Tudor rose Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Miniature of a prince and his council, and a prince hearing mass, with a full border with two red and white roses, one supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon, with an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene', and a decorated initial 'E'(n)., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Prince and his council Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a prince hearing Mass., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Prince hearing mass Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Initial with penwork decoration., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the walled city of Paris in the distance, the Royal arms of France, the Oriflame, and a dove of the holy spirit holding an ampoule in the sky, with a full border containing a crowned Beaufort's badge of Portcullis, an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene', and a red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon; and an illuminated initial 'F'(rance)., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Crucifixion Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• A dismembered montage of a historiated border, with the text removed, of gold cartouche frames with four scenes in gold monochrome, two inscibed 'Protecta Vestae sussitatis mortuis' (centre left) and 'Johannes destruit templum Dian[a]e' (centre right), garlands of flowers and fruit, lions' heads, naturalistic birds, cherubs and angels, and four medallions inscribed (clockwise from left): 'Qui / timet / deum faci / et bona', 'qui / conti /nens est iu / stiae appre / hendit / illam', 'quasi / mater / honori / fica ta', and 'et / ?ob /?stabit / il / le' (f. 81a; 335 x 245 mm); a cartouche, with the centre removed, of two old men trampling on dragons and plaques inscribed 'Super aspidem ei pasi / lis cum ambulabis' and 'et conculcabis le / onem et draconem' (f. 81c; 45 x 160 mm); a centre for the cartouche inscribed 'Apollonius de Bonfratellis / de Capranica / Capellae et Sacrestiae Apostolicae Miniator / Fecit Anno Domini MDLXIV / Sedente Pio IV Pontif Opt. Max. / de Medicis Mediolanense', with off-setting of rubric and text from the verso of the cartouche (f. 81d; 45 x 170 mm); 1 section of architectural border (f. 81b; 10 x 245 mm); and two strips of scrolls (ff. 81e and f; 50 x 100 mm each). On the reverse of f. 82a are five lines of partial text from the Kyrie Eleison: 'e eleison / e eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison'., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• verso of dismembered montage of a historiated border. On the reverse of f. 82a are five lines of partial text from the Kyrie Eleison: 'e eleison / e eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison'., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• Miniature of the painter Zeuxis painting nude models from nature., Roman de la Rose (index Romance of the Rose)

1632, d. 1710), bishop of Nîmes (index Nimes): sold together with the rest of his library through Woodman and Lyon, London, January 25, 1726, lot 67.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Detail of a miniature of Raison (Reason) advising the Lover., Roman de la Rose (index Romance of the Rose)

1632, d. 1710), bishop of Nîmes (index Nimes): sold together with the rest of his library through Woodman and Lyon, London, January 25, 1726, lot 67.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford