• Detail of a miniature of the birth of Julius Caesar., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Birth of Julius Caesar Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Detail of a miniature of the birth of Julius Caesar., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Birth of Julius Caesar Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of the voyage to Rhodes., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Voyage to Rhodes Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of Haruspices interpreting Caesar's dream., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Haruspices interpreting Caesar's dream Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of Catiline and conspirators., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Catiline and conspirators Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of the defeat of Catiline., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Defeat of Catiline Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of a battle between the Romans and the Gauls; with a decorated initial 'C'(um) and foliate decoration, at the beginning of book 3., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Battle between the Romans and the Gauls Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of a giant leading Caesar across the Rubicon., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Giant leading Caesar Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of Caesar's army breaking open the Treasure-house., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army breaking open the Treasure-house Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of Caesar in a carriage., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar in a carriage Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of an army fighting a fleet., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Army and fleet Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of the death of Pompey., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Death of Pompey Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Detail of a miniature of the suicide of Cato., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Suicide of Cato Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Detail of a miniature of Caesar being murdered., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar being murdered Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Miniature of Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis., Tabula Cebetis, De mortis effectibus and other poems

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Miniature with allegories failed by Fortune., Tabula Cebetis, De mortis effectibus and other poems

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Coloured initial 'I'(n dandis accipiendisq[ue] muneribus), and the name of the 17th-century owner, Erik Benzelius, inscribed at the bottom of the page., De arithmetica (ff. 1-48v), Scholia in Germanicum Sangermanensia (f. 49), De musica (imperfect) (ff. 50-56v)

Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Initial 'B'(eatus) in grisaille on a gold panel at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter

vols. (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1868-1881), I, pp. 373-380. Added inscription: 17th-18th century? (f. 89).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 5, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'S(alvu[m] me fac) with ribbon pattern at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. [iv] verso).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 5, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Three-sided border with rinceaux and floral motifs, a coat of arms sketched in brown ink in the lower margin, and a historiated initial of a scribe seated at a lecturn., Historical chronicle of France from the founding of Paris to 1318 (Volume I)

in Harley 4455, ff. 185-238).The Loménie de Brienne family: sold by the son of Louis Henri de Loménie through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley, his sale, lot 73 (see Wright 1972). The Harley