• Miniature of Caesar's army crossing mountains, at the beginning of book 4., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army 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's army crossing mountains, at the beginning of book 4., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army 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 crossing a river, at the beginning of book 5., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army 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's army crossing a river, at the beginning of book 5., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army 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 fleet in port, at the beginning of book 6., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's 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?)

• Detail of a miniature of Caesar's fleet in port, at the beginning of book 6., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's 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 Caesar before a burning city, at the beginning of book 8., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. 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 Caesar before a burning city, at the beginning of book 8., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. 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?)

• Jehan du Chesne's colophon: 'Cy prent fin le Xe et dar/renier livre des co[m]mentaires / de Cesar translatez en la / ville de Lille lan mil IIII C / LXXIII par Jehan du Chesne / humble et indigne etc.', Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Colophon 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 Edward IV enthroned, wearing the order of the Golden Fleece, receiving the book from Jean Wavrin, with a full border containing the royal arms of England encircled by the Garter and supported by two white lions, and a knight holding a banner with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense'; and an illuminated initial 'E'(douard), at the beginning of the prologue., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward IV Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of Edward IV enthroned, wearing the order of the Golden Fleece, receiving the book from Jean Wavrin., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward IV Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a knight holding a banner with the Garter motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense,' from the margin of the folio., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Knight with banner Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail from the full border of the royal arms of England encircled by the Garter and supported by two white lions., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of England Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a grotesque emerging from a golden flower, holding a spindle, from the right margin of the folio., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

and in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Grotesque Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of the bust of a female grotesque, wearing a headdress and a crucifix necklace, emerging from a flower, from the left margin of the folio., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

and in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Grotesque Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Miniature of the marriage between Edward II and Isabella, daughter of Philippe IV of France, with a full border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 6. With a full floriate border including hybrid grotesques., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward II Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of the marriage between Edward II and Isabella, daughter of Philippe IV of France, with a full border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 6., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward II Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of tents and mounted knights., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

Anne of Bavaria (b. 1648, d. 1723): her sale, Pierre Gaudouin, Paris, November 1724, lot 44; bought by James Woodman, London bookseller (see Kren and McKendrick 2003). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Detail of rabbit riding on the shoulders of a monkey, jousting with a snail riding on the shoulders of a monkey using stilts., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

Anne of Bavaria (b. 1648, d. 1723): her sale, Pierre Gaudouin, Paris, November 1724, lot 44; bought by James Woodman, London bookseller (see Kren and McKendrick 2003). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Gloucester receiving Richard II at the Castle of Pleshy., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

Anne of Bavaria (b. 1648, d. 1723): her sale, Pierre Gaudouin, Paris, November 1724, lot 44; bought by James Woodman, London bookseller (see Kren and McKendrick 2003). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl