• Miniature, at the beginning of Book 3 of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita., Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• Detail of a miniature of, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Opening Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated historiated initial, with Moses (identified by his horns) facing a group of Israelites, making a gesture of speaking (or perhaps counting?) at the beginning of Deuteronomy. The blue ground-line on which they all stand is in fact a serpent., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This