• Historiated initial 'H'(odie) of the Nativity of Mary, with a partial border., Breviary, use of Sarum, imperfect

1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 1); if so, passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller.? Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnes) of the Adoration of the Magi, with a partial border., Breviary, use of Sarum, imperfect

1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 1); if so, passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller.? Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311

• Miniatures, and a full border, at the beginning 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

• Miniature, at the beginning of Book 2 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

• 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

• 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)