Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: England / Classification: Books

401. The Talbotype : sun-pictures.

Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: pages 143-144, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

402. A catalogue of the reserved part of the most magnificent and valuable collection of Italian, Roman, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures ever imported into England : selected from the first Cabinets in Europe, at a very liberal expence : this collection consists of the most unquestionable and best performances of Raphael, Guido, Corregio, Caracci, Guercino, Caravaggio, Cl. Lorain, L. Da Vinci, Parmegiano, C. Maratti, Mola, Murillo, V. Castelli, Rembrandt, Titian, P. Veronese, Tintoret, S. Rosa, Rubens, Vandyke, Velasquez, Poussin, Borgognone, S. Bourdon, Polemburg, Bassan, Vanderwerf, Mieris, &c. : and will be sold by auction by Mess. Langford, at the Great Rooms, late belonging to the Society of Arts &c. opposite Beaufort Buildings, Strand, on Friday, April 10, and the following day : the said collection may be publickly viewed on Wednesday and Thursday the 8th and 9th, and 'till the time of sale, which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock ; descriptive catalogues of which may be had, price six-pence, on the days of viewing, at the place of sale.

Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Date:: 1778
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

403. The catalogue of a small but superb selection of important paintings of the very first distinction and quality : the renowned works of Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo Buonaroti, Domenichino, Hans Holbein, Parmegiano, Andrea Sacchi, Venusti, Murillo, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe at Mr. Squibb's Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Saturday, June the 11th, 1808, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

404. The catalogue of a very splendid collection of cabinet pictures of the Dutch and Flemish schools : the genuine property of a gentleman of fortune and member of Parliament : which (the the exception of one picture) will be sold without reserve by Peter Coxe & Co. in Maddox Street, Hanover Square on Saturday, the 28th of May, 1814 at two o'clock : may be viewed : and catalogues, at one shilling each, had at the room.

Creator:: Peter Coxe & Co.
Date:: [1814]
Physical Description:: 18 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

405. A catalogue of the entire cabinet of beautiful Boule & Reisner furniture : choice and valuable paintings, Italian and Roman bronzes, Sèvre, Dresden, Persian, and Oriental China, Boule, Florentine and Parisian cabinets, a few valuable books of prints, superb clocks and therms, candelabras, girandoles and tripods, fourteen brilliant glasses, in costly frames, and miscellaneous furniture of a superior class, removed ... from the residence of T. Theed, Esq. of Stanhope Street, May Fair : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 22d day of May, 1832, and two following days, at twelve o'clock, without reserve.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 26 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

406. The third thing : a selection, by Ralph Kiggell, of writing on the subject of water / woodblock prints by Ralph Kiggell.

Creator:: Kiggell, Ralph
Date:: [2013]
Physical Description:: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 34 x 29 cm, in box 36 x 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

407. Is this tomorrow? : visions of the future by architects and artists.

Date:: 2019
Physical Description:: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

408. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable collection of books ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, November the 19th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby and Son
Date:: [1829?]
Physical Description:: 46, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

409. A catalogue of a very beautiful collection of the etchings by Rembrandt : the property of the late Right Hon. Reginald Pole Carew, consisting of his various works, scriptural, fancy, landscapes and portraits, including the hundred guilder print, Raising of Lazarus ; Christ before Pilate ; Advocate tolling ; Burgomaster Six : and other celebrated works : the whole in the most desirable condition, and many of them in early and curious states, collected with great judgment out of the Barnard, Hibbert, Haring, and Bute collections: with some original drawings by Rembrandt : etchings by his scholars ; portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Wheatley, at his Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, May 13, 1835, and two following days.

Creator:: Wheatley, Benjamin, -1837
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: [4], 30, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

410. Catalogue of the whole of the remaining works of that highly distinguished artist, Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., deceased, including the original sketches and drawings made during his various tours, among which are those made during his journey, in 1824, in France, Switzerland, and Italy ; 1828, at St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall ; 1830, in Germany, the Tyrol, and Italy ; 1837, on the Moselle ; 1838 and 1839, in Switzerland and Italy, including the series of drawings made during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Christmas, 1838 ; 1843, tour in Holland ; the drawings made between 1847 and 1851, at Hampstead, Dover, and in Wales ; 1851, tour in the South of France and North of Spain and Pyrenees ; 1856, in Ireland : also, the contents of the studio, consisting of armour and arms, bronzes, costumes, a large collection of models of boats of different countries, Rembrandt etchings and engravings, pictures by Le Poitevin, Constable, and Bright ; and water-colour drawings by Sir E. Landseer, R.A., Sir A.W. Callcott, Sir D. Wilkie, C.R. Leslie, R.A., D. Cox, Müller, Bonington : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 8, 1868, and five following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: 58 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

411. Catalogue of the remaining portion of the collection of rare old porcelain of Colonel Grant, most of which is well known from having been exhibited at the South Kensington Museum : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square. on Thursday, March 7, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

412. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.

Creator:: Powys, Llewelyn, 1884–1939
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], 7-85, [3] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

413. The catalogue of a select and valuable collection of capital drawings, by Guercino, Ganisborough, Cipriani, and other favorite Masters : the property of the late most noble The Marquis of Lansdowne : which (by order by his executors) will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Fosters, (without reserve) on the premises, Lansdown House, Berkley Square, on Tuesday, March 25th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

414. A catalogue of a valuable and capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, and prints, elegantly framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman, dec., brought from his seat in the country : among which are, a grand picture by Snyders and Rubens : a landscape by Nicolo Poussin : the celebrated picture, the Death of Germanicus, by the same Maser : and the Horrors of War, by Rubens : besides other capital specimens of : Paul Veronese, Bassan, Caracci, Salvator Rosa, Velasquez, Paul Bril, Borgognone, Carlo Maratti, Albert Durer, Zucchero, Vandyck, Jordaens, Adrian Vandevelde, Wynants, Mieris, Waterloo, Breughel, Molinaer, Heemskirk, Vernet, Lely, Kneller, Hogarth, Sir J. Reynolds : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 29, 1808, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: [12] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

415. The National Gallery : its pictures and their painters : a hand-book for visiters [sic] / by Henry G. Clarke ...

Creator:: Clarke, Henry G. (Green)
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: 29, [11] p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

416. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. V, 1859 / by John Ruskin ...

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1859
Physical Description:: 56 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

417. The landscape alphabet.

Creator:: Jones, L. E. M
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: [27] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

418. A catalogue of those highly celebrated and matchless chef d'œuvres of the Italian and English schools, viz. the Madonna del Sacco by Andrea del Sarto, and the Niobe, by the immortal Wilson : the former well known by the engravings of Morghen, and Bartolozzi, and the latter, of the incomparable Woollett : with a few other pictures by different masters, among which is, a landscape and figures by Ruysdael, in his best style : the genuine property of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, deceased, and removed from his mansion in upper Grosvenor Street : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 17th of May, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

419. A catalogue of a small part of the valuable collection of pictures of the Countess De Grey, deceased, and the household furniture, pier glasses, &c. at Her Ladyship's late residence, St. James's Square : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, on the premises, on Wednesday, July 3m 1833, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

420. Catalogue of the very beautiful collection of highly finished and illumined miniature paintings : the property of the late William Young Ottley, Esq. F.A.S., author of the History of Engraving, The Italian School of Design, The Florentine School : and other works connected with the fine arts ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, at his house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, the 11th of May, 1838, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: S. Leigh Sotheby & Co.
Date:: [1838]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

421. A catalogue of the very celebrated gallery of pictures of the late Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart. removed from Oakhill, Herts : which will be sold by auction / by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great room, King Street, St. James Square, on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, 9, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

422. Catalogue of the celebrated collection of capital pictures, formed by John Newington Hughes, Esq., of Winchester, deceased, who was so well known as a collector for the last sixty years : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, April the 14th, 1848, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1848]
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

423. [Engravings of the principal mosaic pavements which have been discovered in the course of the last and present centuries, in various parts of Great Britain : also, engravings of several subjects in stained glass, in the windows of the cathedrals of York, Lincoln, &c. &c. : the whole executed on twenty-seven plates, and each impression accurately coloured, after the original subject of the respective plates / by William Fowler, of Winterton, in the county of Lincoln].

Creator:: Fowler, William, 1761–1832
Date:: 1810-1824
Physical Description:: 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 67 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

424. The house decorator and painter's guide; containing a series of designs for decorating apartments, suited to the various styles of architecture. By H.W. and A. Arrowsmith ...

Creator:: Arrowsmith, Henry William
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: iv, 120 p. 61 plates (part col.) 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

425. Desseins à l'usage des architectes, tapissiers, &c. formant une collection de plans et sections pour des appartemens, tels que salles de déjeuné, de diné et de compagnie; chambres à coucher, bain, bibliothèque, boudoir, antichambres, escalier, &c. &c. en trente planches, accompagnées de descriptions. Vol. I.

Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: 11 p. 30 plates (1 fold.) 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

426. Descriptive account of a series of pictures : representing some of the most important battles fought by the French armies, in Egypt, Italy, Germany, and Spain, between the years 1792 and 1812 : painted by General Baron Le Jeune ... now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 28 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

427. A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural & artificial curiosities, prints and paintings in the extensive Museums, of Mr. John Boulter : which will sold by auction, on the premises of William Seaman, on Wednesday, 12th of September, 1804, and following days : which may be viewed on Friday, Sept. 7th, and following day, from ten to four o'clock.

Creator:: Seaman, William (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 44 pages ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

428. Catalogue of the collection of porcelain and decorative objects, the property of G.G. Nicol, Esq. : also, three old sevres jardinieres, old Chelsea vases and other porcelain, the property of a nobleman : and some old Dresden groups and French furniture, from a Gentleman's Collection, etc. etc. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 21, 1873, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 12 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

429. Contrasts; or, A parallel between the noble edifices of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and similar buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste: accompanied by appropriate text. By A. Welby Pugin ...

Creator:: Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 1 p.., iv, 50 p. front., 16 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

430. The history of churches in England: wherein is shewn, the time, means, and manner of founding, building and endowing of churches, both cathedral and rural, with their furniture and appendages.

Creator:: Staveley, Thomas, 1626–1684
Date:: 1773
Physical Description:: 6 p.., 323 p. fold. plates. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

431. The gardens of England, by E. Adveno Brooke.

Creator:: Brooke, E. Adveno, fl. 1844–1864
Date:: [1858]
Physical Description:: [68] p. col. front., mounted ill., 25 col. plates. 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

432. The Epwell hunt : The Raby hunt : The Melton hunt.

Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: [2], 6 p. : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

433. Collection of ornaments for gardens, parks, & pleasure grounds : and for every style of building at Austin's artificial stone works, New Road, Regent's Park, London, (nearly opposite Trinity Church)

Creator:: Austin, Felix
Date:: [1835?]
Physical Description:: [5] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

434. Fox hunting / Jane Ridley.

Creator:: Ridley, Jane
Date:: 1990
Physical Description:: xi, 211 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

435. Paradoxes and problemes / by Iohn Donne ; with two Characters and an Essay of valour ; now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652, with one additional Probleme.

Creator:: Donne, John, 1572–1631
Date:: 1923
Physical Description:: viii, 80 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

436. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

Date:: [between 1782 and 1807]
Physical Description:: 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 10 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

437. The story of Tom Cole : with old father Thames's malediction of the Wapping docks. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.

Creator:: S. P
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 21, [3] p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

438. A graphic and descriptive tour of the University of Oxford, &c.

Creator:: Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

439. The Surrey Union Hunt : Chiddingfold Hunt, Guildford & Shere beagles / by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough.

Creator:: Fairfax-Blakeborough, J. (John), 1883–
Date:: [ca. 1935]
Physical Description:: 28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

440. Francis Eginton : a monograph.

Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 14, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

441. Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso / translated by the most eminent hands ; a selection from the 1717 edition ; with drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

Creator:: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Date:: 1958
Physical Description:: 248 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

442. The Pitney pavement : discovered by Samuel Hasell, Esq. of Littleton, A.D. 1828 / and illustrated, with his notes, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.

Creator:: Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758–1838
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 20 p., IX, [4] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

443. A catalogue of a most capital, valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : also, some high finished drawings by the most celebrated modern masters, the whole selected with great taste, being the genuine property of a man of fashion : amongst which are the works of the following masters : Titian, P. Veronese, A. Carracci, Guido, Canneletto, Poussin, Rubens, Van Dyck, Teniers, Brughel, Rembrandt, Berghem, Cup, C. du Jardin, Both, Mucheron, Le Duc, Barret, Cipriani, Marlow, P. Sandby, Angelica, Wilson, Bartolozzi, &c. : likewise a remarkably fine landscape, by Wynants, the figures by Adrian Vandevelde : a group of cattle in a landscape, by Loutherbourg, presumed one of the best performances of that master : and several others truly worthy the attention of the curious : which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie and Ansell, at their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall, on Friday, January 23d, 1784, and the following day : to be publickly viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding, and to the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Date:: [1784]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

444. Catalogue of a collection of the Italian, French, and Dutch schools: prints, etchings and drawings : the entire property of the late Monsr. De Tenhotten, consigned to Mr. Foster from the Chateau in Switzerland: including specimens of Caracci, N. Poussin, Swaneveldt, Guido, P. Verosese, Dominichino, P. Lauri, Carravaggio, Albano, P. De Champagne, Murillo, Valentino, Juvenet, Primaticcio, Vandyke, Largillière, Bassan Vander Meulen's chef-d'œuvre of Louis IV. and court, in procession to open the Hospital des Invalides ; Christ taken down from the cross, Vandyke ; Holy Family, L. Caracci ; and many Italian pictures of great merit and speculation also, the collection of prints, etchings and drawings : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Edward Foster at his Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, 10th of July, 1832, and following day, at one o'clock, precisely, without any reserve.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

445. A catalogue of a particularly choice collection of engraved British portraits : including some of the rarest works of Elstracke, Pass, Faithorne, Loggan, White, Smith, Becket &c. &c. : ... collection of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar ... particularly the rare set of shells, with eleven not mentioned by Vertue : to which are added, a few choice productions of Woollett, Wille, Goodall, Finden, &c. ... : works of Sir Joshua Reynolds : set of Bunbury's works, collected by the late Mr. Bretherton ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Wednesday, the 26th of May, 1830, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby and Son
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

446. Catalogue of the valuable and extensive library of the late Earl of Guilford. Part the First ... : including Biblia Sacra Latina jussu Sixti V ... Romæ, ex Typographia Apostolica Vaticana (per Aldum), 1590 : Debry, Collectio Peregrinationum in Indiam Orientalem, XII Parts in 4 Vol. ... 1596 ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 83, Pall Mall on Monday, December 15, and eight following days (Sunday excepted), 1828.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 73, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

447. Portraits of distinguished personages of the court of Louis XIV : curious portraits & models of Buonaparte, and rare allegorical drawings by La Fitte, in honor of Napoleon : several rare English regal portraits, and Royal Arms in Stained Glass.

Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

448. Catalogue of the pictures forming the collection of Sir Charles Tennant.

Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: [106] p., [65] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

449. Winter harvest / by Andrew Young.

Creator:: Young, Andrew, 1885–1971
Date:: 1933
Physical Description:: 51, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

450. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K. T. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square ...

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1882]
Physical Description:: 234 pages, 78 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

451. The ballad book : a selection of the choicest British ballads / edited by William Allingham author of "Day and night songs" etc.

Creator:: Allingham, William, 1824–1889
Date:: 1864
Physical Description:: xlvii, [1], 393, [3] p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

452. Famous racing men : with anecdotes and portraits / by "Thormanby."

Creator:: Thormanby
Date:: 1882
Physical Description:: 128, 127, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

453. The London Art Book Fair : 23-25 September 2011 Whitechapel Gallery.

Date:: 2011
Physical Description:: [100] p. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

454. Miss Linwood's gallery of pictures in worsted : Leicester Square.

Creator:: Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:: 1813
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

455. Pictures, prints, drawings & household furniture : a catalogue of the valuable drawings and prints : some pictures, models by Rysbrack : together with the household furniture : comprising beds and beddings : mahogany bedstead : tables : chests of drawers : bureau : chairs : large looking glasses : a quantity of pictures frames, &c. &c. : late he property of Mr. Panton Betew, (deceased) : well known among the collectors as an amateur in the fine arts : among the drawings, will be found originals by Rembrandt, Bergham, Agoslini Caracci, Bloemart, Gravelot, Hayman, Barlow, Sir James Thornhill, Sandby, Wyke, Hollar, Rysbrack, Vandevelde, Serres, Canaleti, Zuccarelli, Chatelain, Van Goyen, Hogarth, Snyders : in the prints are some of Wollett's choicest proofs, in the finest condition possible, viz. :--The dog, the fishery, Macbeth, Ceyx, and Alcyone, cottagers and jocund peasants, some few fine by Wille : portraits and views by Hollar : etchings by Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Both, &c. : in the pictures are, specimens by Wienix, Vander Neer, Wooton, Marco Ricci, Van Goyen, Seymour, Simonini, & : which will be sold by suction, by Mr. King, (by order of the executor,) on the premises, No,. 5, Five-Field Row, Chelsea, on Wednesday, June 12, 1799, and two following days, at 12 o'clock : to be viewed on Monday preceding, and catalogues then had at the place of sale, and no. 38, King-Street, Covent-Garden.

Creator:: King, Thomas
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

456. A catalogue of the capital and very valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English pictures, and a few casts from the antique, of the late Right Hon. Lord Gwydir, deceased : brought from the family seat, Grimsthorpe Castle, in Lincolnshire, and from the London mansion at Whitehall : they comprise a charming marine landscape, with the Rape of Europa by Claude : a noble landscape by Both, with figures by Poelemborg : a cabinet chef-d'oeuvre by P. Potter : five by Teniers : three capital landscapes with figures by Cuyp : three very spirited and fine by Wouvermans : two by Berghem : a capital ditto, by Is. Ostade : two charming sea pieces by W. V. Velde : a grand historical composition of Perseus changing Phineus and his armed attendants into stone, by N. Poussin : a Holy Family by C. Dolce, in his sweetest manner : a grand interior by P. Panini : a large landscape and figures, one of the most brilliant chef-d'oeuvres of Gainsborough : and the celebrated Holy Family by Sir Joshua Reynolds, known by the engraving made from it by the late Mr. Sharpe : and superior productions of the following Masters : G. Romano, Bassano, Parmegiano, L. Carracci, Biscaino, Murillo, G. Poussin, Rubens, V. Der Neer, Rembrandt, Duart, Metzu, Bega, Schalken, Ruysdael, Wynants, Moucheron, Verboom, Swaneveldt, Ferg, Steenwyck, Fytm, Borgognone, Canaletti : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room on Friday, May the 8th, 1829, and following day, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had (at one shilling each) at Mr. Christie's office, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

457. A catalogue of the genuine and elegant library of the late Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer, collected by Lieutenant General James Dormer, / which will be sold by auction (by order of the administrator) by Samuel Baker, at his house in York-Street, Covent -Garden : to begin on Monday, February the 20th, 1764, and to continue the nineteen following evenings, beginning each evening exactly at six o'clock.

Creator:: Baker, Samuel, approximately 1711–1778
Date:: [1764]
Physical Description:: 2 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

458. A catalogue of a small but valuable collection of engravings : amongst which will be found some extremely scarce British portraits, by Faithorne, Pass, Elstracke, Loggan, &c. : works of George Vertue, and of Sir Joshua Reynolds : theatrical portraits, fine modern engravings, &c. &c. : to which is added, a collection of prints and drawings, framed and glazed, by Woollett, Sharp, Hogarth, &c. : paintings, stained glass, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, the 1st of February, 1828, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 14,[2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

459. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures, the property of William Buchanan, Esq. of Pall Mall : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 4th, 1846, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 15, [3] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

460. Catalogue of an extensive collection of early British and foreign engraved portraits, sold by order of Mrs. Alfred Morrison from the collection of the late Alfred Morrison : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... at their large galleries ... on Monday, November 21st, 1927, and two following days.

Creator:: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Date:: [1927]
Physical Description:: 55 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

461. Minutes of the proceedings of the court-martial held at Portsmouth : August 12, 1792, on ten persons charged with mutiny on board His Majesty's ship the Bounty : with an appendix containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the public.

Date:: MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: [4], 79, [1] pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

462. Miscellaneous sketches of designs in architecture / by W.E. Rolfe.

Creator:: Rolfe, W. E. (William Edward), fl. 1810–1820
Date:: [1823?]
Physical Description:: [7] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 48 x 69 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

463. Catalogue of pictures representing Christ rejected, Christ healing in the Temple, and a design of our Saviour's crucifixion : with sketches from other scriptural subjects / painted by B. West ... ; now exhibiting in Pall-Mall, near Carlton House.

Creator:: West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

464. Journey to the lower world : a shamanic performance by Marcus Coates after a traditional Siberian Yakut ritual for the residents of Sheil Park, Liverpool, in January 2003 / Marcus Coates ; edited by Alec Finlay ; with writings, photographs and a film by Mark Wallinger, Alec Finlay, Marcus Coates, Waclaw Sieroszewski, J.J. Charlesworth, Josie Crawford, Nick David, Ben Coode-Adams.

Journey to the lower world : a shamanic performance by Marcus Coates after a traditional Siberian Yakut ritual for the residents of Sheil Park, Liverpool, in January 2003 / Marcus Coates ; edited by Alec Finlay ; with writings, photographs and a film by Mark Wallinger, Alec Finlay, Marcus Coates, Waclaw Sieroszewski, J.J. Charlesworth, Josie Crawford, Nick David, Ben Coode-Adams.

Creator:: Coates, Marcus, 1968–
Date:: 2005
Physical Description:: [86] p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm + 1 videodisc (29 min. :sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

465. Select poems : divine and humane / by Thomas Beedome.

Creator:: Beedome, Thomas, -1641?
Date:: 1928
Physical Description:: [6], 51, [1], iv, [4] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

466. The painted picture play-book. Second series : illustrated with nearly three hundred coloured pictures, and an explanatory verse to each / the engravings by various eminent artists ; the verses by James Bishop.

Creator:: Bishop, James, active 19th century
Date:: [1856?]
Physical Description:: [32] leaves : color illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

467. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1939 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

Creator:: London Transport Board
Date:: 1939
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 44 x 60 cm, folded to 16 x cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

468. A catalogue of the valuable Egyptian, Turkish, and Grecian exhibition of original drawings which will be submitted to public auction, by Messrs. Robins, on the premises, at no. 17, Old Bond-Street, on Saturday, the 20th of June, 1801, at twelve o'clock : may be publickly viewed six days prior to the sale, and descriptive catalogues had at sixpence each, to be returned to purchasers, on the primise, and of Messrs. Robins, Covent Garden.

Creator:: Robins, Messrs
Date:: [1801
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

469. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of pictures, of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, & English schools : including many of extraordinary merit, the property of a nobleman : a magnificent landscape by Berghem ... : an interior by A. Ostade ... from the King of Bavaria's collection ... : ... landscape, with cows and horses, by A. Cuyp : the Remorse of Judas Iscariot, by Rembrandt : View of St. Mark's Place, Cannaletti : a group of flowers, by Maria Van Osterwick, ... : the Head of St. Sebastian, by Guido, ... from the Caza Bartolotti, the finished study for the picture in the Dulwich Gallery ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Edward Foster, at his auction gallery, no. 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 16th day of June, 1830, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed three days before the sale, when catalogue may be had, at 1s. each, at the gallery, 54, Pall Mall.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

470. A catalogue of the collection of pictures of that eminent connoisseur and collector the late Richard Mortimer, Esq. : in this small collection are seven of the highest class of art : a magnificent Rembrandt ... : a splendid Cuyp, with a portrait of Maurice Prince of Orange, supposed ot have been painted for the Stadholder : ... landscape by Decker & I. Ostade : also the genuine work of Claude, Velasquex, W. Vandevelde, Hobbima, J. Osade, L. Da Vinci, Titian, Giorgione, A. Carracci, P. Veronese, Jan Stein, Wynants, Vernet, Zuccarelli, R. Wilson, &c. &c. : which may be viewed at No. 4 Percy Street, Bedford Square, the residence of the late proprietor, until Monday the 27th of April, when they wil be removed and sold by Mr. Ed. Foster at his Great Room

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

471. Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren : with a brief view of the progress of architecture in England, from the beginning of the reign of Charles the First to the end of the seventeenth century : and an appendix of authentic documents / by James Elmes.

Creator:: Elmes, James, 1782–1862
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 532, 147 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, port. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

472. The complete works of William Shakespeare : the text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally : to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship : also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos : the Nonesuch text established MCMXXIX by Herbert Farjeon, with a new introduction by Ivor Brown.

Creator:: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:: MCMLIII [1953]
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

473. Flowers and faces / by H.E. Bates ; engravings by John Nash.

Creator:: Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: 52, [2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

474. Additional mss. in the possession of the revd. Walter Sneyd, of Denton House, Oxon. acquired since the prtnting [!] of his former catalogue by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. in 1837.

Creator:: Sneyd, Walter, 1809–1888
Date:: 1863]
Physical Description:: [1] p. 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

475. [Twelve beautiful specimens of the ecclesiastical architecture of the Middle Ages, selected from the cathedrals of England. With letterpress descriptions. The original drawings by Charles Wild ...

Creator:: Wild, Charles, 1781–1835
Date:: 1828]
Physical Description:: 2 p. ., 12 mounted color plates. 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

476. Martin Chuzzlewit.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxiv, [2], 844, [2] pages, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

477. A catalogue of engravings after the works of Rubens collected by Mr. R. Hecquet, engraver, in 1751 : with considerable additions.

Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 32 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

478. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 62, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

479. A catalogue of the highly valuable and genuine collection of paintings : comprising the well known gallery picture of The Tribute money, by Rubens : a family piece by Titian : the St. Agnes of Sir J. Reynolds : a fine Hobbema & Vandevelde, a Head by Rembrandt and several cabinet paintings, by Wouvermans, Ruysdael, Claude, Poussin, Bassan, Murillo, Wynants, Teniers, Schidone, and other distinguished masters of the Dutch, Flemish, & Italian schools : which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executors), by Mr. F. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Row, on Saturday, the twenty-third of April, 1831, at twelve o'clock : to be publicly viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at the room.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

480. Catalogue of the third and last portion of the extensive and highly valuable collection of pictures of the Italian and Spanish schools : the entire property of Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. and selected by him during many years, with the most scrupulous care, at an immense expence; the most celebrated of this selection are the works of Titian, J. Bellini, Tintoretto, Procaccini, Schiavone, Bonifaccio, Palma, The Caracci's, Giorgione, Domenichino, Paolo Veronese, Pordonone, Giulio Romano, Coreggio, Murillo, Paris Bordone, Velasquez, Morone, Sebastian del Piombo, Bronzino, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 14th of April, 1832, at one o'clock : may be viewed three days preceding the sale : and catalogues may be had at Mr. Phillips's, 73, New Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

481. A series of views, interior and exterior of the collegiate chapel of St. George at Windsor : with illustrative plates explanatory of its architecture and ornaments, and accompanied by a concise account, historical and descriptive.

Creator:: Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 10 pages, [3], 6 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 60-68 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

482. Selections from a sketch book : twenty-four views.

Creator:: Lee, John Edward, 1808–1887
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: [24] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

483. Catalogue of the magnificent contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the earls of Shrewsbury : which (by order of the executors of the late Right Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the Towers, on Monday, July 6, 1857, and twenty-nine following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: iv, 218 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

484. A catalogue of that capital collection of pictures, of Edward Ravenell, Esq., deceased : formed by Sir Peter Killegrew in the reign of Charles I : consisting of the works of Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, Poussin, Ostade, Wouvermans, Carlo Dolci, Barroccio, Wynants, Deneef, S. Rosa, Tintoret, Vanderveldt, Zuchero, Titian, &c.: in this collection there are also a most beautiful picture of a Dutch fair, by Wouvermans : an original portrait of Thomas Killegrew, the Jester, by Vandyck : a sea view by Vanderveldt : Venus and Adonis, by Netscher : and two elegant Porphyry Busts with Jasper Draperies, on beautiful variegated Pedestals : which (by order of the executor,) will be sold by auction, by Mess. Langford, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Saturday the 24th of this Instant February 1776 : the said collection may be viewed on Thursday the 22nd, and till the time of sale, which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had gratis on the days of viewing, at Mess. Langford's aforesaid : conditions of sale as usual.

Creator:: Mess. Langford (Firm)
Date:: [1776]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

485. A catalogue of a capital assemblage of high-finished drawings, and some few pictures by eminent modern artists : collected by a Gentleman of the most approved taste in the fine arts : consisting of the works of the following masters -- Hamilton, Barrett, La Porte, P. Sandby, Clerisseau, Ibbetson, Wheatley, Zucchi, Malton, &c. &c. : the whole forming one of the most interesting collections of modern art : amongst them is a complete set of drawings, by Malton, of the works of the late Sir Robert Taylor, and a variety of subjects adapted for engraving : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room in Pall Mall, next Cumberland House, on Friday, May 19th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had in Pall Mall, and at no. 32, Winchester Street.

Creator:: Christie, Sharp and Harper, e publisher
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

486. A catalogue of a small and elegant collection of pleasing cabinet pictures, chiefly of the Dutch School : and an assemblage of high finished modern drawings, framed and glazed, the property of an Amateur : the pictures comprise specimens of Sasso Ferrato, Teniers, Wouvermans, A. V. De Velde, Ostade, Dusart, Mieris, J. Steen, Gonzalles, Bredael, Ferg, Polembemg, Breemberg, Le Nain, Gainsborough, Peers, and Schweickhardt : the drawings by Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Hamilton, Ganisborough, Girtin, Sandby, Wheatley, Westall, and Meyer : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 26th, 1808, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 8, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

487. A descriptive catalogue of the celebrated grand colossal statue of Napoleon Bonaparts, sculptured in carrara marble, by Banti : and which was formerly erected in the Piazzetta in front of the public building of the chamber of commerce, in the city of Venice : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Rushworth & Jarvis, successors to Mr. Squibb, at their Great Room, Saville Row, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1835, at two o'clock, by order of the executors of a gentleman deceased.

Creator:: Rushworth & Jarvis
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

488. A catalogue of a small and very select library of books, and collection of drawings and prints in the portfolio, the property of a gentleman, and removed from the country ... : also, an assemblage of drawings by old masters, etchings by Rembrandt and other painters, and some modern prints / which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, June 13th, 1833, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

489. Catalogue of the very choice collection of pictures, of the highest class, by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English masters, of S.M. Mawson, esq., by whom they have been selected with great taste and judgment, chiefly on the continent : they are now dispersed, without reserve, in consequence of his retiring from business :which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Chistie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 19, 1855, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1855
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

490. Catalogue of some beautiful sculpture, comprising fine works of Canova, J. Gibson, R.A., Bartolini, Hudon, H. Power, P. Puget, Rauch, B.E. Spence, Thomas, and Thorwaldsen : also, a pair of magnificent clodion vases ... carved in marble : a pair of ... vases ... &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 12, 1871, at three o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 6, [2] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

491. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of Japanese curiosities, consisting of porcelain, lacquer cabinets, boxes and trays, enamels, bronzes, carvings in ivory, jade, crystal, and bamboo, embroidered satins and crapes, a large quantity of ivory and bronze buckles, studs, and solitaires, sutsuma ware, painted fans, fishing-rods, and other curiosities : and including a small collection formed by a gentleman during a residence in Japan : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on tuesday, July 11, 1871.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

492. Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow in imitation of indian ink.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [12], 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

493. Figures, vases, fountains &c : executed in marble and artificial stone by Wyatt, Parker and Co., Holland Street, Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey : tesselated pavements, roman tiles, scagliola pillars, slabs, pedestals, &c. &c.

Date:: [1841-1842]
Physical Description:: [36] leaves ([1] folded) : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

494. The memory palace of Romilly Saumarez Smith : jewelry translated by Lucie Gledhill : and the launch of Savage & Chong : exhibition 28 November-4 December 2011 11-3, 133-135 Mile End Road, London.

Date:: 2011
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([4] p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

495. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1839.]

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

496. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. IV, 1858 / by John Ruskin ...

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

497. A catalogue of the reserved collection of statues, busts, vases, urns, sarcophagi, &c. and other select and valuable pieces of antiquity : also sundry modern busts of exquisite sculpture, and highly finished, comprising a bust of Venus de Medicis, Shakespear, Stern, Cato the Censor, Scipio Africano, and other renowned and admired characters : several elegant statuary marble chimney pieces, and curious and scarce marble slabs, the property of Lyde Brown, Esq. : removed from his late residence in the city : also a small collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, prints, drawings, &c. and a capital set of Brussels tapestry from Teniers, in excellent preservation : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Friday, May 30, 1788, and following day.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1788]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

498. A catalogue of a capital collection of prints and drawings, scarce and valuable, which have been purchased out of the most distinguished cabinets here and on the continent; the drawings stamped on the back by the several judicious collectors, viz. Padre Resto, Sir Peter Lely, Richardson, Pond, Hudson, and John Barnard : among the prints are many fine proofs and first impressions from Rubens, Vandyke, and other celebrated artists : engraved by Vosterman, Pontius, Sontman, Fisher, Edelinck, Hollar, Mason, Balechou, and other noted engravers : among the drawings is that celebrated one by Thomyris by Rubens, from the Cabinet of Mons. de Mariette--The Mistress instructing her pupil by Cipriani, from the collection of Mr. Locke, with many other capital and well-known works of esteemed masters : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 11th, 1791, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1791]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

499. A catalogue of the renowned and valuable collection of Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : late the property of John Purling, Esq., deceased .: whose accurate judgment, pure taste and liberality in purchasing, rendered his Cabinet equal to most of the private galleries in Europe, and exhibits a magnificent assemblage of the works of Raphael, Correggio, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, P. Da Cortona, Pamegiano, Titian, Tintoretto, S. Ricci, P. Veronese, C. Maratti, Claude, Poussin, Murillo, Cuyp, Rubens, Teniers, Wouvermans, P. Potter, Vanderwerff, Vandervelde, Berchem, Ferg, Zuccarelli,Wilson, &c. : including the beautiful picture La Vierge au Peloton, by Guido, well known to have occupied a most distinguished place in the Royal Collection of France : which will be sold by auction (by authority of the executors without the least reserve) by Mr. White, on the premises, no. 68 Portland Place on Monday, the 16th of February, 1801 and following day, at twelve o-clock : to be viewed till the sale, admission of each person by catalogues (only) which may be had at one shilling each at the place of Sale, and of Mr. White, Storey's Gate, Westminster.

Creator:: White, John, active 1785–1816
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 22, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

500. A catalogue of the very choice collection of original cabinet paintings : the property of the late Quarles Harris, Esq. whose liberality in purchasing, and good judgment in selecting, secured to him the possession of some of the best works of the most esteemed Masters ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Farebrother and Co. at the auction rooms, no. 26, Conduit Street, Bond Street, on Saturday, the 10th of Juen, 1837, at one o'clock, by direction of the executors.

Creator:: Farebrother & Co.
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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401. The Talbotype : sun-pictures.

406. The third thing : a selection, by Ralph Kiggell, of writing on the subject of water / woodblock prints by Ralph Kiggell.

407. Is this tomorrow? : visions of the future by architects and artists.

408. Catalogue of an extensive and valuable collection of books ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, November the 19th, and four following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock.

412. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.

415. The National Gallery : its pictures and their painters : a hand-book for visiters [sic] / by Henry G. Clarke ...

416. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. V, 1859 / by John Ruskin ...

417. The landscape alphabet.

424. The house decorator and painter's guide; containing a series of designs for decorating apartments, suited to the various styles of architecture. By H.W. and A. Arrowsmith ...

426. Descriptive account of a series of pictures : representing some of the most important battles fought by the French armies, in Egypt, Italy, Germany, and Spain, between the years 1792 and 1812 : painted by General Baron Le Jeune ... now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

429. Contrasts; or, A parallel between the noble edifices of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and similar buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste: accompanied by appropriate text. By A. Welby Pugin ...

430. The history of churches in England: wherein is shewn, the time, means, and manner of founding, building and endowing of churches, both cathedral and rural, with their furniture and appendages.

431. The gardens of England, by E. Adveno Brooke.

432. The Epwell hunt : The Raby hunt : The Melton hunt.

433. Collection of ornaments for gardens, parks, & pleasure grounds : and for every style of building at Austin's artificial stone works, New Road, Regent's Park, London, (nearly opposite Trinity Church)

434. Fox hunting / Jane Ridley.

435. Paradoxes and problemes / by Iohn Donne ; with two Characters and an Essay of valour ; now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652, with one additional Probleme.

436. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

437. The story of Tom Cole : with old father Thames's malediction of the Wapping docks. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.

438. A graphic and descriptive tour of the University of Oxford, &c.

439. The Surrey Union Hunt : Chiddingfold Hunt, Guildford & Shere beagles / by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough.

440. Francis Eginton : a monograph.

441. Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso / translated by the most eminent hands ; a selection from the 1717 edition ; with drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

442. The Pitney pavement : discovered by Samuel Hasell, Esq. of Littleton, A.D. 1828 / and illustrated, with his notes, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart.

447. Portraits of distinguished personages of the court of Louis XIV : curious portraits & models of Buonaparte, and rare allegorical drawings by La Fitte, in honor of Napoleon : several rare English regal portraits, and Royal Arms in Stained Glass.

448. Catalogue of the pictures forming the collection of Sir Charles Tennant.

449. Winter harvest / by Andrew Young.

450. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K. T. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square ...

451. The ballad book : a selection of the choicest British ballads / edited by William Allingham author of "Day and night songs" etc.

452. Famous racing men : with anecdotes and portraits / by "Thormanby."

453. The London Art Book Fair : 23-25 September 2011 Whitechapel Gallery.

454. Miss Linwood's gallery of pictures in worsted : Leicester Square.

459. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures, the property of William Buchanan, Esq. of Pall Mall : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 4th, 1846, at one o'clock precisely.

462. Miscellaneous sketches of designs in architecture / by W.E. Rolfe.

463. Catalogue of pictures representing Christ rejected, Christ healing in the Temple, and a design of our Saviour's crucifixion : with sketches from other scriptural subjects / painted by B. West ... ; now exhibiting in Pall-Mall, near Carlton House.

465. Select poems : divine and humane / by Thomas Beedome.

466. The painted picture play-book. Second series : illustrated with nearly three hundred coloured pictures, and an explanatory verse to each / the engravings by various eminent artists ; the verses by James Bishop.

467. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1939 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

471. Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren : with a brief view of the progress of architecture in England, from the beginning of the reign of Charles the First to the end of the seventeenth century : and an appendix of authentic documents / by James Elmes.

473. Flowers and faces / by H.E. Bates ; engravings by John Nash.

474. Additional mss. in the possession of the revd. Walter Sneyd, of Denton House, Oxon. acquired since the prtnting [!] of his former catalogue by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. in 1837.

475. [Twelve beautiful specimens of the ecclesiastical architecture of the Middle Ages, selected from the cathedrals of England. With letterpress descriptions. The original drawings by Charles Wild ...

476. Martin Chuzzlewit.

477. A catalogue of engravings after the works of Rubens collected by Mr. R. Hecquet, engraver, in 1751 : with considerable additions.

478. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

481. A series of views, interior and exterior of the collegiate chapel of St. George at Windsor : with illustrative plates explanatory of its architecture and ornaments, and accompanied by a concise account, historical and descriptive.

482. Selections from a sketch book : twenty-four views.

492. Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow in imitation of indian ink.

493. Figures, vases, fountains &c : executed in marble and artificial stone by Wyatt, Parker and Co., Holland Street, Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey : tesselated pavements, roman tiles, scagliola pillars, slabs, pedestals, &c. &c.

494. The memory palace of Romilly Saumarez Smith : jewelry translated by Lucie Gledhill : and the launch of Savage & Chong : exhibition 28 November-4 December 2011 11-3, 133-135 Mile End Road, London.

495. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1839.]

496. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. IV, 1858 / by John Ruskin ...