Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: England

201. A catalogue of an assemblage of Spanish and Italian pictures: being a late consignment of the schools of Seville and Valencia, in their original state : and many pleasing works of admired French, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters : with some prints, framed and glazed : which will be sold by auction, without reserve, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, December the 29th, 1810, precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

202. A catalogue of a valuable collection of original drawings, by the greatest Masters of all the schools : particularly the Dutch and Italian, and abounding in choice specimens of the most celebrated artists : the property of a nobleman : also, a few prints, and books of prints, including a capital collection of the works of Jac. Callot ... : with the portfolios that contained the collection, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his new and more extensive premises, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Tuesday, the 8th day of June, 1819, and four following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1819]
Physical Description:: [2], 37, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

203. Catalogue of the entire and very choice cabinet of engravings & etchings, the property of a collector : comprising the works of the most eminent Masters of the Ancient and Modern Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, French and English Schools : also containing many most interesting British Historical Portraits, the whole being of the very highest order, both as regards impression and condition : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts, at their house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, the 23rd of May, 1853, and five following days.

Creator:: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)
Date:: 1853
Physical Description:: 74 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

204. A catalogue of a valuable collection of ancient and modern prints, beautiful high-finished drawings, coloured etchings, &c. elegantly framed and glazed : comprising a capital proof impression of the Descent from the Cross, after Rubens : high-finished drawings, by Clevely, Serres, and Atkins : two views of the source of the Rivers Arr and Rhone : fine impressions of the Death of Wolfe : Battles of the Boynes and La Hogue : the Resurrection, after Peters, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Monday, January the 19th, 1795, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

205. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

Creator:: Daily Mail (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1924]
Physical Description:: [4] pages : maps ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

206. A catalogue of the library of a well known collector, containing many rare and curious articles particularly in early French and Italian literature ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 26, Pall-Mall, on Thursday next, April 23, and four following days.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 49, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

207. A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution / by Anders Sparrman ; introduction & notes by Owen Rutter ; wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

Creator:: Sparrman, Anders, 1748–1820
Date:: 1944
Physical Description:: 218, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, maps, music ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

208. Account book.

Creator:: Clayton, William, Sir, 1762–1834
Date:: 1784 January 1-December 31
Physical Description:: 1 v. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

209. Together and alone : two short novels / by Christopher Whitfield ; with engravings by John O'Connor.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1945
Physical Description:: [2], 5-109, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

210. A catalogue of a very select and valuable collection of prints, recently consigned from Holland : (the property of a Burgomaster of Amsterdam, lately deceased) : comprising the works of Rubens, and his schools : among which are many proofs and curious variations by Bolswert, Pontius, Vosterman, &c. : etchings by Rembrandt, Ostade, Du Sart, Bega, Everdingen, and other Masters, chiefly in the first state : fine proofs by Cornelius Visscher : the works of Wouverman, Teniers, &c. : and of the principal painters of the French school, including a beautiful set of the Battles of Alexander, by Gerard Audran : together with a nearly complete set of Houbraken proofs : portraits after Sir Joshua Reynolds : theatrical and other portraits : and engravings by Strange, Woollett, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Thursday, April 17th, 1828, and three following days, (Sunday excepted,) at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Stewart, Wheatley & Adlard
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 34, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

211. Catalogue of Flemish, Dutch, French, and English pictures, of the highest class, the property of Edward W. Lake, Esq. : who had decided on retaining only his examples of Italian art : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, July the 11th, 1845, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 41, [3] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

212. An exhibition of 19th & 20th century European prints and modern British prints : 18 June-30 July 1986.

Date:: 1986
Physical Description:: 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

213. British Isles.

Creator:: Keystone View Company
Date:: [1895-1913]
Physical Description:: 99 photographs in 1 box : gelatin silver prints on card mounts ; mounts 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format), box 20 x 10 x 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

214. An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches : Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council.

Creator:: England and Wales
Date:: 1654
Physical Description:: [2], 193-194 p. ; 26 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

215. Novel designs for cottages and schools / with observations thereon by John Hall, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes.

Creator:: Hall, John, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: [3], 8-11, [1] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

216. A select collection of views in the county of Devon : including some antiquities / by Frances Keenan.

Creator:: Keenan, Frances, fl. 1807–1813
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: [2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

217. A catalogue of the collection of rare and estimable original drawings, antient & modern prints, and books of prints : which has been formed during the last thirty years by selections from the most renowned cabinets and collections in France, Italy, and England, and materially assisted by the great events which have occurred during that period on the continent : comprising fine productions of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French & British schools by Marc Antonio, Bonasone, Rembrandt, Sharpe, Wierix, Desnoyers, Goltzius, Earlom, Bartolozzi, Schiavonetti, Laugier, Browne, Heath, Strange, Woollett &c. &c. &c. : many of which are proofs, and all fine impressions : some choice specimens by Raphael Morghen : fine portraits and topographical prints : a numerous collection of English and foreign vignettes : among the books of prints are some curious and rare : also, a collection of prints, drawings, and books of prints, of a nobleman, who purchased them last season and did not pay for, or clear them : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Room, 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, 1st of March, 1824, & three following days, at one o'clock : may now be viewed, and catalogues (at 1s. each) had at Mr. Phillip's, New Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

218. A catalogue of a table service of valuable plate ... tables and dessert services of Worcester and other porcelaine ; ... ; a small choice of pictures by ancient masters : including a fine cabinet painting by Wouvermans, a ditto by Mieris, a fine copy by Mengs, of the marriage at Cana ; and others by Claude Lorraine, Salvator Rosa, Le Sœur, Canaletti, &c. : together with about fifty dozen of claret, port, champagne, and hock : the genuine property of a Baronet, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Squibb, on the premises, no. 20, Albemarle Street, on Friday, June 29th, 1832, at one o'clock, by order of the executors : to be viewed till the sale, and catalogues, had on the premises, and of Mr. Squibb, Saville-Row.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 7 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

219. A catalogue of the interesting collection of paintings, by the most eminent Masters of the several schools of art : the genuine property of Madame La Comtesse De Dillon : particularly two grand historical pictures, by N. Poussin : original portraits, by Rembrandt and others : authentic portrait of Mary Queen of Scots : Virgin with Angels by Antonello De Messina : a church piece by De Lorme, the figures by Terburg : and others of equal marit by Rubens, Holbein Ruysdael, A. V. Velde, Cuyp, Capella, Wouvermans, Vanderneer, Teniers, Bega, Metzu, Weenix, Canaletto, Moucheron, Verbeckhoeven, three by Robbe, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his great rooms, 73, Bond Street, on Friday the 12th day of June, 1835, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

220. A catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of pictures, of the first class in the Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Flemish schools, selected with great judgment and discrimination from celebrated galleries and collections both at home and abroad ... : and undoubted specimens of Du Jardin, Wouvermans, Vander Heyden, A. Ostade, Teniers, P. Potter, Swaneveldt, Pynacker, Dominichino, A. V. De Velde, Vander Neer, Berchem, Cuyp, Jan Stein, Q. Matsys, Netscher, Bega, Dusart, Poelemburg, Stainwick ... : also a collection of Etruscan vases, Italian bronzes, Sèvres dinner service, and antiques, being the entire property of Charles O'Neil, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. E. Foster and Son, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Friday, the 3d of July, 1835, and following day at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

221. A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter ...

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1763
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., 128, 14, 20 p., 4 leaves. ports. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

222. Hop-o' my-thumb and the seven league boots / edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank.

Date:: [1853]
Physical Description:: 30, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer.

223. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: 143 pages, [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

224. Coaching days and coaching ways / by W. Outram Tristram ; with 214 illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton.

Creator:: Tristam, W. Outram (William Outram)
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 376 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson

225. God bless the Prince of Wales [music] : (the new national song) / composed & arranged for the piano-forte ; by Brinley Richards.

Creator:: Richards, Brinley, 1819–1885
Date:: [1863]
Physical Description:: 1 score (7, [1] p.) : col. ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

226. Album of drawings.

Creator:: Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Date:: [late 19th century]
Physical Description:: 1 volume ([18] drawings) ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

227. Annual report / the Royal Veterinary College.

Creator:: Royal Veterinary College (London, England)
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

228. A catalogue of a capital, and truly valuable assemblage of Chinese drawings, paintings, natural and artificial curiosities : the property of A. E. Van Braam, Esq. : Chief of the direction of the Dutch East India Company at Canton, and second in the Dutch Embassy, to the Court of Pekin, in the years 1794 and 1795, of which, Mr. Van Braam will speedily publish an authentic account : the whole of which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February the 15th, 1799, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

229. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: xx, 163 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

230. Catalogue of the very choice collection of works of art of Francis Broderip, Esq., deceased : comprising pictures, drawings, miniatures, engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and objects of art and vertu : which (by order of the Executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, February 6, 1872, and eight following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 91 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

231. The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ill., plans, ports. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

232. This day are published, parts first and second, of Architectura ecclesiastica Londini, or the Ecclesiastical architecture of London.

Creator:: Booth, John (Bookseller)
Date:: January 25, 1814
Physical Description:: [4] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

233. Proposals, for publishing by subscription, in ten monthly parts, forming one handsome volume, the Costume of Yorkshire : illustrated by forty highly-finished and coloured engravings, fac-similes of original drawings, descriptive of the peculiar dress, occupation and manners of various inhabitants of that extensive and populous County : the first part to be published on the first of September, 1813.

Date:: [1813?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

234. Paradise lost : a poem / by John Milton ; the text of the first edition prepared for press by J. Isaacs.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: MCMCCCVII [1937]
Physical Description:: [2], 378, [2] pages : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

235. Nature displayed in 12 prints of humorous & satirical subjects, with a variety of whimsical characers [graphic] / by R. Dighton.

Creator:: Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Date:: published as the Act directs, 2 Sep. 1784
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

236. A catalogue of the genuine collection of that distinguished amateur Domenic de Bast : containing specimens by Teniers, Artois, Vandercapella, Fyt, Rembrandt, Ostade, Vanderneer, Zorg, Snyders, Greuze, Wynants, Vandermeulen, Potter, Grieff, Watteau, Boucheron, Dubbels, Zachtleven, Weenix, Boucher ; a cabinet gem by Rubens ; a curious early Italian picture ; several large altar pieces, Christ crowned with Thorns, by Hondthorst, from the Museum at Brussels ; twenty sketches, and a highly finished marine, by De Bast ; with others by Krymer, Schotel, & the two Verbookhovens ; also several packing cases, in good condition : the whole consigned for immediate and unreserved sale : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, Bond Street, on Wednesday, 29th of May, 1833, & following day, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 11 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

237. Catalogue of the select and valuable classical library of the late Rev. Abel Wainewright, LL. B. of Trinity College, Cambridge : to which is added, the classical library of a clergyman, deceased : including Novum Testamentum Græcum, Westeni : Buck's Views of Castles, &c. in England and Wales ... : Piranesi Opere Varie ... : Stephani Thesaurus Linguæ Graæcæ, cum Scotti Appendice ... : Lyson's Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester : Acts of the Parliament of Scotland ... : Reports of the Public Records ... : Ciceronis Opera Oliveti ... : Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages ... : Ovidii Opera, Burmanni ... : Vrgilii Opera, Burmanni ... : Livius, Drakenborchii ... : Dibdin's Bibliographical and Antiquarian Tour ... : Hearne's Works ... : English Historical Works ... : Epistolæ Selectiores Illustr. Vivorum ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby and Son, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, June 18th, 1829, and four following days ... at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby and Son
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 39, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

238. Catalogue of the works of British artists : placed in the gallery of the British Institution, Pall-Mall, for exhibition and sale.

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1806-1867
Physical Description:: 61 v. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

239. Huntsmen of our time.

Creator:: Ligertwood, Kenneth
Date:: 1968
Physical Description:: 212 p. 14 plates, 45 ports. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

240. Lady from yesterday / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Lettice Sandford.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1939
Physical Description:: 70, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

241. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : a few fine antique gems, and musical instruments : the property of the late Sir James Wright, Bart. Dec. : well known for his judgment in the fine arts : many of the pictures in this collection were purchased during his long residence in Italy : among them will be found the works of the following celebrated Masters, viz. : Cimabue, Giotto, M. Angelo, Titian, Giorgione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Lanfranco, Albano, P. da Cartona, C. Cignani, C. Marratti, Rubens, V. Dyck, V. Harp, Ruysdael, Ostade : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 8, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

242. Catalogue of the very choice collection of pictures, of the highest class : the property of William Theobald Esq., deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 10, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

243. Down the river / by H.E. Bates ; with 83 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker.

Creator:: Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 150 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

244. The trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Rob. Calder : on board His Majesty's ship The Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday, December 22, 1805.

Creator:: Calder, Robert, 1744 or 5–1818
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 46 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

245. The castles and abbeys of England, from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authors. By William Beattie ... Illustrated by upwards of two hundred engravings.

Creator:: Beattie, William, 1793–1875
Date:: [between 1852 and 1856]
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts. (incl. port.) ill., plates. 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

246. Moments of fancy and whim / by Henry Alken.

Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 14 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 29 x 44 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

247. A practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the late Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [4], vi, [34] p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

248. Old sports and sportsmen; or, The Willey country. With sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody ...

Creator:: Randall, John
Date:: 1873
Physical Description:: xviii, 204 p. front. (port.) illus., plates. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

249. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table : a drama, in two acts, adapted to the scenes and characters.

Date:: [between 1866 and 1880]
Physical Description:: 24 pages : 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

250. Service and anthems to be used upon Thursday the 18th day of November 1852 : being the day appointed for the public funeral of His Grace Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G. in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, by authority of the Dean of St. Paul's.

Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: 18 pages : coat of arms ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.

251. The serpent's presence / by Eurof Walters ; with eight wood-engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: Walters, Eurof
Date:: 1954
Physical Description:: 105, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

252. Sketches, graphic and descriptive, &c. for a history of the decorative painting : applied to English architecture during the middle ages / by E.L. Blackburne, F.S.A., architect ...

Creator:: Blackburne, Edward Lushington
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: iv, 88, [2] pages, [23] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

253. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

Creator:: Williams, D. E
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

254. A catalogue of a collection of fine proofs, and early impressions of Sir R. Strange's works : the property of the late Sir Robert Strange : consisting of proofs, of Charles I, in his robes : Charles, with the Marquess of Hamilton and Henrietta Maria : Death of Dido : Venus and Adonis : fine early impressions of all the plates, and two complete sets of the works : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, April 27, 1836, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

255. [Prospectus for Somerset Struben de Chair's The silver crescent]

Creator:: Golden Cockerel Press
Date:: [1943]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

256. Catalogue of a remarkably choice collection of old Sèvres porcelain, the property of a well-known collector ... : also a small collection of Dresden and other porcelain and ornamental objects and a choice collection of old English porcelain, the property of a lady / which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... March 19, 1874.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: 1874
Physical Description:: 16 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

257. For good & cheap and effective printing go to J.E. Branch, 168, Victoria Park Road Broadway, South Hackney, N.E.

Creator:: J. E. Branch (Firm)
Date:: [1891?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

258. A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Lady Sidney Sherrard, lately deceased; (being part of the collection of the Right Hon. Jocelyn Earl of Leicester, late of Penshurst in the County of Kent, deceased) : consisting of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Guido, Tintoret, C. Lorraine, Sal. Rosa, Vandyck, D. Teniers, Elsheimer, Sir P. Lely : also of a sixteen month repeating clock, by Tompion, of most exquisite workmanship, in an ebony case, elegantly enriched with silver and other ornaments : which (by order of the Hon. Lady Yonge) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 10th of this instant May 1764 : the same may be viewed on Tuesday the 8th Instant, and till the time of sale, which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Date:: [1764]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

259. A catalogue of the curious museum of a Gentleman, deceased : consisting of a collection of cabinet pictures, drawings, fine prints, framed and glazed, bronzes, marbles, carvings in ivory, roman earthen ware, curious and valuable shells, minerals, fossils, and petrifactions, fine dresden, oriental, and old Chelsea ornamental procelane, some pieces of engraved crystal, a few volumes of very rare scarce books, two library book cases, a paair of elegnat inlaid commodes, curious old Japan cabinets, a capital piece of grotto work, and other valuable miscellaneous articles : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at this Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Wednesday, May 11th."

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1791]
Physical Description:: [13]-[14], 15-19, [1] pages ; 22 x 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

260. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

261. Strickland's lithographic drawing of the ancient painted ceiling in the nave of Peterborough Cathedral. Together with descriptive letterpress.

Creator:: Strickland, William, 1787–1854
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 12 p. fold. col. plate. 43 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

262. Select specimens of Gothic architecture, comprising the ancient and most approved examples in England, from the earliest to the latest date ... including plans, sections, elevations, and details, with an historical and descriptive account of each building and its parts so illustrated. By William Caveler ...

Creator:: Caveler, William
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 3 p.., [iii]-ix, [xiii]-xiv, [183] p. 73 plates (6 fold., 1 col.) 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

263. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

Creator:: Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [6], 20, [4], 21, [1] p., XL leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 59 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

264. Lawson Wood sketchbook, 1890-1893.

Creator:: Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Date:: 1890-1893
Physical Description:: 1 v. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

265. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

266. A catalogue of the genuine and valuable library of books of the Rt Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, deceased : brought from His Lordship's late residence, Coombe Wood, Surrey : comprising an excellent assemblage of history, English antiquities, Law, Divinity, General Science, Voyages and Travels, French and Italian Literature, Greek and Latin Classics, Lexicons, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 19th of November, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 36 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

267. A catalogue of a superb assemblage of ornamental Parisian furniture and porcelain : a few drawings and miniatures, and three cabinets of conchology : of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, no. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, April the 5th, 1827, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 22 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

268. Bernard Delfont & Tom Arnold present Harry Secombe in Pickwick : a new musical.

Creator:: Saville Theatre (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1963?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

269. Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester : manuscript.

Creator:: Chetham's Hospital (Manchester, England)
Date:: 1797? December 4
Physical Description:: 1 item ; 25 x 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

270. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

Creator:: Edwards, Edward, 1812–1886
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, [2], [11]-376 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

271. The children of Thespis : a poem.

Creator:: Pasquin, Anthony, 1761–1818
Date:: 1786-1788
Physical Description:: 3 pts. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

272. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1829.]

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 22 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

273. Grove-Hill : a descriptive poem, with An ode to Mithra / by the author of Indian antiquities ; the engravings on wood by J. Anderson, from drawings by G. Samuel.

Creator:: Maurice, Thomas, 1754–1824
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [6], 76 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

274. A catalogue of a valuable and extensive collection of ancient and modern prints, the property of a nobleman of high rank : consisting of the Dutch and Flemish schools which contain a valuable and interesting series of painters' etchings, including the best works of Berghem, Karl Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Ostade, Waterlook, Swaneveldt, &c, proofs and fine impressions of the principal productions of Visscher and Suyderhoef, a large assemblage of the works of Rubens and Van Dyck ... foreign portraits particularly French ... engravings by Raffaelle Morghen ... some fine productions of the modern Italian & French schools by Anderloni, Volpato, Desnoyers, Müller &c. which together with the portfolios which contained this collection will be sold by auction / by Mr. Phillips.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 81 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

275. The Chester play of the deluge / edited by J. Isaacs ; with engravings on wood by David Jones.

Date:: 1927
Physical Description:: iv, 16, [2] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

276. A catalogue of the small but valuable collection of pictures of the late John Ewer, Esq. of Bedford Square : collected by him during the last thirty years : and which will be sold, by order of the executors, without reserve, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 12th, 1832, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Messrs. Christie & Manson's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

277. Catalogue of a very important and beautiful collection of Italian & Dutch pictures of the highest quality, formed with great liberality and taste from the most renowned collections : including The Holy Family by Fra. Bartolomeo, from the Earl of Coventry's Collection : Archimedes by Mola, and a Marine View at Sun-Set, Pynacker, both from the Orleans Gallery : a View in Venice by Guiardi, from Mr. Beckford's Collection : The Choice of Hercules by Albano, from Count Surveiller's : The Dentist by D. Teniers, engraved in the Le Brun Gallery : no. 562 in Smith's Catalogue : A Virgin and Child by Carlo Dolci, and two fine Canaletti's, all from Sir Thomas Baring's Collection : a Landscape and Figures by Adrian Vandevelde, no. 41 in Smith's Catalogue : Sacking a Village, by Philip Wouvermans, from the Verstolk Gallery : A Calm by William Vandevelde, no. 183, in Smith's Catalogue Raissonne : and many other exquisite works and examples of Murillo, Schidone, Tintoretto, Schiavone, Ruysdael, Vanderneer, De Coning, Linglebach, G. Poussin, K. Du Jardin, R. Ruisch, Wynants, Platza, Zuccharelli, R. Wilson : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster & Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 23d of June, 1852, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

278. The hansom cab and the pigeons : being random reflections upon the silver jubilee of King George V / by L.A.G. Strong.

Creator:: Strong, L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896–1958
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: 42, [4] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

279. A collection of architectural designs for mansions, casinos, villas, lodges, and cottages : from original drawings / by James Randall, architect : elegantly engraved in aqua-tinta, on thirty-four plates, with explanations.

Creator:: Randall, James, 1778–1820
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: [2], vi, [26] pages, 34 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

280. A catalogue of the capital, genuine, and valuable collection of pictures, late the property of that eminently distinguished artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, Late President of the Royal Academy, decd : comprising the undoubted works of the greatest masters of the Roman, Florentine, Bolognese, Venetian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools, in the most perfect state of preservation : the whole of which will be sold by auction (by order of the executors) by Mr. Christie, on Wednesday 11th, and Thursday 12th of March, 1795, at his Rooms (late the Royal Academy) Pall Mall : and on Friday 13th, and Saturday 14 of March, 1795, at his Great Room (next Cumberland House) Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 28 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

281. Designs for villas and other rural buildings / by Edmund Aikin, architect ; engraved on thirty-one plates, with plans and explanations ; together with an introductory essay, containing remarks on the prevailing defects of modern architecture and on investigation of the style best adapted for the dwellings of the present times.

Creator:: Aikin, Edmund, 1780–1820
Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 23, [1] p., 31 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

282. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery, Pall-Mall, 1834.

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1834
Physical Description:: 19, [1] p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

283. Goodwood : its house park and grounds, with a catalogue raisonné of the pictures in the gallery of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. : to which are added an account of the antient encampment, tumuli, and British village of the adjacent downs : and a deailed record of Goodwood races from their first establishment : with six illustrations / by William Hayley Mason, librarian of Goodwood.

Creator:: Mason, William Hayley, -1864
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 215, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

284. 25 landscapes / Norman Ackroyd.

Creator:: Ackroyd, Norman, 1938–
Date:: 2005
Physical Description:: [25] postcards : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 acetate case.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jason Bacon, Yale BA 1956.

285. Annals of the Billesdon hunt (Mr. Fernie's) 1856-1913. Notable runs and incidents of the chase, prominent members, celebrated hunters and hounds, amusing stories and anecdotes.

Creator:: Costobadie, F. Palliser de
Date:: 1914
Physical Description:: 202 p. ports., illus.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

286. Illustrated sporting books; a descriptive survey of a collection of English illustrated works of a sporting and racy character, with an appendix of prints relating to sports of the field. London, L.U. Gill, 1899.

Creator:: Slater, J. Herbert (John Herbert), 1854–1921
Date:: 1969
Physical Description:: viii, 203 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

287. A catalogue of the much distinguished and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : fine bronzes, sepulchral urns, bustos, vases in antique marble, Porphry, &c. &c. of the late John Blackwood, Esq. deceased : whose knowledge and peculiar taste in the polite arts require no comment : in this collection ae the undoubted works of the following much admired Great Masters, viz Guido, Dominichino, Parmegiano, L. Giordano, P. D. Cortona, M. Angelo, Spagnioletto, F. Mola, Albano, A. Sacchi, S. & M. Ricci, Calabrese, Orbeto, Sal. rosa, Bartholomeo, Borgognione, P. Laura, Valasquez, Bourdon, Du Jardin, N. & G. Poussin, Ochiali, Elsheimer, Swaneveldt, Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, Gonzales, J.-Stien, J. Van Eck, Ursula, P. Brill, B. Luti, V.D. Velde, Cuyp, Snyders, Fyte, De Vos, Hondikooter, Kamboutts, F. Hals, Moucheron, Hommima &c. &c. : particularly, a most capital landscape by S. Rosa : the Tribute-Money by Rembrandt, his own portrait by Ditto : the Aurora and the Evening by Rubens, both engraved : a portrait, Vandyke : St. Peter repenting, L. Giordano : a capital landscape, Cuyp : the Reposo, Rubens : several capital hunting pieces by Snyders, &c. &c. &c. : Which by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie & Ansell, at their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 20, 1778 and the following day : to be publicly viewed on Wednesday the 18th, and to the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had as above.

Creator:: Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Date:: [1778]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

288. Catalogue of the genuine works & effects of that eminent artist, the late Thomas Heaphy, Esq. : comprising an extensive variety of highly interesting subjects in water colours & in oil : finished and unfinished drawings : numerous and exquisitely finished pencil and chalk studies of heads and characters from life : including a most important series of nearly one hundred and thirty of the heroes of Waterloo, highly finished portraits of the Duke of Wellington, and the principal officers engaged in the Peninsular War ... : amongst Mr. Heaphy's finished original works, ..., may be noticed The Fisherman's Frolic -- Relieving the Blind Beggar -- The Cheat Detected -- The Spell or Magic Pea -- The Village Doctress -- The Proposal, and Offer Accepted -- The Game of Put -- Going to, and Returning from the Fair -- The Italian Brigands -- and the splendid picture of the Duke of Wellington ... : also about six hundred choice impressions on India Paper, also the key plate and impressions : the whole of which, with a valuable lay figure, large porphyry slab and muller, prints, books of prints, portfolios, and other effects, will be sold by auction (by order of the executrix) by Mess. E. Foster and Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 4th day of May 1836, and following day, at one o'clock precisely each day.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 15, [1], [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

289. Hungarian peasants : Hungarian Exhibition, Earls Court.

Date:: [1908]
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : photomechanical print ; 9 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

290. Catalogue of the very celebrated collection of pictures, the works of the most distinguished modern English painters : formed by George Knott, Esq., Deceased, and removed from Bohun Lodge, East Burnet : also, some drawings, in water-colours : and a few pictures by Old Masters : which (by order of the Executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, April the 26th, 1845, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

291. Catalogue of the first portion of the highly important collection of modern pictures, chiefly of the early English school, formed by that well-known amateur, Wynn Ellis, Esq., deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 6, 1876, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1876]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

292. Catalogue of old sevres and chelsea porcelain and other decorative objects, including a rose-du-barri vaisseau a mat, and a pair of jardinieres, the property of a nobleman : a fine ros-bleu vase, painted with a camp-scene by Morin, and other choice specimens from the cabinet of a celebrated collector, a pair of turquoise sevres vases, painted with Chinese figures , a set of three magnificent vases of Old Chelsea, Louis XVI. furniture, a fine marble statue by Ronna : carvings in rock-crystal, jade, lapis lazuli, and carnelian : and a few specimens of Chinese porcelain, the property of A. B. Mitford, Esq. : &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, June 12, 1874, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: 12 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

293. The plan and new descriptive catalogue of the European Museum, King Street, St. James Square : instituted for the promotion of the fine arts and the encouragement of British artists.

Creator:: European Museum
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: viii, 9-57, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

294. A description, accompanied by sixteen coloured plates, of the splendid decorations recently made to the Church of St. Neot, in Cornwall : at the sole expense of the Reverend Richard Gerveys Grylls / by J.P. Hedgeland ; to which are prefixed, some collections and translations respecting St. Neot, and the former state of his church, by Davies Gilbert, M.A., P.R.S., F.A.S.

Creator:: Hedgeland, John Pike, 1791–1873
Date:: MDCCCXXX [1830]
Physical Description:: [4], 67, [1] p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

295. The artist's repository and drawing magazine, exhibiting the principles of the polite arts in their various branches.

Date:: MDCCLXXXIV [1784]-MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:: 5 v., plates (some fold.) : tables ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

296. London Design Festival : celebrating 10 years of design, 14-23 September 2012.

Creator:: London Design Festival
Date:: 2012
Physical Description:: 224 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

297. The spas of England, and principal sea-bathing places / By A. B. Granville. ...

Creator:: Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783–1872
Date:: 1841
Physical Description:: 3 v., leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

298. A catalogue of the genuine and capital collection of pictures, by the most celebrated masters, of that late great and learned physician, Doctor Richard Mead, deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 20th, 21st, and 22d of this instant March 1754 : the said collection will be exhibited to publick view from Monday the 18th instant, till the time of sale, which will begin punctually each day at twelve-o'clock : catalogues of which may be had gratis, at Mr. Langford's in the Great Piazza aforesaid : conditions of sale as usual.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: [1754]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

299. Subjects after nature / by Newton Fielding ; in three parts, four plates each.

Creator:: Fielding, Newton Limbird Smith, 1799–1856
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 3 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 28 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

300. Johnson's dictionary, edited by the Reverend H.J. Todd.

Creator:: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date:: August 1, 1814
Physical Description:: iv pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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205. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

206. A catalogue of the library of a well known collector, containing many rare and curious articles particularly in early French and Italian literature ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 26, Pall-Mall, on Thursday next, April 23, and four following days.

207. A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution / by Anders Sparrman ; introduction & notes by Owen Rutter ; wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.

208. Account book.

209. Together and alone : two short novels / by Christopher Whitfield ; with engravings by John O'Connor.

212. An exhibition of 19th & 20th century European prints and modern British prints : 18 June-30 July 1986.

213. British Isles.

214. An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches : Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council.

215. Novel designs for cottages and schools / with observations thereon by John Hall, Secretary to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes.

216. A select collection of views in the county of Devon : including some antiquities / by Frances Keenan.

221. A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter ...

222. Hop-o' my-thumb and the seven league boots / edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank.

223. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

224. Coaching days and coaching ways / by W. Outram Tristram ; with 214 illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton.

225. God bless the Prince of Wales [music] : (the new national song) / composed & arranged for the piano-forte ; by Brinley Richards.

226. Album of drawings.

227. Annual report / the Royal Veterinary College.

229. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

231. The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...

232. This day are published, parts first and second, of Architectura ecclesiastica Londini, or the Ecclesiastical architecture of London.

234. Paradise lost : a poem / by John Milton ; the text of the first edition prepared for press by J. Isaacs.

235. Nature displayed in 12 prints of humorous & satirical subjects, with a variety of whimsical characers [graphic] / by R. Dighton.

238. Catalogue of the works of British artists : placed in the gallery of the British Institution, Pall-Mall, for exhibition and sale.

239. Huntsmen of our time.

240. Lady from yesterday / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Lettice Sandford.

243. Down the river / by H.E. Bates ; with 83 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker.

244. The trial of Vice-Admiral Sir Rob. Calder : on board His Majesty's ship The Prince of Wales, in Portsmouth Harbour, on Monday, December 22, 1805.

245. The castles and abbeys of England, from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authors. By William Beattie ... Illustrated by upwards of two hundred engravings.

246. Moments of fancy and whim / by Henry Alken.

248. Old sports and sportsmen; or, The Willey country. With sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody ...

249. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table : a drama, in two acts, adapted to the scenes and characters.

250. Service and anthems to be used upon Thursday the 18th day of November 1852 : being the day appointed for the public funeral of His Grace Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G. in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, by authority of the Dean of St. Paul's.

251. The serpent's presence / by Eurof Walters ; with eight wood-engravings by Clifford Webb.

252. Sketches, graphic and descriptive, &c. for a history of the decorative painting : applied to English architecture during the middle ages / by E.L. Blackburne, F.S.A., architect ...

253. The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt. : President of the Royal Academy, LL.D. F.R.S. Knight of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c. &c. / by D.E. Williams, Esq. ; in two volumes.

255. [Prospectus for Somerset Struben de Chair's The silver crescent]

257. For good & cheap and effective printing go to J.E. Branch, 168, Victoria Park Road Broadway, South Hackney, N.E.

261. Strickland's lithographic drawing of the ancient painted ceiling in the nave of Peterborough Cathedral. Together with descriptive letterpress.

263. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

264. Lawson Wood sketchbook, 1890-1893.

265. Catalogue of a portion of the gallery of His Royal HIghness the Duke of Lucca : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 25th, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

268. Bernard Delfont & Tom Arnold present Harry Secombe in Pickwick : a new musical.

269. Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester : manuscript.

270. The administrative economy of the fine arts in England. By Edward Edwards ...

271. The children of Thespis : a poem.

272. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and English masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1829.]

273. Grove-Hill : a descriptive poem, with An ode to Mithra / by the author of Indian antiquities ; the engravings on wood by J. Anderson, from drawings by G. Samuel.

275. The Chester play of the deluge / edited by J. Isaacs ; with engravings on wood by David Jones.

278. The hansom cab and the pigeons : being random reflections upon the silver jubilee of King George V / by L.A.G. Strong.

279. A collection of architectural designs for mansions, casinos, villas, lodges, and cottages : from original drawings / by James Randall, architect : elegantly engraved in aqua-tinta, on thirty-four plates, with explanations.

282. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery, Pall-Mall, 1834.

284. 25 landscapes / Norman Ackroyd.

285. Annals of the Billesdon hunt (Mr. Fernie's) 1856-1913. Notable runs and incidents of the chase, prominent members, celebrated hunters and hounds, amusing stories and anecdotes.

286. Illustrated sporting books; a descriptive survey of a collection of English illustrated works of a sporting and racy character, with an appendix of prints relating to sports of the field. London, L.U. Gill, 1899.

289. Hungarian peasants : Hungarian Exhibition, Earls Court.

293. The plan and new descriptive catalogue of the European Museum, King Street, St. James Square : instituted for the promotion of the fine arts and the encouragement of British artists.

295. The artist's repository and drawing magazine, exhibiting the principles of the polite arts in their various branches.

296. London Design Festival : celebrating 10 years of design, 14-23 September 2012.

297. The spas of England, and principal sea-bathing places / By A. B. Granville. ...

299. Subjects after nature / by Newton Fielding ; in three parts, four plates each.

300. Johnson's dictionary, edited by the Reverend H.J. Todd.