Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: London

401. The Amazons : a novel / by Ivor Bannet ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: Bannet, Ivor
Date:: 1948
Physical Description:: 252, [2] pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

402. A catalogue of the well known valuable and truly capital collection of pictures, forming an assemblage of the great and most admired masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools : particularly Raphael, Titian, Giorgione, Carravagio, Spagniolet, Sal. Rosa, Han. Carrache, Dominichino, Murillo, And. Sacchi, Carlo Dolci, Albano, Nic. Poussin, Claude, Le Suere, Le Nain, Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, Chef V.D. Werff, Cuyp, Jan Steen, &c. : also, a most capital Madona, with the Bambino, Raphael : the chess-players, by Titian ; Venus and Adonis, a chef d'œuvre, N. Poussin : a sea port, Claude : the interment of a cardinal, by Van Eyke, a picture of great antiquity : Jason with the dragon, by Sal. Rosa, a most extraordinary and capital performance : a selection of original portraits of the most celebrated artists and authors ; miniatures, bronzes of the first class, &c. &c. formed by the late Earl of Besborough, deceased, not less distinguished for his exquisite taste, than for his liberality in collecting : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday, February 5, 1801, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

403. A catalogue of the valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of, and collected many years back by the late Tho: Patton, Esq. and brought from his seat at Newmarket : comprising the works of the following great and celebrated Masters : the whole of them in their original state, viz. : Pordenone, Bassano, Caracci, Guido, Caravaggio, Lanfanco, G. della Notte, R. di Tivoli, L. Giordano, Murillo, Mengs, Vouet, Vernet, Q. Matsys, Holbein, Rubens, Snyders, Fyt, Rembandt, Du Jardin, Angelis, Zuccarelli, Canaletti, Pannini : among which are the Assumption of the Virgin Vouet, formerly in the Chapel of Marie de Medicis : the Rape of the Sabines, R. Mengs : and a curious original portrait of Henry VIII. by Holbein : also, a recent consignment of a few original pictures, by Murillo, Spagnoletto, Paveja, &c. : lately the property of a great Counsellor of State at Madrid, and brought to this country at considerable expence : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March , 1810, and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

404. The splendid procession of Queen Victoria to her coronation, on the 28th of June, 1838 [graphic] : displaying every portion of the Royal Cortege, on the memorable occasion, as well as the whole line of streets, with their numerous decorations, from the Duke of York's Pillar to Her Majesty's entrance at Westminster Abbey.

Date:: [1838]
Physical Description:: 1 print on 5 joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 9 x 326 cm, accordion folded to 9 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

405. A catalogue of a most capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the property of the late Thomas Hankey, Esq. dec. (in pursuance of the directions of his will) collected during the course of a number of years, by John Bernard, Esq., universally esteemed for his correct knowledge of the fine arts and superior taste in the line of the virtù : selected from the finest collections, both foreign and domestic, at a most liberal expence, and consisting of the undoubted works of the following great and esteemed masters : L. da Vinci, P. Veronese, J. Bassan, Proccasino, Corregio, Maturino, Parmegiano, H. Carracci, F. Laura, Sal. Rosa, Claude, C. Marratt, Poussin, Bourdon, Borgonione, Zuccarelli, Canaletti, Van Dyck, Teniers, Berghem, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Van de Velde, Jan Steen, &c. / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on the premises, the north side of Bedford Square, on Friday, June 7, 1799, and following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed four days preceding the sale, by tickets, to be had only in Pall Mall : and to prevent improper persons from intruding, no one will be admitted without a ticket : catalogues may be ad at two shillings and sixpence, (to be returned to purchasers), on the premises, and in Pall Mall..

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

406. A catalogue of the truly capital, valuable, & well-chosen collection of Italian, French, Flemish, & Dutch pictures : the real property of a man of fashion, distinguished for his superior taste, and purchased at a very liberal expence, during his residence abroad : comprising the undoubted works of the following great and admired masters in the highest state of preservation : Raphael, Corregio, D. da Volterra, Primaticcio, Tintoretto, Carracci, Guido, Guercino, C. Cignani, L. Giordano, N. Poussin, P. Panini, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, P. Neess, Berghem, Wouvermans, A. Cupy, A. de Velde, Ruysdael, Osade, Backbuysen, V. Goyen : which will be sold by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 6, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed, and catalogues had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

407. A catalogue of the valuable collection of copper-plates with impressions : late the property of Mr. Robert Grave, deceased : principally consisting of English portraits, among which are several very scarce, many after Sir Joshua : portraits of comedians : the Cambridge Founders by Faber, retouched by Parker : plates to plot's Staffordshire, and various others : by Bartolozzi, Dickinson, James and Thomas Watson, John Smith, Valentine Green, Fisher, Vertue, Blcoteling, Gaywood, Worlidge, R. White, etc. : together with sundry duplicate impressions, without plates : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, corner of Villiers' Street, Strand, on Monday, July 1st, 1805, at five o'clock : to be viewed at Saturday, the 29th of June, and morning of sale.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 19, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

408. A catalogue of a small but valuable collection of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : chiefly the property of a Gentleman of Fine Taste, lately retired from his residence in London : they comprise St. Christopher, a Carton, by the early master Cimabue : an elegant composition by Titian : a ditto, by P. Veronese : a Pieta by Guido, in his very fine manner : a poetical subject, by S. Rosa : a whole length portrait, and two other fine gallery specimens by Van Dyck : the original landscape, with fighting bulls, by R. di Tivoli, engraved in Boydell's Gallery : a grand landscape, by Rembrandt, with the figures by Teniers, from the Radstock Collection : a beautiful interior by Terberg, and others by Schiavone, Pordenone, Novellara, Carracci, Domenichino, Guercino, Albano, Mola, S. Rosa, Velasquez. G. Poussin, Rubens, Roterhaemer, Van Harp, Teniers, De Nain, Ruysdael, Stoop : also, a few cabinet pictures of the late Hon. Lord Gwydir, which were omitted in the recent sale of the collection from Grimsthorpe Castle : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the16th, 1829, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

409. John Page, haberdasher, hosier, laceman, and gloves : 28 Bishopsgate without.

Date:: [approximately 1810?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustration ; 6 x 5 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

410. A catalogue of a very valuable and highly interesting collection of chiefly Italian pictures, the property of a collector : by whom they have been chosen out of different importations from the Continent, and are in a genuine state : among them are grand productions of the great Masters in the schools of Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice : including specimens of G. Romano, Garofalo, Schidone, Salviati, C. Maratti, A. Carracci, L. Carracci, Domenichino, Guido, A. Sacchi, C. Cignani, Genari, A. Dolce, Titian, C. Cagliari, Bassano, Pordenone, S. Rosa, Tiepolo, Lanfranco, Mutiano, Murillo, Cerigo, Van Dyck, Lievens, Victoor, Teniers, V. Loo : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 9, 1835, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1835
Physical Description:: 6, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

411. A catalogue of a highly interesting collection of pictures, of the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish schools : particulary two grand landscapes by Wilson and Claude : the entire and sole property of an amateur : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 26th day of May, 1832, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

412. Marlborough, Pewtress & Co., : lithographic & letterpress printers : 52, Old Bailey, London, E.C.

Creator:: Gregory, W. G.
Date:: [1890?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : color illustrations ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

413. A catalogue of a genuine, capital and valuable collection of pictures, the property of a Nobleman : selected with great judgment, and removed from his house in Grosvenor Square : the collection comprises many chef d'oeuvres of the most great and admired masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools : more particularly the following viz : Titian, Corregio, P. Veronese, C. Marratti, Velasquez, Dominichino, L. Carracci, Caravaggio, M. Angelo, Vandyke, Rubens, Barroccio, L. Jordaens, D. Fetti, Rembrandt, Poussin, Wouvermans, Ruysdael, Claude, Vernet, P. Potter, Cuyp, C. Du Jardin, Backhusen, &c. : the greatest part in fine preservation, and will merit the attention of the cognoscenti : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Rom in Pall Mall, on Friday, May 16th, 1794, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

414. Imperial Hotel, Russell Square, London.

Date:: [approximately 1910]
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : tinted ; 10 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

415. A catalogue of the superb furniture, designed and executed in the first style of elegance and fashion, by one of the principal manufacturers in London : noble pier & chimney glasses : splendid cut glass lustres & chandeliers ... grand and cabinet pianofortes ... church organ, by Green : and a barrel chamber organ ... range of mahognay library wing bookcases ... candelabras, girandoles, etc. : ... service of silver and gilt plate, near nine thousand ounces : cellars of fine old wines, about 250 dozen : ... damask linen : ... china and rich cut glass, of all descriptions : valuable library of books ... : curious and unique manuscripts on vellum ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Robins, of Warwick House, Regent Street, at the magnificent mansion, Attingham Hall, near Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 30th of July, 1827, and fifteen following days ... : by order of the Right Honourable Lord Berwick.

Creator:: Robins, George Henry, 1777–1847
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 203, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

416. Catalogue of the furniture, paintings, china and other effects of the Late Rev. Geo. Aug. Fred. Hart, M.A. Vicar of Arundel : comprising valuable pictures ... by T.S. Cooper, Hondekoeter, Raden Salek, Valenciennes, Dietrich, Buteux, G. Chambers, Zeiter, De Roy, President Wappers, Verboeckhoven, W. Carpenter, &c. : Oriental, Chelsea, Dresden, Sevres, Worcester & other china ... : the capital household furniture, including loo, sofa, dining, library and dressing tables ... : engravings and bronzes : the library of books, and other miscellaneous effects : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1873, and following day, at twelve o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

417. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of drawing, by the most celebrated modern Masters : including the works of Girton, Gainsborough, Pocock, Anderson, La Porte, Dayes, Rooker, Cozens, Oben, &c. : likewise, thirty-six most beautiful, exquisitely-finished copies, in water colors, from paintings in Herculaneum, a unique set, lately bought from the Continent : also, a complete set of the large Shakspeare proof prints, framed and glazed, which composed the 57th prize in the Shakspeare Lottery : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

418. A catalogue of a capital and most precious assemblage of superlatively fine Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, consigned within a few weeks past from the Continent : in the view of this collection the connoisseurs will enjoy an exquisite treat, and the admirers of Rembrandt especially will have an opportunity of witnessing the finest picture, without exception, ever painted by that master, the Woman taken in adultery, executed by Rembrandt, for his patron and friend, the Burgomaster Six : it is a chef d'œuvre, for which language cannot furnish adequate description or praise, replete with sublimity and awful magic effect : besides this, are a Holy Family by Corregio, from the Modena Gallery : a sea port, near Genoa, by Claude, a warm, clear and delicately-finished picture, one of his very finest : a companion landscape, and two others, by ditto : two capital portraits, an historical, and a marine subject, by Rembrandt ; the Angels confounding the men of Gomorrah, N. Poussin, and others by L. da Vinci, Titian, Domenichino, P. da Cortona, Romanelli, G. Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Neefs, G. Dow, A. Ostade, Du Jardin, Potter, V. de Velde, Dusart, Bega, Terburg, Mieris, Backhuysen, Lenain, Lingelback : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 13th, 1807, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1807]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

419. A catalogue of all the remaining property hitherto unoffered for sale, belonging to that very ingenious and celebrated artist, Guy Head, Esq. Deceased : consisting of a variety of original works and admirable copies from the Old Masters by his own hand : particularly of the celebrated Danæ by Titian, in the Capo Di Monte Gallery ... and other works : two small landscapes by Wilson : an extensive collection of original drawings, by Head, Ducrous, Kniep, Keiserman, and other Masters : which embrace the most beautiful scenery in and about Rome, Tivoli, and the environs, Naples, Sicily, and the Mediterranean : valuable prints ... : a set of twenty-four interior views of the Museo Clementino by Feoli : engravings by Cardon, Dunego, Morghen, &c. : capital books of prints including Albinus's Anatomical Tables, 1 vol. : Anatomia del disegno, 1 vol. : Le 'Antichita romane D'Albano, del Campo Marzio, &c. D'Piranesi, 4 vols : Il Museu Pio Clementino, 3 vols. : Les Ruines des Monuments de la Grece, 2 vols : Hamilton's Vases by Tischbein, 3 vols. : di Museo Capitolino, 3 vols : Mosaize Hisoire der Hebreeuwse Kerke, 4 vols. : Galleria Farnese di Annibale Caracci, 1 vol. : ... copy of Raphael's Bible : 1 Costumi Antichi Egiziani, &c. 1 vol. ... Costumes les Theatres Anciennes que Modernes, 2 vols. ... : and other scarce and valuable works : cork models of the Coloseum & Temples of Vesta & Minerva Medico : casts of medals and gems : a pair of black Etruscan vases : and a Patera : bronze heads : upwards of ninety lots of ultramarine : near twenty lots of Chinese Vermillion and other colours : drawing paper, drawing boards, port folios, and various other articles : which will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, at the auction mart, near the Bank of England, on Wednesday, the 11th of April, 1810, and two following days, at one o'clock, precisely, (by order of the administratrix.)

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 22 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

420. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of water-colour drawings and modern pictures, including a portion of the collection of drawings of the right hon. Lord Justice Giffard, deceased : and the collection of pictures of John Dowie, Esq., deceased, late of Aberystwith : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 17, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

421. The royal juvenile drawing book.

Date:: [ca. 1840?]
Physical Description:: pt. : all ill. ; 11 x 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

422. T. Younghusband, Gerards Hall, Basing Lane, Cheapside.

Creator:: Gerards Hall Hotel (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1835]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 70 x 90 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

423. A catalogue of a most beautiful collection of the works of Raphael Morghen : selected by that distinguished artist for his own private cabinet, including the whole of his most celebrated works in the choicest proof state : also, very fine impressions with letters, etchings, &c. : amongst them will be found the Transfiguration, the Aurora, Magdalen after Murilla, Madonna della Seggiola, Portrait of the Marquis de Moncada, the Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci in four different states : the whole collection is in the most perfect preservation : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June 4, 1828.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: [2], 7, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

424. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

Creator:: Guy, Thomas, 1645?-1725
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 55, [1], 43, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

425. Illustrations of the architectural ornaments and embellishments, and painted glass, of the Temple Church, London : from drawings specially made, by permission / by W.R.H. Essex ; with an account of the recent restoration of the church by Sydney Smirke, Architect, F.S.A F.G.S. etc. etc. etc.

Creator:: Essex, Richard Hamilton, 1802–1855
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 15, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

426. The mask of Comus : the poem, originally called 'A mask presented at Ludlow castle, 1634, &c.' / edited by E.H. Visiak ; the airs of the five songs reprinted from the composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss ; with a foreword by the Earl of Ellesmere ; ornamented by M.R.H. Farrar.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxiv, 44, [2] pages : color illustrations, music ; 40 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

427. A catalogue of a valuable and capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, chiefly of the Cabinet class : formed with great judgment and taste, by the Rev. Philip Duval, D. D., lately deceased, brought from his house in Newman Street : this beautiful selection comprises the finest specimens of the following Masters, viz. : Titian, Tintoretto, P. Veronese, A. del Sarto, Baroceio, Guido, Sasso, Ferrato, Scarsellina, S. Di Pesaro, D'Arpino, Carpioni, Conca, F. Lauri, Mola, S. Rosa, Murillo, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, V. Uden, Neefs, V. der Meulen, Cuyp, Berchem, Ruysdael, Waterloo, Elsheimer, V. der Heyde, V. der Werff, V. Toll, Terberg, Netscher, De Witt, Breughel, Stork, Swaneveldt, Ferg, Vernet, Marieski, Canaletti, Zuccarelli, Guardi, Marlow, Ward : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 14th, 1808.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

428. A catalogue of the very valuable collection of important pictures : the undoubted works of Berchem, Wouvermans, Van De Velde, Backhuysey, Poussin, Seb. Bourdon, Guercino, Murillo, Bamboccio, &c. &c. : several uncommonly fine bronzes : two extremely valuable antique busts, on marble columns : four large and beautiful granite tables : ornamental vases, urns, and tripods, in rosso-antico porphyry and jasper : a curious assemblage of ancient armour and fire-arms : two matchless tables, and a capital pedestal, composes of tortoiseshell & bass-work : the celebrated carpet, sent as a present from Louis the XVIth, to Tipoo Saib : and various other articles of taste and vertu : lately forming the collection of Sir William Hillary, Bart. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Friday, the 2th, and Saturday, the 25th of June, 1808, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

429. A catalogue of the capital and very valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch cabinet pictures : as also, some bronzes and models : the property of Sir Philip Stephens, Bart, Dec. : many years ago formed by him with judgement and very refined taste, at the most liberal expence : the choice and very fine collection comprises, two noble landscapes with figures, a morning and evening scene, by Albert Cuyp : the Battle of Maxentius ... : and Constantine planning the City of Constantinople .... sketch by Rubens ... Gazette by Teniers : Portrait of the Burgomaster Six and the Piping Boy by Rembrandt : from the Orleans Collections , A Sea Fight by V. De Velde : the Solitude and several ... landscapes by Gaspar : and others by Garofalo, Bellini, Bonifaccio, Bassano, Parmegiano, Caracci, S. Rosa, Murillo, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Hals, Rembandt, Guyp, Berchem, V. De Velde, Mieris, Zorg, Brauwer, Berkhyde, V, Der Neer, Poelemberg, Sachtleven, V. Vitelli, Zuccaelli, Taverner, Loutherbourg, Barrbit, Webber, &c. &c. &c. : which (by order of the Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Ranelagh,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie on the premises, No, 2, Great Cumberland Crescent, Oxford Street, on Thursday, May 17, 1810, precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

430. East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex : Grave number [28368] : name [Thomas Line]

Date:: [1935]
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 6 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

431. Owen, engraver : 40, Goswell Street, opposite Wilderness Row.

Creator:: Owen, active 1838–1851
Date:: [approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 6 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

432. A Catalogue of a small and very select collection of pictures : the genuine property of the executors of a gentleman, Decd. and of John Annis, Esq.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

433. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1875 / by John Ruskin.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1875
Physical Description:: 59 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

434. Genesis : twelve woodcuts / by Paul Nash ; with the first chapter of Genesis in the authorized version.

Date:: 1924
Physical Description:: [28] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

435. Ladies mistakes : Cupid's changeling : A stitch in time : Love's progress / by James Laver ; with nine illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky.

Creator:: Laver, James, 1899–1975
Date:: 1933
Physical Description:: [4], 106, [3] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

436. The penman's repository : containing twenty correct alphabets, ... a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs / by William Milns ...

Creator:: Milns, William, 1761–1801
Date:: [1787]
Physical Description:: 32 leaves ; 31 x 46 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

437. S. Stockwell underground map [cartographic material].

Creator:: Stockwell, Susan
Date:: [2012]
Physical Description:: 1 map : red embroidery on white and red cotton cloth ; 40 x 40 cm, folded to 20 x 20 cm + 1 box (24 x 24 x 2 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

438. 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

439. 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

440. 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

441. A hand-book to the courts of modern sculpture / by Mrs. Jameson.

Creator:: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794–1860
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 91 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

442. A catalogue of the valuable collection of ancient pictures formed by the late Henry Artaria, Esq. : including capital examples of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, and French Schools : particularly two charming works by Wouvermans, La Chase aux Eperveirs, engraved in the Orleans Gallery, and the Angel appearing to the Shepherds, from the Count de Morny's Collection : La Collation, by Metzu : a Landscape by Ruysdael, from the Montcalm Collection : an Interior, by A. Ostade : a whole-length portrait of the Minister Gonzalves, by Vandyck : an Equestrian portrait by Velasquez : a Flower Girl, by Murillo : pair of pastoral scenes, chef-d'oeuvres by Boucher : and other fine works by Sasso Ferrato, Parmegiano, Bellini, Backhuysen, Pynacker, Moucheron, Van Os, Ochiali, Verkolie, Boucher, Drolling, D'Orcy : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of April, 1850, at one o'clock precisely, by order of the executrix.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

443. Catalogue of the unrivalled collection of water-colour drawings, formed by William Quilter, esq., (who is leaving his residence at Norwood) : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, April 8, 1875, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: 1875
Physical Description:: 53, [4] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

444. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of old pictures, by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, & French masters, including the collection of the late Comtesse de Laval, of St. Petersburg : also, a splendid whole-length portrait of Miss Leigh, by Sir J. Reynolds, and the felon portrait of Shakespeare : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 29, 1869, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1869]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

445. Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis [by] T.L.B.

Creator:: Busby, T. L. Thomas Lord
Date:: 1820.]
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 23 col. plates. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

446. The ancient stone and leaden coffins, encaustic tiles, etc. recently discovered in the Temple Church. By Edward Richardson, sculptor.

Creator:: Richardson, Edward, 1812–1869
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: iv, [5]-28 p. ix pl. 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

447. 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

448. 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

449. 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

450. 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

451. 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

452. 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

453. The garden of caresses / translated from the Arabic by Franz Toussaint ; now rendered into English by Christopher Sandford.

Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: 91, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

454. 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

455. An exhibition of paintings and drawings by James Pryde, 1886-1941 : to be held at the Redfern Gallery , 20 Cork Street, London W1 22 September-26 October 1988 : in association with The Fine Art Society and James Kirkman Ltd.

Creator:: Pryde, James, 1866–1941
Date:: 1988
Physical Description:: [16] pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

456. Homer : The Iliad / Pope.

Creator:: Homer. 1931
Date:: MCMXXXI [1931]
Physical Description:: [2], 926, [4] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

457. Butleriana / S.B.

Creator:: Butler, Samuel, 1835–1902
Date:: 1932
Physical Description:: [8], vii-xvi, 172, [4] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

458. Shaw-Ede : T. E. Lawrence's letters to H.S. Ede, 1927-1935 / foreword and running commentary by H.S. Ede.

Creator:: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888–1935
Date:: 1942
Physical Description:: [2], 5-62, [10] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

459. A catalogue of the superb, capital, and truly valuable collection of celebrated Italian pictures, lately purchased from the Colonna, Borghese, and Corsini palaces, &c. by William Young Ottley, Esq. : forming an unrivalled assemblage of the genuine and finest works of the Italian schools : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1801, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 10, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

460. A catalogue of the truly capital and highly valuable collection of pictures, consisting of the choicest works of the most celebrated masters of the Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch schools, the genuine property of the late Richard Hulse, Esq., of Blackheath, dec. : eminently distinguished for his taste and liberality in the fine arts : this collection comprises a most capital picture of S. Rosa, the Lycian Peasants transformed into frogs ... : Guido, a rare Assumption of the Virgin : Tintoretto, a Holy Family, with Zacharias and other saints : Rubens, a Holy Family : Rembrandt, a domestic scene from sacred history : two charming landscapes, G. Poussin : two capital ditto, Cuyp : Four by Claude : a sea storm, Vandeveldt : portraits by Vandyck, &c. many small bijous, by the scarce Italian Masters : and an exquisite collection of high-finished Dutch cabinet pictures, viz. Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Paduanino, Bassano, Palma, P. da Cortona, A. del Sarto, A. Solario, Baroccio, Vanni, Tibaldi, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Guercino, Albano, Mola, Murillo, N. Poussin, S. Bourdon, Watteau, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Berchem, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Barrett & Gilpin : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 21, 1806, and following day, at twelve o'clock, without reserve.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

461. Purse & pocket almanac and diary for 1904.

Date:: [1904]
Physical Description:: [48] pages ; 9 x 6 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

462. A catalogue of the collection of Dutch pictures of the first class, the property of the well-known Amateur, Edward Solly, Esq. : including many of the most precious quality, and fine and undoubted specimens of De Hooge, Rubens, Hobbima, Berghem, Teniers, W. Mieris, A. Cuyp, Potter, Van Toll, W. Vandervelde, Backhuysen, K. Du Jardin, Metzu, Jan Stein, Snydersm Vander Neer, Rembrandt, Dietrici, Both, Van Dyke, Eglon V. Der Neer, Camphuysen, Ruisdael, Muscher, De Lorme, Van Oss, Ostade : and a few cabinet Italian pictures, collected at a vast expence from private sources, and the following know collections : The Brentano, Malmaison, M. Wallscott, Baron Becker, Rezzonico Palace, Accajuoli Palace, M. Hoffmann of Dort, Ocke of Leyhden, M. Blondel de Gagny, M. le Grand, l'Abbé Renou, M. Bickerstein, M. De Smeth, Prince de Gavre, M. Siebel : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster & Sons, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 31st of May, 1837

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 22, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

463. A catalogue of the splendid collection of Italian pictures, the property of W. G. Coesvelt, Esq. : removed from the gallery in Carlton Gardens, which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, the 2d of June, 1837, and following day, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 21cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

464. Catalogue of two hundred and fifty historical and family portraits, etc. by many of the most esteemed artists, including Vandyke, Lely, Reynolds &c. : amongst them are many of our early King, Queens, and Royal Families, Nobility, statesmen, Warriors, Literary Characters, &c. : including the singular original pictures of Lord Lovat, by Hogarth, and others of equal interest : to be sold at the prices affixed, by H. Rodd, 65, Quadrant.

Creator:: Rodd, Horatio, active 1798–1858
Date:: [approximately 1831?]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

465. A catalogue of a collection of modern pictures & drawings, chiefly consisting of the works and property of Mr. Serres, Junior, marine painter to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence going to Italy : to which are added, some by the most admired and esteemed masters, viz. : West, Barret, Wheatley, Ibberson, Morland, Rathbone, Ashford, Pether, Schweickhardt, Reinagle, De Bruyn, Carver, Bourgeois, Sandby, Payne, De Roye, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood at his room in Leicester-Square on Thursday the 22d of April, 1790, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday, preceding the sale.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1790]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

466. 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

467. 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

468. Catalogue of the fifth and concluding portion of the valuable and extensive library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 22, and four following days (Sunday excepted), 1834.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [2], 67, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

469. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of highly finished modern drawings, elegantly framed and glazed : a few pleasing pictures : remarkably-fine proof prints : beautiful miniature drawings of English birds : views of Pompeii, &c. &c. &c. : a beautiful statue of a Shifting Venus, small whole length : a most superb and extensive table, desert, tea and coffee service, of beautiful Dresden porcelain : a collection of fine old colored and Blue Japan : a valuable gold repeating watch by Vulliamy : and several rare and curious articles : the property of the Rev. W. Stevens, D. D. deceased, eminently distinguished for his refined taste in the polite arts : the drawings consist of chef d'oeuvres of the following esteemed and admired Masters, viz. : Zuccarelli, M. Ricci, Goupy, Rosalby, Pococke, Clerisseau, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Barnett, P. Sandby, Wilson, Cozens, Taverner, &c. : also three capital drawings, in bistre, fancy subjects, by Mr. West : which (by order of the executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, November 28th, 1800, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: 7, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

470. Characteristic sketches of animals : principally from the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park / drawn from the life and engraved by Thomas Landseer ; with descriptive and illustrative notices by John Henry Barrow.

Creator:: Landseer, Thomas, 1795–1880
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: x, [68] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

471. Collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / edited by John Hayward.

Creator:: Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647–1680
Date:: MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:: 407, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

472. Magnificent effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wilts. : to be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Tuesday, September 17, 1822, and eight following days (Sunday excepted) : beginning each day punctually at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [2], 4-87, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

473. Festival of Britain crown piece.

Creator:: Great Britain. Royal Mint
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 1 coin : cupronickel ; 4 cm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

474. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures, the property of Edmund Higginson, Esq.., of Saltmarshe, Herefordshire : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, June the 4th, 1846 and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

475. A catalogue of the very valuable collection of highly interesting antique statues, bustos, and other marbles, and capital Italian pictures, collected at Rome : with the assistance and advice of the celebrated artist and antiquary Cavaceppi, by William Lloyd, Esq. : and subsequently the property of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, now brought from his seat, Butler's Court, near Beaconsfield, Bucks : together with a few printed and drawings, framed and glazed : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, the 5th of June, 1812, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1812]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

476. A catalogue of the genuine collection of valuable paintings, the productions of the most celebrated Masters : the sole property of John Parke, Esq. purchased by him out of the best esteemed collections at home, as well as celebrated Palaces and private mansions on the continent : which will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, in Maddox-Street, Hanover-Square, on Friday, the 8th of May, 1812, and following day, at two o'clock precisely

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1812]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

477. Catalogue of the magnificent collection of modern pictures, formed with great judgment and exquisite taste by the Baron Albert Grant : and now offered for sale owing to his intention to dispose of Kensington House, for which residence they have been collected during the last seven years : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, April 27, 1877, and Saturday, April 28, 1877, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1877]
Physical Description:: 39, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

478. A catalogue of a valuable collection of undoubted original drawings and pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern Masters : amongst the later are the best productions from the pencils of Gainsborough, Wheatley, Barret, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Cooper, Mortimer, Peters, Cozens, Rowlandson, Smith, Catton, Jun., Moreland, Serres, Angelica, Payne, Gilpin, Lambert, Walton, Northcote, &c. : also a scarce and valuable collection of prints, books of prints, & drawings, by Raphael, and many old Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room in Leicester-Square on Thursday the 19th of March, 1789, and the two following days at twelve o'clock, precisely : to be viewed two days preceding the sale.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

479. A catalogue of a series of valuable curiosities of the late eminent John Hunter, Esq. deceased : comprising statues, bronzes, models of ships, a capital set of tapestry, mathematical instruments and a great variety of interesting articles : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executors) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, January the 31st, 1793, at twelve o'clock : N.B. his valuable library of books will be sold to-morrow, the 1st of February : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow, and in Pall-Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1793]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

480. A catalogue of a collection of prints, etchings, sketches and drawings, loose and framed : the genuine property of Dr. Monro, whose taste in the Fine Arts is too well known to need any encomium : in this collection will be found specimens of the most admired modern masters, viz : Wilson, Gainsborough, Barret, Cozens, Clerisseau, Canaletti, Hearne, Wheatley, Turner, Girtin, La Porte, Dayes : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 23, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

481. Catalogue of an assemblage of objects of art, comprising oriental and English porcelain, majolica, wedgwood, and persian ware, decorative furniture, 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 Monday, August 1, 1870, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

482. A catalogue of the remaining pictures and unfinished sketches of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., deceased : comprising among others the celebrated picture of Satan summoning his legions : a splendid original portrait of George the Fourth in his Coronation Robes : the original drawing of the Princess Charlotte, a miniature of the same : a portrait of George the Fourth, in oils, and another in chalk : George the Third and his Queen, early pictures : and numerous fancy subjects and portraits unfinished : excellent copies of the portraits of the Pope, and Cardinal Consalvi, and the Emperor of Austria, in the King's Collection : two of the Prophets, and two of the Sibyls, copies from those of M. Angelo in the Sistine Chapel, by Bewick, the size of the originals : Famine, a cartoon, in black chalk, by Overbecke, &c. &c. : also, the celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence painted by himself : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 18th, 1831, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Messrs. Christie & Manson's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

483. A catalogue of the valuable and choice collection of Italian, French, Flemish, & Dutch pictures, capital drawings, and some fine prints, cameos and intaglios, of the late John Davenport, Esq., dec. : being a selection of the most perfect cabinet pictures in the several schools, formed with great taste and liberality during his several journies on the continent : comprising the works o Giorgione, Schiavone Paduanino, Domenichino, Carracci, Parmigiano, N. Poussin, Guido, Baroccio, S. Ferato, Rubens, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, Du Jadin, A.V. de Velde, Ostade, Begam Poetemberg, Waterloo, Palamedes : particularly thee exquisite xcabinet pictures by Domenichino : the Musician by G. Douw : and a beautiful picture by Wouverman, from the Orleans' Collection : and a fine portait by Giorgione, in the highest preservation : also a few fine specimens of modern artists : which (by order of the executors), will be sold by auction, without the least reserve, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 20, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed, and catalogues had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

484. A catalogue of a highly valuable collection of eighty superb bronzes ... exquisite carvings in ivory and wood ... beautiful and matchless Sève and Dresden China ... pictures : containing the undoubted works of Old Hemskirk, Ferg, Wynants, Gainsborough, K. du Jardin, Brooking, Watteau, G. Morland, &c. ... : prints, by Hogarth & Woollett ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Farebrother, on Friday, April the 1st, 1803, and following day, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Farebrother, Charles
Date:: [1803]
Physical Description:: 12, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

485. The catalogue of a valuable selection of original paintings by that esteemed English artist, George Morland : together with some very valuable specimens of the earlier Masters of the Dutch and other schools : namely, Ruysdael, De Vlieger, Jordaens, titian, Teniers, Hobbima, Isaac Ostade, Moucheron, Hondius, Holbein, Van Goyen, Schweickhardt, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Van De Capella, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, at the Great Room (late Mr. Bryan's Gallery,) No. 88, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, June the 24th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

486. 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

487. 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

488. A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. : consisting of a few original Italian and Flemish pictures, and capital drawings by Polidore and other Italian masters : amongst the above, are an Ascension by Giuseppe D'Arpino : a Fine landscape and Cattle by Cuyp : Views in Venice by Canaletti : and elegant Ialian landscapes by Zuccarelli : also, a collection of fine copies from the paintings at Herculaneum and Pompeii, and from those in the museum of His Sicilian Majesty, at Portici, by the celebrated Calabrese painter, Don Fr. Candido : excellent copies from Pictures in the Royal Collection at Naples, after Corregio, Schidoni, A. Sacchi, Parmegiano, &c. &c. : views of the Eruptions of Vesuvius : and of the Costume of Naples, by Fabris and Jackert : portrait of the Chev. Mengs, by himself : and an original ditto of Mad. Pampadour : architecture by Joli, &c. / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 17, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

489. 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

490. Hungarian peasants : Hungarian Exhibition, Earls Court.

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

491. 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

492. 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

493. Descriptive catalogue of the Vernon Gallery : a collection of one hundred and sixty paintings by British artists : presented to the British nation by Robert Vernon.

Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: 20 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

494. The monumental effigies of the Temple Church : with an account of their restoration in the year 1842 / by Edward Richardson.

Creator:: Richardson, Edward, 1812–1869
Date:: 1843
Physical Description:: 32 p., 11 leaves of plates : ill. ; 43 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

495. A catalogue of a highly interesting and valuable collection of engravings and cabinet pictures, the property of an eminent collector : comprising some of the best productions of the different schools, several of them not mentioned in Bartsch : by Pollajuilo, Marc Antonio, Van Meckenem, &c. : Painters' etchings : a large collection of the works of Nanteuil : numerous portraits, English and foreign, by Hollar, Faithorne, Passe, Earlom, Hogarth, Sherwin, Woollett, Worledge, Bartolozzi, Heath, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, Feb. 1, 1828, and four following days, (Sunday excepted,) at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 29, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

496. Modern British 2001 / Redfern Gallery.

Creator:: Redfern Gallery
Date:: 2001
Physical Description:: 61 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

497. Entrance book.

Creator:: Artists' and Amateurs' Conversazione (London, England)
Date:: 1829 Nov. 4-1832 Oct. 17
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([98] p.) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

498. [Admission ticket for The Diapharama : Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square].

Date:: [approximately 1851?]
Physical Description:: 1 ticket ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

499. Thames Tunnel : Rotherhithe entrance.

Date:: [approximately 1843]
Physical Description:: 1 card : illustrations ; 11 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

500. Catalogue of the very important and valuable collection of pictures, by Old Masters and modern English artists, of that well-known amateur, James Wadmore, Esq., deceased, removed from his late residence, upper Clapton : which (by order of the administrators) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 5, 1854, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1854
Physical Description:: 25, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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401. The Amazons : a novel / by Ivor Bannet ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

409. John Page, haberdasher, hosier, laceman, and gloves : 28 Bishopsgate without.

412. Marlborough, Pewtress & Co., : lithographic & letterpress printers : 52, Old Bailey, London, E.C.

414. Imperial Hotel, Russell Square, London.

421. The royal juvenile drawing book.

422. T. Younghusband, Gerards Hall, Basing Lane, Cheapside.

424. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

425. Illustrations of the architectural ornaments and embellishments, and painted glass, of the Temple Church, London : from drawings specially made, by permission / by W.R.H. Essex ; with an account of the recent restoration of the church by Sydney Smirke, Architect, F.S.A F.G.S. etc. etc. etc.

430. East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex : Grave number [28368] : name [Thomas Line]

431. Owen, engraver : 40, Goswell Street, opposite Wilderness Row.

432. A Catalogue of a small and very select collection of pictures : the genuine property of the executors of a gentleman, Decd. and of John Annis, Esq.

433. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1875 / by John Ruskin.

434. Genesis : twelve woodcuts / by Paul Nash ; with the first chapter of Genesis in the authorized version.

435. Ladies mistakes : Cupid's changeling : A stitch in time : Love's progress / by James Laver ; with nine illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky.

436. The penman's repository : containing twenty correct alphabets, ... a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs / by William Milns ...

437. S. Stockwell underground map [cartographic material].

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

441. A hand-book to the courts of modern sculpture / by Mrs. Jameson.

445. Costume of the lower orders of the metropolis [by] T.L.B.

446. The ancient stone and leaden coffins, encaustic tiles, etc. recently discovered in the Temple Church. By Edward Richardson, sculptor.

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

453. The garden of caresses / translated from the Arabic by Franz Toussaint ; now rendered into English by Christopher Sandford.

455. An exhibition of paintings and drawings by James Pryde, 1886-1941 : to be held at the Redfern Gallery , 20 Cork Street, London W1 22 September-26 October 1988 : in association with The Fine Art Society and James Kirkman Ltd.

456. Homer : The Iliad / Pope.

457. Butleriana / S.B.

458. Shaw-Ede : T. E. Lawrence's letters to H.S. Ede, 1927-1935 / foreword and running commentary by H.S. Ede.

461. Purse & pocket almanac and diary for 1904.

466. 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.

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

468. Catalogue of the fifth and concluding portion of the valuable and extensive library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 22, and four following days (Sunday excepted), 1834.

470. Characteristic sketches of animals : principally from the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park / drawn from the life and engraved by Thomas Landseer ; with descriptive and illustrative notices by John Henry Barrow.

471. Collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / edited by John Hayward.

472. Magnificent effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wilts. : to be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Tuesday, September 17, 1822, and eight following days (Sunday excepted) : beginning each day punctually at twelve o'clock.

473. Festival of Britain crown piece.

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

489. 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.

490. Hungarian peasants : Hungarian Exhibition, Earls Court.

493. Descriptive catalogue of the Vernon Gallery : a collection of one hundred and sixty paintings by British artists : presented to the British nation by Robert Vernon.

494. The monumental effigies of the Temple Church : with an account of their restoration in the year 1842 / by Edward Richardson.

496. Modern British 2001 / Redfern Gallery.

497. Entrance book.

498. [Admission ticket for The Diapharama : Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square].

499. Thames Tunnel : Rotherhithe entrance.