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1. The complete writings of William Blake : with all the variant readings / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMLVII [1957]
Physical Description:: xv, [3], 936, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Poetry and prose of William Blake / edited by Geoffrey Keynes ; complete in one volume.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 1152 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The note-book of William Blake : called the Rossetti manuscript / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMXXXV [1935]
Physical Description:: xii, 162, [1] pages, [120] pages of facsimile : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The writings of William Blake / edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: MCMXXV [1925]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

5. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 38, [14] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

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

7. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Catalogue of the valuable collection of engravings : including specimens of the Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools : amongst which will be found works of the following Masters, viz. : Aldegrever, Both, Durer (Albert), De Leu, Earlom, Goltzius, Houbraken, Hollar, Leyden (Lucas Van), Naiwincx, Ostade, Pentz, Rembrandt, Schoen (Martin), Sharpe, Visscher (John), Woollett &c. &c. : and a very complete collection of the works of Callot, containing many variations and drawings : likewise a set of the works of S. Della Bella, books of prints, &c. &c. : the property of that distinguished amateur, Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., deceased, removed from Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire : which (by direction of the Will, and 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 Monday, May 13, 1861, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1861]
Physical Description:: 29, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Catalogue of a collection of ancient & modern pictures, the property of a gentleman, including a fine whole-length portrait of the first Duchess of Grafton, by Sir. G. Kneller, from Lady Dungannon's collection : a pair of garden-scenes, by Dietricy : and works of T.S. Cooper, R.A., Th. Frere, and Verschuur : also, some capital portraits, the property of the right hon. James Wilson, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, February 24, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 19, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Catalogue of the renowned collection of works of art, formed by that distinguished connoisseur, Alexander Barker, Esq., deceased, late of 103, Piccadilly : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 6, and on Monday, June 8, 1974, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: 60 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Zastrozzi : a romance / by Percy Bysshe Shelley ; with an introduction by Phyllis Hartnoll and engravings by Cecil Keeling.

Creator:: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822
Date:: 1955
Physical Description:: 131, [2] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of the first part of the valuable collection of original drawings, by distinguished modern artists : the property of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, deceased : comprising admirable specimens by Gainsborough, Wilson, the celebrated Brown of Rome, Cipriani, Wheatley, Fuselli, Flaxman, Stothard, Cosway, William Locke, Esq. and others, also by Sir Thomas Lawrence : and fine chalk drawings, from antique statues in the Louvre, by the most eminent French artists, from which the plates in the Musee Napoleon were engraved : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of May, 1830, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages. ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Catalogue of a highly important assemblage of ancient & modern pictures, from different private collections, including a portion of the collection of the well-known amateur, William Twopeny, Esq., deceased, late of Upper Grosvenor Street : and important works of Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Lawrence, Romney, Turner, Wilson, Morland, Etty, Collins, Leslie, Constable, Müller, &c. &c. : which will sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great ROoms, 8, King Street, St James's Square, on Saturday, May 2, 1874, at on o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of a magnificent, truly superb, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : selected with very superior taste, and at an unbounded expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets in Europe, the property of Robert Heathcote, Esq. : among the numerous chef d'oeuvres of the great and most admired Masters in this splendid collection are two celebrated pictures by Claude, which formerly graced the cabinet of the Duc de Choiseuil : the Magdalen, Dominichino, from the Udney Collection : a magnificent portrait of Lorenzo di Medici : a production of the united efforts of Mich. Angelo and Seb. Del Piombo : the Virgin and Child, L. Da Vinci : various beautiful landscapes, by S. Rosa, G. & N. Poussin, Cuyp, Wouvermans, Du Jardin, Teniers, Potter, &c. &c. &c. : sea pieces by Vandevelde & Backhuysen : choice gems by G. Dow, Mieris, Metzu, Jan Stein, Turburgh, &c : flower and fruit pieces, by Van Huysem and R. Ruysch : a fine statue of the Apollo Sauroctonos : which will be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Friday, April 5th, 1805, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Catalogue of the valuable collection of works of old masters : formed during a long series of years on the Continent and in the Country and selected under favourable circumstances from different celebrated Galleries, chiefly during a Residence of several years in Italy, by Sir George Hayter, Principal Painter in ordinary to Her Majesty &c. &c. who is quitting his Residence in London for the Continent : it will be sure to include the ... subject of Dorreggio, "L'Homme Sensuel ... : ...two specimens by Rembrandt, one of the the Portrait of Schrevelerus ... : ... also ... specimens of the following Great Masters : Raffaelle, Perugino, Parmegiano, Schedone, Baroccio, Van Dyck, Velasquez, L. Carracci, Ann Carracci, Ag. Carracci, Guido, Jordaens, G. Poussin, Guercino, Titian, Tintoretto, P. Veronses, Salvator Rosa : and a portrait of Ralph Sheldon, Esq., M.P. for Wilton, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : which will be sold by auctions, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square on May the 3rd, 1845, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Adrian Heath : paintings 1990 : 20 November-21 December 1990.

Creator:: Redfern Gallery
Date:: 1990
Physical Description:: 11 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.

17. Part II of the collection of engravings &c. of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : consisting of the works of Hollar.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 33 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Woman in detail : a scientific survey / by Patrick Miller ; with drawings by Mark Severin.

Creator:: Miller, Patrick, 1885–1949
Date:: 1947
Physical Description:: 63, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, (bound and unbound) of the late Doctor Mead : consising of the works of the most eminent masters : and particularly of a matchless collection, containing 95 drawings of exotics, insects, fruit and flowers in water colours, on vellum, by Melian, in 2 vol. by Ehret, all colour'd from nature, and finished to the greatest perfection : which, (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday the 13th of January 1755, and the thirteen following evenings.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: [1755]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A catalogue of the most extensive and magnificent collection of stained glass : the property and performance of those ingenious and celebrated artists, Mr. and Mr. Pearson : being the production of upwards of ten years labour : consisting of a variety of subjects, from the most renowned antient and modern historical, portrait and landscape painters : particularly, a whole length portrait of His Majestey, seated in his coronation robes, after Sir Joshua Reynolds : ditto of the Prince of Wales, after Barry, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Greenwood, at their room, in Leicester-Square, on Friday the 24th of April, 1795, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Monday, and catalogues had.

Creator:: Greenwood (Leicester-Square, London, England)
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The catalogue of the very valuable museum, of that intelligent and well-known collector, the late William Smith, Esq. of Boston, in Lincolnshire : removed to London, to be sold, pursuant to his will : comprising manuscripts and missalls, on vellum, richly illuminated : cameos : intaglios : gems : medals : miniatures : vases : bronzes : large China jars : pagodas : beautiful model of a man of war, &c. &c. : small, but valuable library of books, in French, English, Spanish and Italian : a selection of admirable paintings, the works of the following Masters : Lionardo Da Vinci, Titian, Rubens, Le' Seur, Cuyp, Vander Heyden, Weenix, Teniers, Mieris, Canaletti, Vander Werf, Breughal, Dietrechi, Frank Hals, Rottenhamer, &c. &c. : including those exquisite pictures of flowers and fruit, companions, painted by Van Husum : for some time exhibited at the European Museum, universally admires, and ae matchless in beauty and preservation : and, will be sold by auction Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at Mr. Squibb's Great Rooms, Saville Row, on Tuesday, February 25, 1800, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed three days preceding the sale, except Sunday) when catalogues (price one shilling, to be returned to purchasers) may be had at the place of sale, and of Messs. Peter Coxe, Burell and Foster, Throgmorton Street.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of the superb, most valuable and distinguished collection of Italian, Venetian, Flemish and Dutch pictures, antique marbles & bronzes, well known and celebrated throughout Europe : the property of Sir George Yonge, Bart. : containing select and superlatively fine performances of the following great Masters, viz : Salvator Rosa, Annibal Caracci, Pordenone, Pietro da Cortona, Paolo Veronese, Rubens, Vandyke, Guercino, Luca Giordano, Rembrandt, Gaspar Poussin, Claude, Murillo, Borgognone, Canaletti, Rosa Da Rivoli, Teniers, Hobbima, Wouvermans, Old Mieris, Vandervelde, Paul Brill, Paul Potter, Snyders, Fytt, Jan Steen, Metzu, Ostade, &c. : particularly two most magnificent and inestimable pictures of Dioenes and Democitus, by Salvator Rose : and two most rare bustos of Grecian sculpture, on pillars of Egyptian Porphyry, &c. &c. : the whole of which were collected abroad by Boucher Cleeve, Esq. in the early part of the last century, and have remained entire from that period to the present moment, in a perfect state of preservation : which will be sold by auction by Mr. White, on the premises, No, 4, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, on Monday, the 24th, and Tuesday, the 25th of March, 1806, a twelve o'clock.

Creator:: White, John, active 1785–1816
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A catalogue of the genuine and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, & Dutch, pictures of the late Earl of Mulgrave : containing some of the finest works of the following great masters: Titian, Giorgione, Bassan, Schiavon, Claude, N. Poussin, G. Poussin, S. Rosa, Rubens, Vandyke, Ruysdael, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, De Koning, Teniers, Vanderneer &c. together with fourteen original works of David Wilkie, Esq. R.A.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 7 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Catalogue of the beautiful collection of pictures of the very highest class, of William Williams Hope, Esq., partly from Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire : also, his very choice and rare collection of Etruscan vases : antique bronzes : limosine enamels : exquisite enamels by Petitot : and miniatures, by Augustin : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, on Thursday, June 14, 1849, and two following days.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 32 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. 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

26. Puck on Pegasus / by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell ... : illustrated by Leech, Tenniel, Doyle, Sir Noel Paton, Phiz, Portch, and M. Ellen Edwards : with a frontispiece by George Cruikshank.

Creator:: Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. (Henry), 1837–1915
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: xii, 194 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bert Boyson

27. The Dogs Cemetery, Hyde Park, London.

Date:: [approximately 1920]
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : b/w ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A catalogue of the remaining drawings, and books of drawings, of the late Rev. W. Gilpin, A.M., Vicar of Boldre : directed to be sold, for the purpose of compleating the endowment of his school : by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June the 6th, 1804.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 2 parts ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly of the cabinet class, in the highest preservation : including many fine specimens of Carracci, Guido, Poussin, Rubens, J. Steen, V. de Velde : particularly Christ carrying his Cross, J. De Marbeuge : The Assumption of the Virgin ... Vandyck : The Dutch Surgeon, Teniers : The Reposo and Companion, C. Maratti : Portrait of a Lady, Rembrandt : and a capital pair of portraits by Vanderhelst and William Vanderveldt : also, some fine cabinets, old china, bronzes, marbles, ivory carvings, &c. : the exclusive property of a Gentleman of refined taste, and collected by him at considerable expence : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 21, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A catalogue of a very valuable and highly interesting collection of British portraits, from an early period : comprising specimens of nearly all the eminent artist who have flourished since that time, embracing most of the characters who have adorned the pages of history : .... the whole of which have been selected by the present proprietor with great judgement ... during nearly thirty years : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Oxenham & Son, at ... no. 353, Oxford Street, near the Pantheon, on ... 31st ... May, 1832, and following day.

Creator:: Oxenham & Son
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 20 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Catalogue of paintings from the collection of the Maréchal Soult, Duc de Dalmatie ; and other celebrated galleries, lately purchased in France and Italy, by Mr. Buchanan.

Date:: [approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures of the greatest English artists : formed by a Gentleman, deceased : comprising, among many other charming works of Etty, the celebrated subject of "The Graces" : "The Coral Fishers" : "To Arms Ye Brace", &c. &c. : and beautiful specimens of the following esteemed painters : Briggs, Sir A. Callcott, Collins, T. Sidney Cooper, E. A. Goodall, F. Goodall, Hancock, Herring, E. Landseer, Linnell, Martin, Morland, Müller, R. Redgrave, Turner, Sir D. Wilkie, Witherington, Woolmer : also, some pictures, by Old Masters in the Italian and Dutch Schools : 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, July 13, 1849, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 27, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. 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

34. 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

35. The funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth / from a drawing of the time supposed to be by the hand of William Camden, then Clarencieux King at Arms in the posession of John Wilmot, Esq., F.A.S., who found it among the papers of his wife's grandfather, Peter Sainthill, Esq., and has since presented it to the British Museum

Creator:: Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:: Apr. 23d., 1791]
Physical Description:: 8 p., [7] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 x 40 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. John E. Hankins.

36. William Hermes album drawing copies : figures.

Creator:: Hermes, Wilhelm
Date:: [185-?]
Physical Description:: [24] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A catalogue 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 : in this collection are the most unquestionable and best performances of Raphael, Guido, Rubens, Rembrandt, S. Rosa, Mola, Corregio, Guerchino, C. Maratti, P. Veronese, Murillo, L. Da Vinci, Tintoret, Titian, Carracci, Claude, Cignani, Beughel, Poussin, Vandyke, Castigione, P. Cortona, Elsheimer, Schidone, &c. : which 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 Thursday, March 26, and the two following days : the said collection may be publickly viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday the 24th and 25th, and 'till the time of sale, which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had, price six-pence, on the days of viewing, at the place of sale.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: [1778]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A catalogue of the select and reserved collection of very capital and valuable pictures, of Mr. Woodburn, Senior, retiring to the country, removed from his house at Knightsbridge : comprising a few grand specimens of the most celebrated Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Masters ... : among them are particularly valuable, Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus, by Titian " The return of the Holy Family out of Egypt, by Vandyck : The Virgin and Child by Corregio ... : some singularly rare and curious portraits, among which are : Leonardo Da Vinci, painted by himself ... : Cardinal Borgia, by G. Romano : ... portrait of Endymion Porter, page of honor to Charles I, by Dobson : and others by Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Parmegiano, Schidone, Baroccio, Carracci, Domenichino, N. Poussin, Holbein, Rubens, V. Dyck, Snyders, Rembrandt, Bol, Brauwer, Waterloo, Sir J. Reynolds, Barret, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1821, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1821]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper : a fairy drama, in three acts : adapted for the scenes and characters in the miniature theatre.

Date:: [between 1868-1885]
Physical Description:: 16 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

40. [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

41. 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

42. 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

43. A descriptive, explanatory, and critical, catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures contained in the National gallery of Great Britain. By John Landseer ...

Creator:: Landseer, John, 1769–1852
Date:: 1834
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [vii]-xxviii, 424 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Donne's Sermon of valediction at his going into Germany : preached at Lincoln's Inn, April 18, 1619 : printed from the original version in the Lothian and Ashmole manuscripts, and from XXVI sermons / edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson.

Creator:: Donne, John, 1572–1631
Date:: 1932
Physical Description:: [6], 79, [2] pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The Lord's song : a sermon / by Eric Gill.

Creator:: Gill, Eric, 1882–1940
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of Oriental manuscripts : the property of a Gentleman, late in the East India Company's Service, and collected by him at great expence in Bengal : consisting of the most celebrated poetical and some are historical works in the Persian language, richly illuminated and embellished with miniatures : specimens of calligraphy, and books of high-finished miniature paintings, illustrating the mythology, the modes of music, and the costume of India : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday the 9th March, 1809, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1809]
Physical Description:: 8, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A catalogue of a very select and valuable collection of pictures, the entire property of a gentleman : including particularly an Italian Fair, a capital picture by J. Both : a March of Cavalry, by S. Rosa : a group of dogs, by Paul Potter : a pair of English views, by Callcott, R. A. : a view of Stourhead, by Barrett : an interior, a capital picture, by Morland : a pair from Telemachus, by Westall : also capital specimens of the following Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Masters, viz Parmegiano, Palma, L. Carracci, Guido, Albano, Cantarini, S. Rosa, Mola, F. Lauri, Vernet, Claude, Hobbima, Terburg, G. Dow, Berghem, Wouvermans, V. Der Neer, V. De Velde, Wynants, Teniers, P. Potter, J. Steen, Lingelback, Maas : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 28th, 1831, at one o'clock precisely : may be publicly viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Messrs. Christie & Manson's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A catalogue of all the finished drawings in water colours, by John Glover, Esq. : so eminently distinguished for his great superiority in that department of the art, consisting of many of his most magnificent and favorite productions, hitherto reserved by him as the finest specimens of his talents : abounding in the romantic and beautiful scenery of the mountains and lakes of England, Scotland, Wales, and Switzerland : which it is acknowledged he portrays with a fidelity that rivals nature : and with these will be found, numerous Claude-like Italian views, highly interesting for their classical characters, their sweetness and amenity : also, the remainder of his paintings in oil, rich beyond example in those fairy scenes of lochs and glens, of woods and mountains, enriched with gleams of sun-shine, in which the artist so remarkably excels : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Tuesday the 18th of May, 1830, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Stanley, George (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. The Fairway : South Bank Exhibition : Festival of Britain 1951.

Creator:: Valentine & Sons
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : photograph ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. 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

58. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, sold by order of the assignees of Mr. Michael Bryan : also a select and truly capital collection of chiefly cabinet Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures of the purest class, the genuine property of a collector : distinguished for his refined taste : comprising the choicest specimens of the following celebrated Masters, in the highest preservations, viz : Bassano, Schidone, Garofolo, Carracci, Domenichino, Guido, Guercino, Lanfranco, Murillo, Poussin, S. Bourdon, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniersm Bauwer, V. de Velde, V. der Heyde, J. Stein, Pynaker, Both, Hobbima, Wouvermans, Le Nain, Schulken : and an assemblage of bronzes and ancient and modern sculpture : and five capital oriinal pictures, viz. Diogenes and Heraclitus, by S. Rosa ... : Venus requesting armour for Æneas, Rubens : Susannah & he Elders, Jordaens : and Venus & Satyr, Rombout : the property of the late Marquis of Lansdowne, and removed from Lansdowne House : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May he 25th, 1810 and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. An account of all the pictures exhibited in the rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823 : belonging to the nobility and gentry of England : with remarks, critical and explanatory ...

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 320 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Catalogue of the library of William Charles Macready, Esq. deceased : comprising dramatic literature, Greek and Latin classics, and valuable books in English, French, and Italian literature ... : also the collection of pictures, drawings, and engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and ornamental objects, and some decorative furniture, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods on Tuesday, July 8, 1873 and following day at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell : with annotations thereto, 1896-1907.

Creator:: Meredith, George, 1828–1909
Date:: 1923
Physical Description:: 104 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Catalogue of the beautiful collection of modern pictures, water-colour drawings, and objects of art of Charles Dickens, deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... on Saturday, July 9, 1870 at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. A catalogue of a very choice collection of pictures, remarkable for their interesting character, being specimens of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools, and many fine examples of the British schools of art .: iIncluding a Holy family by Titian : a head by Correggio : Adoration of the shepherds, Proccacini : portrait of Sir Thomas More, Holbein : portrait by Giorgione : a Monk by Velasquez : Virgin and child, P. Bordone : Virgin and child, Schidone : St. Cecilia, Dominichino : a grand landscape, Titian : portrait of Pope Julius, Raffaelle : portrait of an Italian nobleman, Peruzzi : the temple of religion, Rubens : an interior, Jan Stein, a fine performance; two pictures by Claude : a grand sea piece, Backhuysen : three pictures, Terburg : two landscapes, Hobbi[e]ma : others by Ruisdael, Patel, Vadder, Ostade, &c. : ten by George Morland, two fine landscapes, Gainsborough : sea piece, J. Wilson : grand landscape & cattle, Loutherbourg : two fine specimens by O'Connor : others by R. Wilson, Pether, Sir J. Reynolds, &c.; also nine original pictures by R. Westall, Esq. R.A. : which will be sold at his Gallery, No. 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday 23d & Friday 25th of May, 1832, at two o'clock precisely each day ... : may be viewed three days, preceding the sale, and catalogues, may be had at Mr. Foster's Offices, No. 54, Pall Mall, and 14, Greek Street, Soho Square.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 11 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A catalogue of a selection from the capital collection of pictures of His Excellency the Prince De Tallyrand : comprising The Virgin , Child and St. John, ... by A. Del Sarto : Augustus consulting the Sibyl ... by Garafalo : the Holy Family ... by Palma : and others by Paris Bordone, Carracci, Murillo, Holbein, Van Dyck, Van der Helst, Cuyp, Bol, and Dietrich : 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 1st, 1833, at two o'clock.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. In memoriam / by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Creator:: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809–1892
Date:: MCMXXVII [1933]
Physical Description:: xxii, [2], 145, [3] pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Harriet & Mary : being the relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg, as shown in letters between them, now published for the first time / edited by Walter Sidney Scott.

Creator:: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792–1822
Date:: 1944
Physical Description:: 84 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Catalogue of the elegant and valuable library, drawings, and prints, of Lord Seaford ... / which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Wednesday, June 13, and three following days. 1832.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: [2], 43, [1] pages. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Report from the Select Committee on the House of Commons' buildings : with the minutes of evidence taken before them. Ordered, by the house of Commons, to be printed, 13 May 1833.

Creator:: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the House of Commons' Buildings
Date:: 1833]
Physical Description:: 88 p., 22 leaves of plates (6 folded) : ill., plans (some col.) ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman, deceased : brought from his seat in the country : comprising the works of P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Giorgione, Bassan, Caracci, Dominichino, Albano, Guercino, C. Maratti, Rubens, Vandyck, De Vox, Teniers, Vanderneer, Zucherelli, Wilson : also, two capital landscapes, by that esteemed Master, Casanova : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 26, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Programme of the opening of the new Blackfriars Bridge, and the Holborn Viaduct : with a detailed description of each of these monuments of architectural and engineering skill : compiled with great card, from personal observation & official records.

Date:: [1869]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

Creator:: Faulkner, Thomas, 1777–1855
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: [4], ii, [1], 6-115, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A catalogue of the valuable collection of paintings, by ancient and modern masters, of Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Society, deceased : comprising ... specimens of the talent of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wilson, Barrett, West, Fuseli, Opie, Cosway, Westall, Thomson, Owen, Howard, Sir George Beaumont, Jackson, Wilkie, Turner, Etty, Danby, Bonington, and Sir Thomas Lawrence : also of celebrated Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Masters : particularly a Pieta by Raffaelle, from the Orleans Gallery : a charity of the same, from the Borghese Palace : Christ driving the Money Changers out of the Temple by Marcella Venusta, also from the Borghese : a grand Bacchanalian Festival by Giorgione : a fresco and a fine cabinet specimen by P. Veronese : the Nativity by Parmegiano ... : the Wife of Potiphar accusing Joseph ... : and Bathsheba by Rembrandt ... : and various others : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 15th, 1830, at one precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Selected essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 / edited by Geoffrey Keynes, F.R.C.S.

Creator:: Hazlitt, William, 1778–1830
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: xxiv, 807, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. A catalogue of pictures, consisting of portraits, landscapes, sea-pieces, architecture, flowers, fruits, animals, Histories, of the late Richard Mead, M. D. : sold by Auction on March 20, 21, and 22, M.DCC.LIV.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: Printed in the year M.DCC.LV. [1755]
Physical Description:: xv, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1838.]

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Catalogue of a collection of choice decorative porcelain, removed from Wilton street, Grosvenor Place, the property of a Lady of Rank : comprising numerous examples from the most highly esteemed old English manufactories : including upwards of one hundred groups and figures, from Bow, Chelsea & Derby : fine old Worcester services : interesting specimens of Plymouth manufacture : amongst the Sevres are a cup & saucer of the highest quality : fine old Dresden vases, pique boxes : marqueterie & other cabinets for china, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their house, no. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. on Monday, the 23rd of March, 1874, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:: 1874
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Catalogue of a grand selection of genuine cabinet & gallery pictures, of a superior description embracing many fine productions from the collections of the Duke D'Alberg, Count Walmoden, and others : including several choice specimens of the works of the first-rate masters of the Italian, German, French, Flemish, and English schools : amongst them will be found examples by Andrea Mantegna, Albert Durer, Lucas Cranach, Claude, Salvator Rosa, Diepenbeck, Rubens, Polemberg, Dietricy, M.A. Caravaggio, Canaletti, A. del Sarto, Schidoni, Greuze, Raphael, Correggio, Vandyke, Wynants, Weenix, G. Lairesse, Romyn, De Hoogh, Lingleback, Bega, Victor, Garofolo, Cuyp, Ruysdael, Teniers, Ostade, Dusart, Porbius, Wycke, Vermeulen, Wynbrank, Brauwer, Molinaer and many others of fine quality; pair of antique glasses, in tortoiseshell frames, grand piano forte, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Geo. Jones & Co., at their old established & spacious weekly auction rooms, Leicester Street, on Wednesday, the 10th day of August, 1831, at twelve o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, & catalogues had at the rooms.

Creator:: George Jones & Co.
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Souvenir of the programme of the unveiling of Lord Kitchener's Memorial by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 9th June 1926.

Date:: [1926]
Physical Description:: [4] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Catalogue of the small choice collection of Italian and Dutch pictures of Bertie B. Mathew, Esq., Deceased and removed from the Mansion in Cavendish Square : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 15th, 1846, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. English Delftware apothecary jars and their contents : the Victor Hoffbrand Collection / Alan Humphries, Henry Oakeley, Victor Hoffbrand.

Creator:: Humphries, Alan
Date:: 2017
Physical Description:: 211 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer

81. On the first of March, 1814, will be published, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, price four shillings, No. I. (To be continued monthly) of Restituta, or, The titles and characters of old books in English literature and their authors, revived by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J.

Creator:: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date:: [1813?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Lord Kitchener's carriage passing down Constitution Hill on its way to St. James's Palace.

Creator:: Dadd, Frank, 1851–1929
Date:: 1902
Physical Description:: 1 drawing : watercolor en grisaille, on board ; 28 x 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. 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

84. 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

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

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

86. A catalogue of the magnificent and celebrated gallery of pictures by the great Italian, Spanish, Flemish, French, & Dutch Masters of the Right Hon. Lord Northwick : removed from Connaught Place, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 24th of May, 1838, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1838]
Physical Description:: 79, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Catalogue of the entire collection of pictures of the highest class, formed by that accomplished amateur, J. B. West, Esq., late member for Dublin : and removed from his late residence in Stephen's Green, Dublin, where this choice Collection has so long been one of the great attractions to Amateurs in that Metropolis : which (by order of the Executrix) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 20th, 1843, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. British colour linocuts of the 1920s & 1930s by Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, Cyril E. Power and the artists of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art : exhibition March 26th-May 4th 1985.

Date:: 1985
Physical Description:: 36 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

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

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

90. 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

91. A catalogue of pictures painted by J. Wright, of Derby : and exhibited at Mr. Robins's Rooms, (late Langford's) No. 9, under the Great Piazza, Covent Garden.

Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery.

Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 48 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The plain and painted picture play book for exercises in colouring : second series.

Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: [27] leaves : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The white llama : being La venganza del condor of V.G. Calderon / now translated into English for the first time by Richard Phibbs ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: García Calderón, Ventura, 1886–1959
Date:: 1938
Physical Description:: 123 pages, [1] : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The catalogue of all that perfect and beautiful assemblage of cabinet pictures, the property of the Greffiers Fagel : selected with infinite taste and judgement, brought from the Hague to England : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster at Mr. Squibb's Great Room, Saville Passge, Conduit Street, on Friday, the 22d of May, 1801, and following day, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at Saville Passage and of Messrs. Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, Throgmorton Street, price one shilling, to be returned to purchasers.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. A catalogue of the small but very valuable collection of Italian pictures of James Casenove, Esq. deceased : comprising the Holy family in a landscape, a grand production of Giorgione ; a fine sea-port, by Claude ; a head, by L. Da Vinci ; the virgin and child, by Palma, &c. also, some specimens of the following masters: Garofalo, L. Da vinci, S. Ferrato, Mola, R. Di Tivoli, Breughel, Elsheimer, Van Balen, Van der Poel, Snyder, Long Jan, Weenix, Ostade, De Vlieger, Gainsborough, Tresham, Fuseli, Opie, Smirke, R.A., Constable R.A. also, some fine bronzes : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 14th, 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:: 5, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A catalogue of the valuable and highly interesting collection of studies in oils and water-colours made by Joseph West, Esq. during a visit to the Continent : comprising finished pictures and drawings in water colours, and pencil sketches, from the most celebrated works of the great masters in Rome, Florence, Venice, Paris, and in the first galleries in this country ; forming a beautiful series in which the colouring and spirit of the originals have been admirably preserved : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Christie, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 6th, 1834, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Christie
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 11 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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

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1. The complete writings of William Blake : with all the variant readings / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

2. Poetry and prose of William Blake / edited by Geoffrey Keynes ; complete in one volume.

3. The note-book of William Blake : called the Rossetti manuscript / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

4. The writings of William Blake / edited in three volumes by Geoffrey Keynes.

5. The illustrations of William Blake for Thornton's Virgil : with the first Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips / the introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.

6. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

11. Zastrozzi : a romance / by Percy Bysshe Shelley ; with an introduction by Phyllis Hartnoll and engravings by Cecil Keeling.

16. Adrian Heath : paintings 1990 : 20 November-21 December 1990.

17. Part II of the collection of engravings &c. of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : consisting of the works of Hollar.

18. Woman in detail : a scientific survey / by Patrick Miller ; with drawings by Mark Severin.

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

26. Puck on Pegasus / by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell ... : illustrated by Leech, Tenniel, Doyle, Sir Noel Paton, Phiz, Portch, and M. Ellen Edwards : with a frontispiece by George Cruikshank.

27. The Dogs Cemetery, Hyde Park, London.

28. A catalogue of the remaining drawings, and books of drawings, of the late Rev. W. Gilpin, A.M., Vicar of Boldre : directed to be sold, for the purpose of compleating the endowment of his school : by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June the 6th, 1804.

31. Catalogue of paintings from the collection of the Maréchal Soult, Duc de Dalmatie ; and other celebrated galleries, lately purchased in France and Italy, by Mr. Buchanan.

33. 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.

36. William Hermes album drawing copies : figures.

39. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper : a fairy drama, in three acts : adapted for the scenes and characters in the miniature theatre.

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

43. A descriptive, explanatory, and critical, catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures contained in the National gallery of Great Britain. By John Landseer ...

44. Donne's Sermon of valediction at his going into Germany : preached at Lincoln's Inn, April 18, 1619 : printed from the original version in the Lothian and Ashmole manuscripts, and from XXVI sermons / edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson.

45. The Lord's song : a sermon / by Eric Gill.

51. 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.

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

56. The Fairway : South Bank Exhibition : Festival of Britain 1951.

59. An account of all the pictures exhibited in the rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823 : belonging to the nobility and gentry of England : with remarks, critical and explanatory ...

61. The letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell : with annotations thereto, 1896-1907.

62. Catalogue of the beautiful collection of modern pictures, water-colour drawings, and objects of art of Charles Dickens, deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... on Saturday, July 9, 1870 at one o'clock precisely.

65. In memoriam / by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

66. Harriet & Mary : being the relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg, as shown in letters between them, now published for the first time / edited by Walter Sidney Scott.

67. Catalogue of the elegant and valuable library, drawings, and prints, of Lord Seaford ... / which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Wednesday, June 13, and three following days. 1832.

68. Report from the Select Committee on the House of Commons' buildings : with the minutes of evidence taken before them. Ordered, by the house of Commons, to be printed, 13 May 1833.

70. Programme of the opening of the new Blackfriars Bridge, and the Holborn Viaduct : with a detailed description of each of these monuments of architectural and engineering skill : compiled with great card, from personal observation & official records.

71. An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea : embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

73. Selected essays of William Hazlitt, 1778-1830 / edited by Geoffrey Keynes, F.R.C.S.

74. A catalogue of pictures, consisting of portraits, landscapes, sea-pieces, architecture, flowers, fruits, animals, Histories, of the late Richard Mead, M. D. : sold by Auction on March 20, 21, and 22, M.DCC.LIV.

75. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1838.]

78. Souvenir of the programme of the unveiling of Lord Kitchener's Memorial by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 9th June 1926.

80. English Delftware apothecary jars and their contents : the Victor Hoffbrand Collection / Alan Humphries, Henry Oakeley, Victor Hoffbrand.

82. Lord Kitchener's carriage passing down Constitution Hill on its way to St. James's Palace.

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

88. British colour linocuts of the 1920s & 1930s by Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, Cyril E. Power and the artists of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art : exhibition March 26th-May 4th 1985.

91. A catalogue of pictures painted by J. Wright, of Derby : and exhibited at Mr. Robins's Rooms, (late Langford's) No. 9, under the Great Piazza, Covent Garden.

92. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery.

93. The plain and painted picture play book for exercises in colouring : second series.

94. The white llama : being La venganza del condor of V.G. Calderon / now translated into English for the first time by Richard Phibbs ; engravings by Clifford Webb.