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1. A catalogue of an interesting assemblage of original studies, chalk and tinted drawings and a few finished in oils : chiefly wild and domestic animals, deer and subjects relating to the Chace : also a fine copy of he celebrated Windmill by Rembrandt, executed by E. A. Spilsbury, Esq. : together with a few Dutch etchings and prints of animals by Ridinger, Woollett, &c. : this pleasing assemblage is offered to sale merely to lessen the collection of an amateur artist, whose professional studies and knowledge of anatomy have directed him to this line of amusement : it is presumed they will be found well worthy the attention of the public : they will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, July the 15th, 1807.

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Creator:
Christie, James
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Household furniture and interior decoration / executed from designs by Thomas Hope.

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Creator:
Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 53, [1] pages, [1], LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of a truly valuable collection of original drawings, framed and glazed : two snuff boxes, with miniatures in oil and water colours : and sixteen original pictures, by the inimitable painter, and favorite pupil of nature, George Morland : executed in his best time and most careful manner for his intimate friend, Mr. Robert Wedd : who in compliance with a wish expressed by the artist himself not long before his death, now offers them to public sale : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May the 22d, 1807, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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.

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

5. [Dighton's Oxford caricatures]

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Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Date:
1807-08]
Physical Description:
[19] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue raisonnè of all that truly capital and splendid assemblage of valuable gallery and cabinet pictures, the genuine property of Edward Coxe, Esqr. : comprising the inestimable works of the most admired masters of the Roman, Florentine, Bolognese, Venetian, Spanish, French, Dutch and Flemish schools : selected during thirty years, with the utmost care and judgement, and unquestionably in the highest state of preservation and beauty : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe on Thursday, the 23d day of April, 1807, and two following days, at twelve o'clock, at Mr. Squibb's great room, Saville Passage.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
48 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of the valuable and pleasing collection of Cabinet Pictures, the genuine property of Mr. Holcroft : the greater part of which were selected in his tour through Germany, France, and the Netherlands : among them will be found many choice specimens of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools : the works of the following highly esteemed Masters : Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Murillo, Guercino, L. Caracci, Baroccio, Backhuysen, Fuysdael, Teniers, Wouvemans, Ostade, &c. &c. : particularly a capital Sea Piece by Backhuysen, : a Landscape with rippling water, by Ruysdael, the figures by A. Vanderveldt : the Head of Old Franks, by Vandyck : a beautiful landscape and figures, by Berghem : the Entombing of Christ by Rubens, from the Cabinet of the Duke de Praslin : several by Teniers : two by Wilson : and the original sketch of the Death of Cardinal Beaufort, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Monday, February 16, 1807, at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Squibb, Mr., 1764–1831
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of a cabinet of truly capital and valuable pictures, by some of the esteemed Masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch and British Schools : selected during a period of thirty years by George Walker, F.S. A.E., landscape painter to His Majesty : comprising exquisite specimens by Corregio, A. Carracci, Guido, Albano, N. Poussin, Borgognone, Wouvermans, A. Ostade, W.V. De Velde, V. harp, Ferg., A. Elsheimer, P. De Laer, Runciman, J. More : the whole o which are carefully preserved in handsome cases, and are in the finest condition : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday,June the 26th, 1807, at one o'clock.

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

9. A catalogue of the first part of the extensive and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures of Mr. Jackson, of Chelsea, retiring into the country : purchased by him at considerable expense from the sale of various distinguished collections and otherwise, for several years past : among those will be found genuine specimens of Giotto, Bellini, P. Veronese, Bassan, Caravaggio, Carracci, Domenichino, Brill, S. Rosa, Poussin, Claude, Holbein, Rubens, Rembrandt, J. Steen, Berghem, Hogarth, Wilson, Gainsborough, Morland : particularly Christ healing the blind, Titian : a Landscape and figures by Glauber and Lairesse : a market scene and ruins, Brill and Carracci : and Le Roi Boit, Jan Steen, from a celebrated collection at Rotterdam : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on the premises, Ebury House, Belgrave Terrace, Chelsea, on Tuesday, April the 7th, 1807, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

10. The catalogue of a select and valuable assemblage of capital paintings : the sole property of a nobleman, being part of the collection of the late Earl Grosvenor : and part of the collection of the late Welbore Ellis Agar, Esq. : comprising works of the first quality of the most esteemed and renowned Masters, in the most perfect state of preservation : which will be sold by auction, at Milbank House, Milbank, Westminster, by Peter Coxe, on Saturday, the 27th day of June, 1807.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
13, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The poll for knights of the shire begun on Wednesday, May 20th, and finally closed on Friday, June 5th, 1807 : taken at the castle of York before Richard Fontayne Wilson, Esquire, high sheriff of the said county. Candidates : William Wilberforce, Esquire, the Right Honourable Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam (commonly called Viscount Milton) and the Honourable Henry Lascelles : arranged from the sheriff's poll books / under the direction and inspection of the under sheriff.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xxiii, [2], 10-485, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of a small but choice collection of chiefly Italian pictures, a few statues, articles of sculpture, and a pair of beautiful slabs, composed of rare marbles : the property of the late John Barber, Esquire, Late of Brentford, Dec. : purchased by him above 40 years ago in Italy : among these are genuine specimens of the following great and celebrated Masters : Titian, P. Del Vaga, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Guercino, Procaccini, P. Da Cortona, Marratti, Mompert, S. Rosa, Breughel, Poussin : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 26, 1807, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

13. A collection of eight selected sketches of villagers, favorite animals, &c. / by George Morland.

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Creator:
Morland, George, 1763–1804
Date:
1807]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [8] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The catalogue of all the remaining valuable collection of original paintings, the property and performance of that ingenious and celebrated British artist, George Stubbs, Esq. Dec. : whose knowledge in the anatomy, and figure of that noble animal the horse, is splendidly illustrated by the various subjects that present themselves from his incomparable pencil, in faithful portraits of almost all the celebrated racers, renowned on the turf, for half a century past : portraits of lions, tigers, elks, and other wild animals : capital historical subjects, splendid performances in enamel : a variety of drawings, sketches, and studies from nature : valuable printed engraved by Mr. Stubbs, Bartolozzi, &c. &c. : including six lots of Mr. Stubbs' engravings from various subjects, painted by himself : the whole of which will be sold by auction (by order of the executrix,) by Peter Coxe , on Tuesday, the 26th of May, 1807, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts