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1. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855 / by the author of Modern painters.

Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855 / by the author of Modern painters.
Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
30 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Mrs. Gamberini, widow of the late Charles Gamberini Esq., deceased, by whom these pictures were collected, at a great expence out of the principal cabinets abroad : consisting of the most eminent and approved masters of the Italian and other schools, amongst which are the undoubted works of Titian, Corregio, Raphael, Rembrant, Rubens, Vandyke, Poussin, Albert Durer, Carracci, Guercino, Guido, Zucharelli, Demenichino, Gio. Dom. Porta, Michael Angelo and other scarce performances, some remarkably curious : also her houshold furniture, an exceeding fine ton'd double key'd harpsichord, by Hawes of Hamburgh : a ditto single key'd harpsichord, with two unison, by Jos. Shudi, in a neat mahogany case : a neat brass measuring wheel, by Adams, on a new construction; and a great variety of other valuable effects : which by order of the executrix will be sold at publick auction by Miles Nightingall, on Wednesday the 10th May, 1775, and two following days, at his great room, the end of Saville Row, next Conduit-Street : beginning each day punctually at 12 o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, the Rainbow Coffee-House Cornhill, and at the auctioneer's in Golden Square.

A catalogue of the genuine collection of pictures, of Mrs. Gamberini, widow of the late Charles Gamberini Esq., deceased, by whom these pictures were collected, at a great expence out of the principal cabinets abroad : consisting of the most eminent and approved masters of the Italian and other schools, amongst which are the undoubted works of Titian, Corregio, Raphael, Rembrant, Rubens, Vandyke, Poussin, Albert Durer, Carracci, Guercino, Guido, Zucharelli, Demenichino, Gio. Dom. Porta, Michael Angelo and other scarce performances, some remarkably curious : also her houshold furniture, an exceeding fine ton'd double key'd harpsichord, by Hawes of Hamburgh : a ditto single key'd harpsichord, with two unison, by Jos. Shudi, in a neat mahogany case : a neat brass measuring wheel, by Adams, on a new construction; and a great variety of other valuable effects : which by order of the executrix will be sold at publick auction by Miles Nightingall, on Wednesday the 10th May, 1775, and two following days, at his great room, the end of Saville Row, next Conduit-Street : beginning each day punctually at 12 o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, the Rainbow Coffee-House Cornhill, and at the auctioneer's in Golden Square.
Creator:
Nightingall, Miles
Date:
[1775]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library : containing (among other curious articles) the complete works of Luca Marenzio, Orlando Di Lasso, Moley, Weelker, Wilbye, Bennett, Purcell, and other eminent composers of the 16th and 17th centuries : a very curious MS. copy of Marcello's Psalms, in 32 cases : Steffani's Duets, 4 vols : a Dixit Dominus by Pergolesi, very scace : the celebrated Masters of Habemann, and Te Deum by Uria : together with the choice and favourite works of Palestrina, Stradella, Carissimi, Bernabel, Steffani, Colonna, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Leo, Caldara, Bigaglia, Fiocco, Bassani, &c. &c. : and a large collection of Italian madrigals, by Croce, Archadelt, Pevernage, Waelrant, Phillips, and other esteemed authors : the whole in fine preservation, obtained and purchased with great judgment and indefatigable pains, at a considerate expence during a long course of years, by the late Dr. Bever : being one of the finest collections ever offered to public sale : which, (by order of the administratrix of Mr. John Hindle, Deceased,) will be sold by auction by Mr. White, at his rooms, Storey's Gate, Great George Street, Westminster, on Thursday, June the 7th, 1798, and following day, at twelve o'clock : at the same time will be sold his fine-toned Grand Piano-Forte, by Frecker, a Violoncello, printed books and prints : the library may be viewed on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of June, when catalogues may be had : and of Mr. Birchall, Bond Street.

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library : containing (among other curious articles) the complete works of Luca Marenzio, Orlando Di Lasso, Moley, Weelker, Wilbye, Bennett, Purcell, and other eminent composers of the 16th and 17th centuries : a very curious MS. copy of Marcello's Psalms, in 32 cases : Steffani's Duets, 4 vols : a Dixit Dominus by Pergolesi, very scace : the celebrated Masters of Habemann, and Te Deum by Uria : together with the choice and favourite works of Palestrina, Stradella, Carissimi, Bernabel, Steffani, Colonna, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Leo, Caldara, Bigaglia, Fiocco, Bassani, &c. &c. : and a large collection of Italian madrigals, by Croce, Archadelt, Pevernage, Waelrant, Phillips, and other esteemed authors : the whole in fine preservation, obtained and purchased with great judgment and indefatigable pains, at a considerate expence during a long course of years, by the late Dr. Bever : being one of the finest collections ever offered to public sale : which, (by order of the administratrix of Mr. John Hindle, Deceased,) will be sold by auction by Mr. White, at his rooms, Storey's Gate, Great George Street, Westminster, on Thursday, June the 7th, 1798, and following day, at twelve o'clock : at the same time will be sold his fine-toned Grand Piano-Forte, by Frecker, a Violoncello, printed books and prints : the library may be viewed on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of June, when catalogues may be had : and of Mr. Birchall, Bond Street.
Creator:
White, Mr., active 1798
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew ; with numerous illustrations from photographs.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew ; with numerous illustrations from photographs.
Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
1861-1862
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Reward notice for recovery of a silver quart tankard.

Reward notice for recovery of a silver quart tankard.
Creator:
Bodington, John, -1727
Date:
1727
Physical Description:
1 card ; 8 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a most noble, capital, and valuable collection of antique marble statues and bustoes : with a choice and matchless selection of Etruscan vases, the whole forming a very interesting and magnificent gallery, the property of The Right Hon. Lord Cawdor ...

A catalogue of a most noble, capital, and valuable collection of antique marble statues and bustoes : with a choice and matchless selection of Etruscan vases, the whole forming a very interesting and magnificent gallery, the property of The Right Hon. Lord Cawdor ...
Creator:
Skinner and Dyke
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
10, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Trade card for The London Hotel].

[Trade card for The London Hotel].
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 13 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work, at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work, at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
[1799?]
Physical Description:
23, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith.

Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 17 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work : at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work : at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
[1798?]
Physical Description:
23, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters : viz. Mich. Angelo, Lucas Jordans, Vanderdoes, Vanzon, Burguignon, Hondecoeter, Saftleven, Brower, Rubens, Polenbergh, Dobson, Wyck, Wenix, Baptist, Huisman, &c. : will be sold by auction at the Marlborough Coffee-House the corner of Great Marlborough-Street, on Thursday next, being the 7th of this instant February, 1712 : the sale to begin exactly at three a clock in the afternoon, and must be all sold off that day : the pictures may be seen on the Tuesday and Wednesday before, and catalogues had gratis, at the place of sale.

A catalogue of curious and true original pictures, by the best Italian and other masters : viz. Mich. Angelo, Lucas Jordans, Vanderdoes, Vanzon, Burguignon, Hondecoeter, Saftleven, Brower, Rubens, Polenbergh, Dobson, Wyck, Wenix, Baptist, Huisman, &c. : will be sold by auction at the Marlborough Coffee-House the corner of Great Marlborough-Street, on Thursday next, being the 7th of this instant February, 1712 : the sale to begin exactly at three a clock in the afternoon, and must be all sold off that day : the pictures may be seen on the Tuesday and Wednesday before, and catalogues had gratis, at the place of sale.
Creator:
Marlborough Coffee House (London, England)
Date:
[1712]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 36 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Soffe's panoramic representation of the grand procession on the day of the Queen's coronation [graphic] : eighteen feet in length.

Soffe's panoramic representation of the grand procession on the day of the Queen's coronation [graphic] : eighteen feet in length.
Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
1 print on 38 joined sheets : lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 551 cm, accordion folded to 14 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes : Saturday, August 3rd, 1935, at 8:45.

Col. W. de Basil's Ballets Russes : Saturday, August 3rd, 1935, at 8:45.
Date:
[1935]
Physical Description:
[4] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.

Precepts and observations on the art of colouring in landscape painting / by the late William Oram, Esq. of His Majesty's Board of Works ; arranged from the author's original MS. and published by Charles Clarke, Esq., F.S.A.
Creator:
Oram, William, d. 1777
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
xvi, 104 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Minton English bone china

Minton English bone china
Creator:
Mintons Ltd
Date:
[between 1960 and 1980]
Physical Description:
[22] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

16. Savoy Hotel : London.

Savoy Hotel : London.
Creator:
Savoy Hotel (London, England)
Date:
[192-?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 15 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

17. Open house London : 17-18 September 2011.

Open house London : 17-18 September 2011.
Date:
[2011]
Physical Description:
72 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial : 13, St. Mary at Hill, Lower Thames Street, London.

G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial : 13, St. Mary at Hill, Lower Thames Street, London.
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew.
Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
1851[-1861]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.
Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.

Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.
Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 147, [13] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, plan ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship : a fine single-stone brilliant, and other diamond rings : gold repeating, and other watches, one by Graham : Dresden, Brussels, and fine point ruffles : gold-headed canes, swords, fine cameos and intaglios : and a number of other curious and valuable articles of an eminent physician, lately deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street and Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Thursday, the 22nd of May 1783, punctually at twelve o'clock.

A catalogue of a sundry elegant solid gold snuff-boxes, of rich workmanship : a fine single-stone brilliant, and other diamond rings : gold repeating, and other watches, one by Graham : Dresden, Brussels, and fine point ruffles : gold-headed canes, swords, fine cameos and intaglios : and a number of other curious and valuable articles of an eminent physician, lately deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street and Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Thursday, the 22nd of May 1783, punctually at twelve o'clock.
Creator:
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Spurgeon's : registered cashmere capes from 12/9 to 5 guineas.

Spurgeon's : registered cashmere capes from 12/9 to 5 guineas.
Creator:
Roberts
Date:
[approximately 1870]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 120 x 90 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.

London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.
Creator:
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Date:
MDCCLXVU [1766]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. [Billhead of South Metropolitan Cemetery, opposite St. Luke's Church, Norwood : Office, 70, King William Street for the burial of Emily Westear on Tuesday 28th November 1865 [illegible]].

[Billhead of South Metropolitan Cemetery, opposite St. Luke's Church, Norwood : Office, 70, King William Street for the burial of Emily Westear on Tuesday 28th November 1865 [illegible]].
Creator:
South Metropolitan Cemetery (London, England)
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 29 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime / written the first edition in French, the second in English, by Mr. Angelo Tremamondo, fencing master to Their Royal Highnesses Prince William Henry & Prince Henry Frederick.

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime / written the first edition in French, the second in English, by Mr. Angelo Tremamondo, fencing master to Their Royal Highnesses Prince William Henry & Prince Henry Frederick.
Creator:
Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802
Date:
circa 1763
Physical Description:
[2] sheets ([4] p.) ; 31 x 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Edward Gilks, ornamental designer : draughtsman on wood and lithographer : 4 Fenchurch Building, Fenchurch, London.

Edward Gilks, ornamental designer : draughtsman on wood and lithographer : 4 Fenchurch Building, Fenchurch, London.
Creator:
Gilks, Edward, 1822?-
Date:
[1840?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 11 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. [Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.].

[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.].
Date:
[approximately 1930?]
Physical Description:
1 bill ; 14 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

29. The Napoleon Museum will be open at Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for a short time only ...

The Napoleon Museum will be open at Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for a short time only ...
Date:
[1843?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 20 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Miss Linwood's Gallery of pictures in worsted : Leicester Square.

Miss Linwood's Gallery of pictures in worsted : Leicester Square.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Cooper Hewitt Museum

31. Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea warehouses.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea warehouses.
Creator:
Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm, folded to 23 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.

The decorations of the garden-pavilion in the grounds of Buckingham palace / engraved under the superintendence of L. Grüner ... ; with an introduction by Mrs. Jameson.
Creator:
Gruner, Ludwig, 1801–1882
Date:
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages, 15 [i.e. 16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Letter to the Secretary of the Medico-Botanical Society (?) requesting information on lectures or literary proceedings, Oct. 7, 1847.

Letter to the Secretary of the Medico-Botanical Society (?) requesting information on lectures or literary proceedings, Oct. 7, 1847.
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (folded) : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint Joan with Julia Arthur.

B. C. Whitney presents Bernard Shaw's latest and greatest play Saint Joan with Julia Arthur.
Creator:
Shaw, Bernard, 1856–1950
Date:
[1923]
Physical Description:
[8] pages : illustrations ; 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

35. Indenture placing Elizabeth Richardson into the service of Jane Horam.

Indenture placing Elizabeth Richardson into the service of Jane Horam.
Date:
1769 January 4
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 33 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Indenture placing John Dikes into the service of John Morris, joiner.

Indenture placing John Dikes into the service of John Morris, joiner.
Date:
1740 October 6
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 33 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A Merry Christmas.

A Merry Christmas.
Date:
[approximately 1880?]
Physical Description:
1 folded Christmas card : color illustrations ; 12 x 15 cm, folded to 12 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. School Board for London Certificate : West Lambeth Divn. Mantua Street School.

School Board for London Certificate : West Lambeth Divn. Mantua Street School.
Date:
[1888]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. [Ticket for the Anniversary meeting of the Charity Children in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London].

[Ticket for the Anniversary meeting of the Charity Children in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London].
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.

The travels & sufferings of Father Jean de Brébeuf among the Hurons of Canada / as described by himself ; edited and translated from the French and Latin by Theodore Besterman.
Creator:
Brébeuf, Jean de, Saint, 1593–1649
Date:
MCMXXXVIII [1938]
Physical Description:
196, [4] pages : maps ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Wellington Statue Hyde Park Corner : from Piccadilly : height 27 feet : weight 40 tons : cost £30,000.

Wellington Statue Hyde Park Corner : from Piccadilly : height 27 feet : weight 40 tons : cost £30,000.
Date:
[between 1845 and 1857]
Physical Description:
1 print : steel engraving ; 11 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
[between 1723 and 1727]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne : and conducted by Mr. E. Arrowsmith (Arabin House, Loughton, Essex)

Memento of the Mission for Children and Young People hald at Eastbourne : and conducted by Mr. E. Arrowsmith (Arabin House, Loughton, Essex)
Date:
[approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

44. To the keepers and drivers of donkeys.

To the keepers and drivers of donkeys.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.

Select engravings from a collection of pictures : by the most eminent Italian, Flemish, and Dutch masters exhibiting at the Saloon of Arts, Old Bond Street : with a short biographical notice of the painters.
Date:
MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 59, [1] pages, [1], 90 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851 / W.P. Metchim, lith., 1 Adam St., Strand.

Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851 / W.P. Metchim, lith., 1 Adam St., Strand.
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 50 x 62 cm, folded to 17 x 21 cm, in covers 18 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

47. Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors to his portable travelling cabinet ... : containing the complete furniture of a drawing-room, and forms its own case for travelling.

Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors to his portable travelling cabinet ... : containing the complete furniture of a drawing-room, and forms its own case for travelling.
Creator:
Kane, Gregory, active 1851
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. [Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].
Creator:
Urch, Henry
Date:
May, 1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. John Lloyd, tobacco & snuff manufacturer : 30, High Street, Birmingham & 77, Snow Hill, London.

John Lloyd, tobacco & snuff manufacturer : 30, High Street, Birmingham & 77, Snow Hill, London.
Creator:
Lloyd, John, active 1843
Date:
[ca. 1843]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The Linwood gallery of pictures in needle-work : with a biographical sketch of the painters.

The Linwood gallery of pictures in needle-work : with a biographical sketch of the painters.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
vi, [1], 8-71, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Palestine Pavilion.

Palestine Pavilion.
Date:
[1924]
Physical Description:
1 photographic postcard : tinted ; 9 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. For the use of schools ... The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the youth of both sexes ...

For the use of schools ... The young artist's complete magazine, for the instruction of the youth of both sexes ...
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
1 sheet (2 pages) ; 23 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Exhibition of Sir George Hayter's great historical pictures, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly : the great picture of the House of Commons, painted on one hundred and seventy feet of canvass ..., the House of Lords ..., the much admired picture of the trial of William, Lord Russell, in 1683, the portrait of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria ..., and various other works, comprising upwards of eight hundred portraits of eminent characters, all painted by the same artist ...

Exhibition of Sir George Hayter's great historical pictures, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly : the great picture of the House of Commons, painted on one hundred and seventy feet of canvass ..., the House of Lords ..., the much admired picture of the trial of William, Lord Russell, in 1683, the portrait of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria ..., and various other works, comprising upwards of eight hundred portraits of eminent characters, all painted by the same artist ...
Date:
[1843]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 29 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. [Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London].

[Advertisement for Pinoli's Restaurant, London].
Creator:
Pinoli's Restaurant
Date:
[192-?]
Physical Description:
[4] pages : illustration ; 90 x 60 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. [Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service].

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service].
Creator:
London Transport Executive
Date:
[1951]
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 31 x 100 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
MCMLVII [1957]
Physical Description:
xv, [3], 936, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
38, [14] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine & Sons
Date:
1951
Physical Description:
1 postcard : photograph ; 10 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. A catalogue of a known capital collection of pictures, in which are the works of the following masters : Raphael, Titian, Guido, P. Veronese, An. Del Sarto, L. Jordano, C. Maratti, C. Dolci, Spagnoletto, Ciro Ferri, Battolomeo, Bourgognone, F. Mola, P. Panini, Marieski, Amiconi, Rubens, Van Dyke, Teniers, Bergham, Ruysdael : also of the capital antique and modern busts, figures, &c. the whole property of a nobleman brought from his seat in Oxfordshire : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Walsh, at his room, opposite Mr. Almack's, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 12, 1775, and the following day : to be viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding the sale.

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Creator:
Walsh, Mr.
Date:
[1775]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. A catalogue of valuable pictures, by admired artists of the Dutch, Flemish & French schools : many in carved French frames, the property of a gentleman, long resident in Paris : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, the 29th day of June, 1831, at one for two o'clock punctually : may now be viewed, and catalogues had at Mr. Phillips's, 73, New Bond Street.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1831]
Physical Description:
pages [21]-32 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A catalogue of the numerous and valuable collection of Italian, Flemish, & Dutch pictures, the property of a Gentleman, deceased : accumulated by him many years back, from Churches & Galleries on the Continent, at an enormous expence, and embracing the works of the most eminent Masters of the several schools : in the collection is the celebrated picture of The doctors of the church, by Jordaens : Raphael's cartoons, copied the size of the originals, by Sir. J. Thornhill : four subjects by Salvator Rosa : and others of great interest and celebrity, by Raphael, Domenichino, Guido, Coreggio, Procaccini, Parmigiano, Titian, Claude, Poussins, Rubens, Rembrandt, P. Potter, &c. also, a great number of excellent carved French frames, of gallery and cabinet dimensions : which will be sold by auction, by order of the Executrix, by Mr. Stanley, at his Gallery in Maddox Street, Hanover Square, on Tuesday, the 12th of June, 1832, and two following days, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed, and catalogues had (at one Shilling each) at the Gallery, and at Mr. Stanley's Auction Rooms, 21, Old Bond Street.

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Creator:
Mr. Stanley (Firm)
Date:
[1832]
Physical Description:
13, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Catalogue of a collection of rare English portraits, the property of Henry Llewellyn, Esq. (being the remaining portion) : containing specimens by Pass, Delaram, Faithorne, Hollar, Loggan, Pontius, Blooteling, White, Valk, Lombart, &c. : in the finest preservation ... : together with miscellaneous modern prints, by eminent artists, drawings in water-colours, historical prints, finely engraved foreign portraits, framed and glazed prints, &c. &c. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Southgate, at his rooms, no. 22, Fleet Street, on Friday, 22d of February, 1828, and following day, at twelve o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Southgate, James Webb, -1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
18 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

67. 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.

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

68. The ratcatcher's daughter : illustrated ... / by [Gamma].

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Creator:
Bede, Cuthbert, 1827–1889
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. The exhibition of the Society of British Artists : Suffolk Street, Pall-Mall East, MDCCCXXXII, the ninth.

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Creator:
Royal Society of British Artists
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
48 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

71. 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.

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

72. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

75. A catalogue of a very valuable and interesting collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : including some, the property of a gentleman well-known in the fashionable world, particularly a grand landscape by Salvator Rosa, an historical subject by N. Poussin, portraits by Parmegiano and Holbein, and an interior by Terburg ; also, the Canterbury pilgrimage, by Stothard, R.A., and some interesting portraits ; and specimens of Guercino, G. Poussin, Parocel, Greuze, Breughel, Van der Neer, Ruysdael, Pynacker, Cuyp, Bega, Ostade, J. Steen, Du Jardin, Asselyn, Mieris, Teniers, Wynants, Van Stry, Wilson, Landseer : 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 26th, 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. A catalogue of a very valuable assemblage of capital pictures, chiefly of the great Italian, with some fine specimens of the French, Flemish, Dutch, & English schools : they comprise a Cleopatra, by Guido ... and the Broken pitcher, by Gainsborough : the property of a nobleman, deceased : St. John Preaching, and Daedalus and Icarus, by Albano : St. Francis, by Agostino Carracci : a Man's Portrait, by Rembrandt, and other capital specimens, by A. Da Mantegna, G. Romano, Garofalo, M. Venusti, D. Da Volterra, Schidone, V. Castelli, Giorgione, Murillo, I. Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, P. De Mattei, V. Dyck, Teniers, Ostade, Dubbels, Mommers, Patel, Morland, Howard, Reinagle, Powell, Payne also a beautiful group in marble of maternal affection by E.H. Baily, Esq. R.A. : 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 25th, 1833, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. 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.

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

78. Complete poetry and selected prose / edited by John Hayward.

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Creator:
Donne, John, 1572–1631
Date:
1929
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 793, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. Liberty : 1935.

No cover image available
Creator:
Liberty & Co
Physical Description:
[30] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Panorama of the Franco Prussian War [graphic] / painted by P.C. from the sketches of Messrs. Smith, Brown, Jones & Robinson.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860
Date:
[1871?]
Physical Description:
37 pictures on 7 joined sheets : hand-colored lithographs ; sheets end-to-end 13 x 329 cm, accordion folded to 13 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

83. Catalogue of portraits of illustrious characters in the reign of Elizabeth / forming part of a series painted in enamel by Henry Bond ; after pictures in the collections of ... the Duke of Bedford, ... the Duke of Dorset, ... Marquis of Salisbury, ... Countess of Berkeley, ... Viscount Grimston, Lord Somerville, &c. : No. 15, Berners Street, February 28, 1814.

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Creator:
Bone, Henry, 1755–1834
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
12 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. The royal juvenile drawing book.

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1840?]
Physical Description:
pt. : all ill. ; 11 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

86. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of modern drawings : framed and glazed, and in portfolios : modern prints :a few fine Dutch etchings : and some pictures : the property of the late Mr. T. Sheldrake, Senr.. (of the Strand) Deceased : the drawings comprise some of the finest ppecimens of the following celebrated and admired Masters, viz. : Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Mortimer, Worlidge, Benwell, Wheatly, Gainsborough, Barrett, Marlow, Gilpin, P. Sandby, Hearne, Meye, Greffe, Hills, Serres, Pillement, Chatelain, &c. &c. : also many fine iImpressions by Bartolozzi, Weston, Collier, Sharp, &c. : a number of fine etchings of cattle, &c. by V. de Velde, Potter, Jardin, Bergehm : a large collection of drawings by Hearnel : and a few fine pictures by Ruysdael, Lingelback, Wilson, Barrett, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 21, 1800, and following Day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

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

87. A catalogue of the capital set of highly finished original drawings, in water colors, which have furnished the plates for that admired work entitled View of the city of Dublin, by the late ingenious and scientific artist, James Malton, Esq. deceased, together with the copper plates, impressions and letter press of that and his other popular works, viz. on cottage architecture, ornamental villas, the painter's maulstick, Stonehenge, and others on geometry and perspective : also his collection of architectural designs, studies, and models, books of architecture and prints, sketches and views from nature, and a choice assemblage of original drawings by the late W. Hamilton, Esq. R.A. : which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executors) by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday, March 8, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. A catalogue of a genuine, superb and truly valuable assemblage of vases, marbles, and other objects of virtù : the property of, and collected by a Man of Fashion, during a recent visit to Rome and Naples : comprising a numerous collection of singularly-fine Etruscan Vases, of the early Sicilian and Compana Classes : besides many rare and novel specimens of the smaller Greek pottery : slabs of the most rare and precious Antique Marbles : part of the shaft of a column of the beautiful Egyptian Granite : a few bustos of exquisite modern sculpture, particularly a colossal bust from the Antinous and a noble copy, in marble, from the celebrated vase in the Villa Borghese, 3 feet 9 inches high : a fine plaster cast, moulded expressly for the proprietor from the Apollo of the Belvidere : and a few elegant Alabaster Vases of Beautiful Florentine Sculpture : also, two fine antique gems : a capital set of the Nine Muses, in Mable, antique : and original models in terra cotta, by the celebrated Roubiliac, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 29th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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

89. 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.

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

90. 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

91. 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.)

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

92. A catalogue of a genuine and capital collection of Roman earthen ware in dishes, plates, ewers, &c. : painted by Raphael, Benvenuto Garofolo, Julio Romano, Vasari, Paci, Roso, Perino del Vaga, and others : also, a curious collection of miniatures by Isaac Oliver, Hillier, Hoskins, and others : and likewise several pictures by various Master's : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th of this instant March 1757 : to be viewed on Tuesday the 15th and every day after till the time of sale, which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock :

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Creator:
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:
[1757]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Catalogue of the second portion of the very important collection of pictures, of Gaetano Facciol, LL.D., of Verona : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, June 28, 1852, at one o'clock precisely

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1852]
Physical Description:
13, [3] ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. 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.

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

95. 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.

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

96. Winter harvest / by Andrew Young.

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

97. A catalogue of the choice and excellent collection of pictures of the first class in the Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Flemish Schools : many of which have been distinguished ornaments of celebrated galleries and cabinets, and purchased at liberal prices by the proprietor, including many of unusual excellence, and several of transcendent merit : particularly The Titian Venus ... : The Triumph of Charity, by Rubens ... : The Meeting of Jacob and Esau, by Murillo ... : ... landscape, morning scene, by Both : ... portrait of Henry VIII, by Holbein : St. Joseph and Infant Christ in a landscape, by Guido : Dead Christ and the Maries, by L. and A. Caracci : the Head of St. John, ... by L. Da Vinci : Three boys blowing bubbles, by Terburg : Venus and Adonis, by Vandyke : Nell Gwynne and the Duke of St. Albans, by Sir P. Lely : ... portrait of the Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, by Janet : a View near Naples ... by Vernet : ... The triumph of Silenus, by Rubens and Jordaens : and others by the following great and esteemed Masters : Raffaelle, Dominchino, Caracci, Titian, N. Del Abati, Murillo, Velasquez, Antonilez, Julio Clovio, Claude, Berchem, Both, Du Jardin, Rembrandt, G. Dow, Wouvermans, Cuyp, De Hogge, Jan Stein, A. Ostade : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. E. Foster and Son, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 25th of July, 1835, at twelve o'clock.

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

98. A catalogue of a portion of the valuable and extensive collection of ancient pictures : selected with great liberality and taste by the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. from many of the renowned galleries which have been sold during the last 40 years : in particular those of Lucien Buonaparte, The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Radstock, Sir W. Drummond : and Messrs. Hibbert, Turner, Webb, and Sir T. Lawrence : besides a number purchased during a tour which the deceased made on the Continent shortly after the Peace : the pictures are all in a genuine state, uniting clever examples of the Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, and French Schools : the present portion will include many fine cabinet specimens of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, in particular the works of Netscher, Backhuysen, V. Velde, V. Der Capella, J. Steen, Decker, Watteau, Vernet and others : and several scripture pieces by Masters of the Italian School : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 12th of April, 1842, at one o'clock precisely, by order of the executors, without any reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. A catalogue of the fine and genuine works of Nic. Beatrice, Aeneas Vico, Augustin Venitien, The Ghisis, or Mantuanus, Marc De Ravenna, and Marc Antonio : the property of a well-known collector : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at Mr. Fisher's rooms, no. 41, King-street, & 11, Hart-street, Covent-garden, on Friday, May 13, 1814, and the two following days at [12] o'clock, (Sunday excepted.).

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
pages [53]-68 ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Catalogue of a small but very select collection of prints : comprisng specimens by the principal engravers of ancient and modern times : consisting of the best works of Israel Van Mecken, Martin Zagel, Marc Antonio, Albert Durer, Giulio Bonasone, Prince Rupert, The Visschers, Suyderhoef, Bolswert, Edelinck, Hogarth, Strange, Woollett, Sharp, Morghen, Desnoyers, Felsing &c. &c. &c. : and etchings by Rembrandt, Berghem, Both, Claude, Van Dyck, Stoop, Swanevelt and others of equal importance ... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts at their house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Wednesday, 19th April {10th May], 1848, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
S. Leigh Sotheby & Co.
Date:
[1848]
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts