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Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

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Subject Terms Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.

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1. The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent : with catalogues of the pictures contained in the mansion, and biographical notices of the principal persons whose portraits form part of the collection / by John H. Brady, F.R.A.S.

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Creator:
Brady, John Henry
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xx, 258, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates, ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

2. New description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : to which is prefixed, Blenheim, a poem.

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 172 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

3. Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xvi, 46, [2], viii pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

4. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

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Creator:
Eller, Irvin
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
viii, 410 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

5. Catalogue of the collection of pictures, works of art, and decorative objects, the property of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, K. T. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square ...

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1882]
Physical Description:
234 pages, 78 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

6. A description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House : illustrated with twenty-five engravings of some of the capital statues, bustos and relievos : in this work are introduced the anecdotes and remarks of Thomas, Earl of Pembroke, who collected these antiques, now first published from His Lordship's mss. / by James Kennedy.

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Creator:
Kennedy, James, active 1759
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
[10], xxxviii, 116, [2] pages, 25 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

7. The ducal estate of Stowe, near Buckingham : the historical seat of the dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the late Comte de Paris : Messrs. Jackson Stops will sell by auction, at Stowe house, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock, the free hold of the historic mansion and estate, extending to about 1,400 acres, including the world famous grounds, and temples, surrounding park lands, and the picturesque village of Dadford : the estate will be first offered as a whole, and, and if not then sold, in 67 lots, including 24 first pasture farms and small holdings, chiefly with vacant possession : houses and freehold ground rents, at or near the town of Buckingham : on the eighteen days following (from July 5th to July 28th, excluding Saturdays at 11 o'clock precisely each day) will be sold the contents of the mansion, including the supremely valuable collection of heirloom pictures, tapestries and historic furniture, by the world's greatest masters, superb statuary and metal work, important collection of rare china, porcelain, an immense assortment of other objets d'art, the contents of the magnificent library, fine collection of historic letters and manuscripts, the valuable gold plate, carvings and panellings by Grinling Gibbons : famous classic temples and other buildings and bridges luxuriously built to designs by famous architects.

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Date:
[1921]
Physical Description:
232 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

8. A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.

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Creator:
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
x, 292, [4] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

9. A catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq. M.P. : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the proprietor, and accompanied with historical and biographical notices / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

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Creator:
Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[8], 32, [2] pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.