Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Associated Places: London / Language: English / Classification: Books

101. 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

102. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

Creator:: Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
Date:: 1848
Physical Description:: [2], iv, 16 p., [20] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

103. 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.

104. Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Benjamin Way, Esq. of Denham. ... / Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Friday, May 30, and two following days, (Sunday excepted).

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [2], 33, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. 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

106. A catalogue of all the valuable copper plates, with their etchings, proofs, and impressions : an assemblage of original drawings, finished in the finest stile of the several admired Masters : viz. Cipriani, Morland, Wheatley, Angelica, Benwel, Bellange, Westall, Hamilton, &c. &c. &c. : a few pictures and many capital prints, framed and glazed : French and English printing paper, &c.: being the entire stock of Mrs. Diemar, Printseller and Publisher of the Strand : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1799 : to begin precisely at twelve o'clock, on account of the number of lots : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had a the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : at Mrs. Diemar's Strand : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

107. 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

108. 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

109. Montaigne's essays : John Florio's translation / edited by J. I. M. Stewart

Creator:: Montaigne, Michel de, 1533–1592
Date:: MCMXXXI [1931]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

110. 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.

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

111. 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.

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

112. A practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the late Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [4], vi, [34] p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

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

114. Catalogue of the very choice collection of works of art of Francis Broderip, Esq., deceased : comprising pictures, drawings, miniatures, engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and objects of art and vertu : which (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 Tuesday, February 6, 1872, and eight following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 91 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

115. 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

116. 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

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

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 47, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

118. From the Third programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition / edited by John Morris.

Date:: 1956
Physical Description:: x, 339, [3] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

119. A catalogue of the highly valuable and splendid pictures, of the Italian, Venetian & Flemish schools, the property of R. Westall, esq. R.A. : including the finest works of the Carracci's, Giorgione, Bonafacio, Schiavone, S. Del Piombo, Bassano, Bartolomeo, Titian, Guido, Guercino, Schidone, G. Poussin, Claud, Schalken, Rubens, Vandyke, N. Maes, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Murillo, F. Mola, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his rooms, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 14th of May, 1830, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

120. A catalogue of the entire series of portraits of illustrious characters in the reign of Queen Elizabeth : painted in enamel, by that unrivalled and justly esteemed artist, the late Henry Bone, Esq., R. A., after authentic pictures in the collections of the nobility and gentry in this country : 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 Friday, April 22, 1836, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

121. Catalogue of the small but highly important collection of motion pictures of that well-known amateur, George Young, Esq. : and of several other English pictures, of the highest class, from different private collections : 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 19, 1866, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1866]
Physical Description:: 22. [2] 23 cmpages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

122. Catalogue of the highly important collection of ancient & modern pictures, formed with great taste by Samuel Wheeler, Esq., deceased, late of Brunswick Terrace, Brighton, and Barrow Hills, Surrey : which (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 Saturday, July 29, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

123. A catalogue of an important collection of pictures, of the highest class : principally the select portion of a distinguished continental gallery : particularly a magnificent gallery picture by Titian : two ... works by Jordaens : St. John and the Infant Saviour, in a Landscape, by Rubens : a beautiful subject by David Teniers : and capital landscapes by Paul Potter, Hobbima, Vandevelde, Cuyp, Ruysdael, K. Du Jardin, Berchem, Wynants, Asselyn : two ... flower pieces by Van Huysum : four subjects by Rembrandt : ... composition by Murillo : ... Virgin and Child by Raffaelle : two ... equestrian portraits by Velasquez : and pictures equally excellent by Guido, Bassano, Canaletto, Holbein, Denner, Vander Werf, P. De Hooghe, A. Brauwer, Backhuysen, Moucheron, Omeganck, De Heem, Greuze, Martin, Naiveu : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips at his great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

124. Catalogue of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the very highest class : including the choice portion of the well-known collection of the late General Sir John Murray : the remainder being selections from some of the most important galleries on the Continent : also, some fine marbles, from Shugborough Hall Collection : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 19, 1852, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

125. 19th annual dinner : Christmas 1951.

Creator:: Metal Box Company
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: [8] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

126. 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

127. Catalogue of the important gallery of Italian, German, and Flemish pictures : the property of His Imperial Highness Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, March 12, 1853, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1853]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

128. 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

129. Catalogue of a very important and beautiful collection of Italian & Dutch pictures of the highest quality, formed with great liberality and taste from the most renowned collections : including The Holy Family by Fra. Bartolomeo, from the Earl of Coventry's Collection : Archimedes by Mola, and a Marine View at Sun-Set, Pynacker, both from the Orleans Gallery : a View in Venice by Guiardi, from Mr. Beckford's Collection : The Choice of Hercules by Albano, from Count Surveiller's : The Dentist by D. Teniers, engraved in the Le Brun Gallery : no. 562 in Smith's Catalogue : A Virgin and Child by Carlo Dolci, and two fine Canaletti's, all from Sir Thomas Baring's Collection : a Landscape and Figures by Adrian Vandevelde, no. 41 in Smith's Catalogue : Sacking a Village, by Philip Wouvermans, from the Verstolk Gallery : A Calm by William Vandevelde, no. 183, in Smith's Catalogue Raissonne : and many other exquisite works and examples of Murillo, Schidone, Tintoretto, Schiavone, Ruysdael, Vanderneer, De Coning, Linglebach, G. Poussin, K. Du Jardin, R. Ruisch, Wynants, Platza, Zuccharelli, R. Wilson : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster & Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 23d of June, 1852, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

130. Catalogue of the very valuable collection of engravings, of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English Schools : in which will be found specimens of the different styles of engraving and etchings by the following Great Masters : Baldini, Montagna, Mantegna, M. Antonio, A. Venezano, Ravenna, the Ghisi, Master 1466, M. Schoen, J. Van Meck, A. Durer, Rembrandt, Stoop, Potter, Visscher, Van De Velde, Nanteuil, Edelinck, Hervie, Sharpe, Bartolozzi, &c. &. : fine English and foreign portraits, by Faithorne, White, Deleu, Gaultier, &c. : topographical, historical, satirical pieces, &c. &c. : a few valuable books of prints : the property of Samuel Woodburn, Esq., deceased, which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at the Gallery, no. 112, St. Martin's Lane, on Monday, June 5, 1854, and seven following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1854]
Physical Description:: 74 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

131. Catalogue of the collection of old English plate, pictures, water-colour drawings, and engravings, of J.P. Dexter, Esq., deceased : also, a portion of the valuable stock of Messrs. R. & S. Garrard & Co., consisting of fine jewels and ancient and modern plate : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, May 23, 1872, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 22 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

132. A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: xxiv, 250 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

133. Ulick and Soracha / by George Moore.

Creator:: Moore, George, 1852–1933
Date:: MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:: [6], 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

134. Royal Exchange : report to the Court of Common Council from the Royal-Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee : presented 23d January, 1845.

Creator:: Royal Exchange (London, England). Joint Committee for Gresham Affairs
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 4, 223, [1] p., [4], 4 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

135. 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

136. Catalogue of a valuable portion of the library of a gentleman : to which is added, another collection ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, July 16, and following day.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

137. A catalogue of the very valuable and extensive collection of original drawings, by the most distinguished Masters of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Schools : the greater part of which formerly enriched the Cabinets of King Charles the First, Sir P. Lely, the two Richardsons, Thos. Hudson, Sir Josh. Reynolds, Count Daylus, Mr. Udney, Count Caylus, Count Goudt, Paul Sandby, Benjamin West, Richard Conway, Mr. Mariette, and Dr. Peart : ... the entire property of William Mayor, Esq. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Monday May 31st, 1830, & three following days, at twelve o'clock, in consequence of the proprietor going abroad.

Creator:: Stanley, George (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 39, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

138. Reges, reginæ, nobiles, & alij in ecclesia collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterij sepulti vsque ad annum reparatæ salutis 1600 ...

Creator:: Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:: 1600
Physical Description:: [81] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

139. A handbook to the public galleries of art in and near London : with catalogues of the pictures accompanied by critical, historical, and biographical notices, and copious indexes to facilitate reference / by Mrs. Jameson.

Creator:: Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794–1860
Date:: 1842
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

140. Special exhibition of national portraits on loan to the South Kensington Museum : galleries and bays of the national portrait exhibition, 1866 : shown in seventy-seven photographs.

Creator:: South Kensington Museum
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: [4], [81] p. : ports., photos. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

141. A catalogue of the very noble collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures of the right honourable Admiral Lord Radstock, deceased : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, without reserve, on Friday, May the 12th, 1826, and following day, at one o'clock precisely : printed catalogues may be had, at one shilling and six-pence each, of Messr. Galignani, Paris; Mr. Nieuwenhuys, Brussels; Mr. A. Brondgiest, at Amsterdam; and of Mr. Christie, King Street, St. James's Square, London.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1826]
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

142. Catalogue of the unique collection of miniature paintings in oil, known as "The Cabinet of Gems" of the late Mr. M. Van Parys, of Bruxelles : to be sold by auction, without reserve, by Mr. Phillips at his rooms, No. 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 11th day of June, 1832, at one o'clock : may now be viewed, and catalogues had at Mr. Phillip's, Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

143. Catalogue of an extensive collection of valuable engravings from the works of the Old Italian, German, French, Dutch, and Flemish Masters : numerous specimens of the works of engravers from the earliest period to the present time : collected for the illustration of Pilkington's Dictionary of Engravers : a few English prints, foreign and British portraits : drawings, portfolios : also the plates and copyright of Ottlety's Italian School of Design and Ottley's Florentine School of Design : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Foster and Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June 26th, Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th June, 1847, at one precisely each day : on Wednesday 30th, the collection of ancient Italian pictures : the whole being the property of the late Warner Ottley, Esq. by order of the executors.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1847]
Physical Description:: 34 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

144. 16th annual dinner : Christmas 1949.

Creator:: Metal Box Company
Date:: [1949]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 25 x 44 cm, folded to 25 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

145. A catalogue of the genuine household furniture : comprising a superb state bed with rich figured silk hangings : window curtains, gilt frame sofa & fauteuils en suite : marble tables, 8-day clocks, fire arms, wines, 5 cwt of sugar, spices, coals, brewing utensils, casks : culinary utensils, and numerous valuable articles : which will be sold by Mr. Abbott, on the premises, Rutland House, near the Horse Barracks, Kensington Road, Knightsbridge, on Monday, November 19, 1827, & four following days, at eleven o'clock, without reserve, by order of the executors.

Creator:: Abbott, Mr.
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 45, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

146. Gallery of poets, Pall-Mall and Fleet Street : April 2, 1790 : catalogue of the third exhibition of pictures / painted for Mr. Macklin by the artists of Britain ; illustrative of the British poets and the Bible ...

Date:: 1790
Physical Description:: vii, 42 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

147. A catalogue of the very important, and highly interesting collection of manuscripts, state papers and autograph letters, received by Sir Robert Southwell, while Clerk of the Privy Council ... his son, the Hon. Edward Southwell, and William Blathwayt, Secretary at War; the property of Lord de Clifford, deceased, and removed from his Lordship's Seat, King's Weston, near Bristol : ... also a few printed books on heraldry, omitted in the sale of the library : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Christie, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, February the 11th, 1834, and three following days, at twelve for one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Christie
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 76, 3, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

148. A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774, publisher
Date:: [1755]
Physical Description:: 15 pages, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

149. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

Date:: 1861
Physical Description:: vii, 293 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

150. Minxes admonished, or, Beauty reproved : an album of deplorable caprices / faithfully narrated & modestly embellished by William Russell Flint

Creator:: Flint, W. Russell (William Russell), Sir, 1880–1969
Date:: MCMLV [1955]
Physical Description:: [13],16-123, [5] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

151. A catalogue of a small but exquisite assemblage of thirty-two cabinet pictures, recently consigned from abroad : these pictures (genuine private property) are the élite of whatever has been for many years procurable in Holland, and are the perfection of the art as far as it has been carried in the school of that country : among them are that very celebrated & astonishing landscape with figures, by P. Potter, one of the very finest in Europe, of the master, formerly in the cabinet of Mr. V. Slingelandt : a large sea piece by Dubbels, an admirable chef d'œuvre : a Holy Family, Rubens : an interior, with many figures, A. Ostade : a ditto, Teniers, capital : a charming Cuyp : two by Rembrandt, and others by Wouvermans, Berghem, Ruysdael, Hobbima, Wynants, Du Jardin, Both, Lingelbach, J. Steen, Metzu, G. Dow, Terberg, V. Eckhout, V. der Heyden, Backuysen : in the highest perfection : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April 26, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

152. A catalogue of a very valuable and highly important collection of pictures chiefly of the early Flemish and German schools, together with some by Italian and Dutch masters : comprising the very celebrated work of Hubert and John Van Eyck : the Adoration of the Lamb, formerly in the Chapel of the Hotel de Ville at Ghent : ... work by Margaretha Van Eyck : Ecce Homo, by Martin Schoen : three by Albert Durer : and ... specimens of Ghielandaio, Masaccio, P. Perugino, M. Venusti, Le. Credi, Correggio, Caravaggio, Guido, Salice, C. Dolce, Guercino, C. Maratti, L. Cranach, Hemlinck, Scoorlels, Wohlgemu, Schwartz, L. v. Leyden, Jordaens, G. Crayer, Cuyp, Brauwer, Haussman, Ruysdael : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, the 26th of April, 1839, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

153. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a prose translation / with an introductory essay by Gwyn Jones ; with six engravings in colour by Dorothea Braby.

Date:: 1952
Physical Description:: [4], 95 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

154. A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of pictures, miniatures, &c. of Mr. John Oldfield, late of Tufton Street, Westminster, deceased : which by order of the administratrix will by sold by auction, by Mr. Langford and Son, at their home in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, the 29th of this instant March 1768, and the two following days : the said collection may be viewed on Saturday next the 26th, and every day after till the time of sale (Sunday excepted) which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogue of which may be had gratis, on the days of viewing, at Mr. Langford, aforesaid.

Creator:: Mr. Langford and Son
Date:: [1768]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

155. A catalogue of the extensive and valuable stock of copper plates, with the impressions, (some of which are unpublished) the property of Mr. William Dickinson, late of Bond Street, engraver and print seller : comprising a small collection of modern paintings, among which are the two original pictures, of the Resurrection of a Pious Family, and the Spirit of a Child, by the Rev. Mr. Peters : an extensive and choice collection of modern loose prints : an assemblage of scarce portraits, the plates of the prints for Gambado's Horsemanship by Bunbury : Right to a Moiety of the Annals of Horsemanship : a printing press : two presses to contain prints : a variety of portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction (by order of the assignees) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room (late Royal Academy) Pall-Mall, on Friday, February 14th, 1794, and five following days, (Sunday excepted) at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803, e publisher
Date:: [1793] ,
Physical Description:: 26 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

156. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern masters : a capital large bronze figure of Neptune : a marble bust of the great Duke of Marlborough, &c. : the property of a Gentleman, gone to India : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, December 8th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : and catalogues may be then had in Pall Mall, and at the Rainbow Coffee House.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

157. Catalogue of the very select cabinet of exquisite Dutch pictures of the Right Hon. the Earl Granville : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 21st, 1845, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1845]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

158. A catalogue of the entire collection of pictures of Robert Udny, Esq. deceased : which he formed during a long series of years, without regard to expence, out of the principal cabinets of Italy and elsewhere ... : obtained principally out of the cabinets of the King of Naples al Capo di Monte, the Duke of Salviati, Cardinal Aldobrandini, Marquis Pucci, Prince Chigi, Marquis Gerini, D. Livio Odeschalci, Duke of Braschiano, Palavicini, Barbarigo, Signor Taddeo Taddei, Duc de la Valière, &c. & c : which ... will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie (without reserve) at the great room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May 18, 1804, and following day ...

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 19, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

159. A catalogue of a valuable and pleasing collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the genuine property of a gentleman, comprising the works of the following great and celebrated masters, viz. : Tintoretto, P. Veronese, Bassano, Carracci, Guido, Lanfranco, C. Marratti, Poussin, Claude, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, V. Der Meulen, Berghem, V. De Velde, Huysdael, Netscherm, Terburg, Waterloo, Zuccarelli : also, at the same time will be sold the fittings-up of an elegant saloon, thirty-three feet long by 19 feet wide, and 12 feet high, painted in history, architectures, and landscape, by those distinguished artists in their several lines, Sir James Thornhill, Bonomi, Barrett, and Gilpin : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June the 1st, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

160. Astrophel & Stella / by Sir Philip Sidney ; edited by Mona Wilson.

Creator:: Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554–1586
Date:: MCMXXXI [1931]
Physical Description:: [2], v-xxxviii, [2], 193, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

161. Denise René back in London presents her artists 21 years on : 7 June - 12 July 1989.

Creator:: Redfern Gallery
Date:: 1989
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.

162. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : made with great judgement and considerable expence by that most ingenious artist, the late Mr. Guy Head, deceased, during his residence on the Continent : comprising the works of the following great and admired Masters : Raphael, Corregio, Parmegiano, Titian, Guido, Tintoretto, Dominichino, Murillo, Spagnoleto, S. Rosa, Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Rembrandt, Berghem, Ruysdael, Pynaker : which (by order of the sole executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April the 3d, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

163. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of an eminent collector : comprising the works of the following great and celebrated Masters : Titian, Giorgione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Bassano, Cara Baggio, Parmegiano, Carraci, Guido, Guercino, Dominichino, Lanfranco, Albano, S. Rosa, Le Seuer, Rubens, Vandyke, Jordaens, D. Teniers, Van Eyck, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Zuccarelli, &c. &c. &c. : among which are particularly valuable : Our Saviour Bearing His Crross, Rubens : from the Vituri Collection-Capital : the famous White Horse, by Jordaens : the Tent of Darius, by Dominichino : a finely coloured subject, Rombout, Curious, and further valuable from a design introduced in it with singular poetical taste, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : also, four capital pictures, by P. Veronese, Carraci, and Guercino : the complete furniture of the Chapel of a religious house in the Ferarese, &c. : recently consigned to this country : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 17, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

164. A catalogue of all that noble & superlatively capital assemblage of valuable pictures, drawings, miniatures, and prints : the property of the Right Hon. Charles Alexander De Calonne, late Prime Minister of France : selected with equal taste, judgment, and liberality, during his residence in France, and his travels through Italy, Germany, Flanders, and Holland, and while in England : at the immense expence of above sixty thousand guineas, there is also included a small elegant collection of cabinet pictures, bequeathed to him by the late Monsieur D'arveley, high treasurer of France : forming together the most splendid collection in Europe, which were intended for a magnificent gallery at his late house in Piccadilly : comprising the inestimable works of the most admired masters of the Roman, Florentine, Bolognese, Venetian, Spanish, French, Dutch, and English schools : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Skinner and Dyke, on Monday the 23d of March, 1795, and five following Days, punctually at twelve o'clock, at the great rooms, in spring gardens, by order of the now mortgagees : to be publicly viewed four days preceding the sale, (Sunday excepter.) : catalogues may be had, at two shillings and six-pence each, in Spring Gardens, also of Mess. Skinner and Dyke, Aldergate Street..

Creator:: Skinner and Dyke
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 37, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

165. A catalogue of a collection of upwards of four hundred original drawings, by Stothard, Burney, Smirke, Corbould, Van Assen, &c. : being designs for various works, published by Mr. Harrison, bookseller, of Pater-Noster-Row, (a bankrupt) : and which, by order of the assignees, will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his Great Room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, June 2, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday, till the sale, and catalogues then had.

Creator:: King, Thomas
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

166. Adrian de Menasce, 1925-1995 : late oil paintings.

Creator:: Mayor Gallery
Date:: ©1996
Physical Description:: [20] pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

167. 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

168. 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

169. 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

170. 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

171. Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, Kilburn : grave no. 16780 : section 10.

Date:: [approximately 1890]
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 8 x 13 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

172. [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

173. A catalogue of an exceedingly select collection of engravings, formed with the object of comprising first rate specimens of the most eminent masters in the art, from the earliest period to the present time : it accordingly comprehends the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English Schools : also included several specimens of works in niello, and engravings ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hessey, at Mr. Curtis's Rooms, 265, Regent Street, on Monday, March 8, 1830, at half past twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Hessey
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

174. 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

175. Catalogue of Twenty Pictures, chiefly of the Spanish School, the property of the late Lionel Charles Hervey, Esq., H. M. Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid : comprising fine works of Velasquez, Murillo, and Morales : ... altarpiece, by Sebastian Del Piombo, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1844, at two o'clock.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1844]
Physical Description:: 5, [3] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

176. A catalogue of the first part of the very valuable and extensive collection of engravings, in the portfolio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, late President of the Royal Academy, deceased : comprising his rare and fine engravings by M. Antonio and the old Italian engravers : engravings by and after the great Italian painters : prints from the works of Rubens : his rare and valuable etchings by Rembrandt : many from the sale of Mr. Josi : the works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, all proofs : and prints by distinguished modern artists : also books of prints; among which are a fine and complete copy of the Pitture, &c. d'Ercolano / 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 Monday, May the 10th, 1830, and following days, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had (at 1s. 6d each) at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 40 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

177. A catalogue of a truly superb and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the first class, and in the highest state of preservation : selected with very superior taste, and at a liberal expence, from several of the most distinguished cabinets on the Continent : the genuine property of Walsh Porter, Esq. going abroad : among numerous chef d'œuvres of the great and most celebrated masters in this collection are : the Virgin with the rabbit, by Corregio, from the collection of the King of Naples : Virgin and Child, Leon. da Vinci, truly capital : the Young card players, Carravagio, from the Aldobrandini palace : two brilliant landscapes, by Claude, from the Duke de Choiseuil's collection : the Tambour battant, Teniers, from the duc de Praslin's ditto : Le roi dépouillé, a surprising picture, by Schalken, formerly in the collection of the late King of France : various capital landscapes by S. Rosa, Cuyp, V. de Velde, C. du Jardin, and Pynaker : the celebrated Phaeton, by Wilson : and a landscape, by Gainsborough : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, March the 22d, 1803, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

178. A catalogue of antique, ancient and Italian works of art in bronze, on view and sale at Mr. Deville's rooms, No. 367, Strand.

Creator:: De Ville, James, 1776–1846
Date:: 1834
Physical Description:: 30, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

179. The Ephesian story / by Xenophon of Ephesus ; translated from the Greek by Paul Turner ; with illustrations by Eric Fraser.

Creator:: Xenophon, of Ephesus
Date:: 1957
Physical Description:: 61, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

180. A Catalogue of the capital collection of optical, mathematical, and philosophical Instruments and machines : late the property of The Right Hon. the Earl of Bute, Deceased : consisting of a great variety of elegant and valuable articles : including a grand orrery, a nicely-finished new universal equatorial, by Ramsden : a large armillary sphere, a cabinet selection of silver and brass drawing instruments and scales, air pumps, electrical machines, and apparatus, by Nairne : a silver compound microscope; elegant solar, lucernal, and other microscopes, by Adams, &c. reflecting telescopes, by Short, &c. achromatic telescopes, by Dollond and Ramsden : a large universal ring dial, with dials of other constructions : improved barometers, and thermometers; loadstones, silver-mounted : sets of artificial magnets; perspective machines : a curious assortment of French recreations, by Guyot ... : which will be sold by auction by Mess. Skinner & Dyke, on Tuesday the 5th February, and the two following days at twelve o'clock, at Mr. Hutchin's Rooms, King-Street, Covent-Garden.

Creator:: Skinner and Dyke
Date:: [1793]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

181. Pope's own miscellany : being a reprint of Poems on several occasions, 1717, containing new poems by Alexander Pope and others / edited by Norman Ault.

Date:: MCMXXXV [1935]
Physical Description:: xcvii, [1], 165, [3] pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

182. Stock wine & spirit labels : beer labels & straps : specimen pages of price lists.

Creator:: Thomas Bean & Son, (Printers)
Date:: [approximately 1900]
Physical Description:: 34, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

183. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

Date:: 1801
Physical Description:: xvii, [2], 26-184 pages, [20] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

184. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, copied by a chemical and mechanical process by the Polygraphic Society, from original pictures of the following esteemed masters, viz. : Teniers, Vandevelde, Ruysdael, Van Oss, Claude, Vernet, Bourgeois, Serres, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Northcote, Opie, Wright, Stubbs, Angelica, Reinegall, Wilson, &c. : which on account of the death of Mr. Goddard, the late acting manager of the affairs of the Society, has determined the other parties interested therein totally to relinquish the concern : the above property will therefore be sold by auction (by order of the executors of Thomas Goddard, Esq.) by Mr. Christie, at the Polygraphic Rooms, Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

185. Sermons by artists / Paul Nash, David Low, Robert Gibbings [and others] ...

Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: 79, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

186. The country of the blind : 1939 / by H.G. Wells ; with engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866–1946
Date:: 1939
Physical Description:: 67, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

187. The constant mistress / by Enid Clay ; wth engravings by Eric Gill.

Creator:: Clay, Enid
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: [6], 9-40, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

188. The rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : Edward Fitzgerald's translation reprinted from the first edition with his preface and notes ; drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

Creator:: Omar Khayyam
Date:: 1958
Physical Description:: 35, [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

189. Catalogue of the celebrated collection of pictures, of the very highest class : the property of John Penrice, Esq., and removed from Great Yarmouth : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, July the 6th, 1844.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1844]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

190. Catalogue of the collection, including many first-class pictures : the entire property of Charles O'Neill, Esq., removed from his residence in Golden Square, and selected with good judgment and taste : including among many remarkable works A Calm, ..., by W. Van De Velde : A Village on a River, by Moonlight, by Vander Neer ... : A View of Amsterdam, by Backhuysen ... : a pair of Interiors by Jan Steen ... : A Sea Port, by Vernet ... : also specimens of Murillo, Tintoretto, L. Giordano, D. Da Volterra, Guido, Poussin, S. Rosa, Canaletti, Panini, Vernet, Ruysdael, Ostade, D. Teniers, Pynaker, Maas, K. Du Jardin, Backhuysen, Van De Velde, Vander Neer, Wynants : also a few very choice English pictures, particularly A Landscape and Cattle, by Sidney Cooper : The Sands by Lee : The Proselyte, by Collins ... : The New Dress, Wilkie : Adam and Even in Paradise, Martin : ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster & Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 15th day of May, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 10, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

191. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.

Creator:: Powys, Llewelyn, 1884–1939
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: [4], 7-85, [3] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

192. Catalogue of the very beautiful collection of highly finished and illumined miniature paintings : the property of the late William Young Ottley, Esq. F.A.S., author of the History of Engraving, The Italian School of Design, The Florentine School : and other works connected with the fine arts ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, at his house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, the 11th of May, 1838, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: S. Leigh Sotheby & Co.
Date:: [1838]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

193. A catalogue of the very celebrated gallery of pictures of the late Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart. removed from Oakhill, Herts : which will be sold by auction / by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great room, King Street, St. James Square, on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, 9, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

194. 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.

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

195. 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.

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

196. 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.

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

197. 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.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1832
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

198. 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.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: 1833
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

199. 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.

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

200. 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

YCBA Collections Search

Refine your search

Search Constraints

Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Associated Places London

Language English

Classification Books

Search Results

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

102. Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.

104. Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Benjamin Way, Esq. of Denham. ... / Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Friday, May 30, and two following days, (Sunday excepted).

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

109. Montaigne's essays : John Florio's translation / edited by J. I. M. Stewart

113. Sporting pictures at Lavington Park / Lord Woolavington.

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

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

118. From the Third programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition / edited by John Morris.

125. 19th annual dinner : Christmas 1951.

126. 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 ...

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

132. A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.

133. Ulick and Soracha / by George Moore.

134. Royal Exchange : report to the Court of Common Council from the Royal-Exchange and Gresham Trusts Committee : presented 23d January, 1845.

135. 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.

136. Catalogue of a valuable portion of the library of a gentleman : to which is added, another collection ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, July 16, and following day.

138. Reges, reginæ, nobiles, & alij in ecclesia collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterij sepulti vsque ad annum reparatæ salutis 1600 ...

139. A handbook to the public galleries of art in and near London : with catalogues of the pictures accompanied by critical, historical, and biographical notices, and copious indexes to facilitate reference / by Mrs. Jameson.

140. Special exhibition of national portraits on loan to the South Kensington Museum : galleries and bays of the national portrait exhibition, 1866 : shown in seventy-seven photographs.

144. 16th annual dinner : Christmas 1949.

146. Gallery of poets, Pall-Mall and Fleet Street : April 2, 1790 : catalogue of the third exhibition of pictures / painted for Mr. Macklin by the artists of Britain ; illustrative of the British poets and the Bible ...

149. Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Friday, the 12th of April, and seven following days.

150. Minxes admonished, or, Beauty reproved : an album of deplorable caprices / faithfully narrated & modestly embellished by William Russell Flint

153. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a prose translation / with an introductory essay by Gwyn Jones ; with six engravings in colour by Dorothea Braby.

157. Catalogue of the very select cabinet of exquisite Dutch pictures of the Right Hon. the Earl Granville : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 21st, 1845, at two o'clock precisely.

160. Astrophel & Stella / by Sir Philip Sidney ; edited by Mona Wilson.

161. Denise René back in London presents her artists 21 years on : 7 June - 12 July 1989.

166. Adrian de Menasce, 1925-1995 : late oil paintings.

171. Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Lane, Kilburn : grave no. 16780 : section 10.

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

178. A catalogue of antique, ancient and Italian works of art in bronze, on view and sale at Mr. Deville's rooms, No. 367, Strand.

179. The Ephesian story / by Xenophon of Ephesus ; translated from the Greek by Paul Turner ; with illustrations by Eric Fraser.

181. Pope's own miscellany : being a reprint of Poems on several occasions, 1717, containing new poems by Alexander Pope and others / edited by Norman Ault.

182. Stock wine & spirit labels : beer labels & straps : specimen pages of price lists.

183. A sequel to the adventures of Baron Munchausen : containing his expedition into Africa ... : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller ...

185. Sermons by artists / Paul Nash, David Low, Robert Gibbings [and others] ...

186. The country of the blind : 1939 / by H.G. Wells ; with engravings by Clifford Webb.

187. The constant mistress / by Enid Clay ; wth engravings by Eric Gill.

188. The rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : Edward Fitzgerald's translation reprinted from the first edition with his preface and notes ; drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

191. The book of days of Llewelyn Powys : thoughts from his philosophy / selected by John Wallis ; printed, with an introduction by Llewelyn Powys and twelve etchings by Elizabeth Corsellis, at the Golden Cockerel Press.