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1. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : a few fine antique gems, and musical instruments : the property of the late Sir James Wright, Bart. Dec. : well known for his judgment in the fine arts : many of the pictures in this collection were purchased during his long residence in Italy : among them will be found the works of the following celebrated Masters, viz. : Cimabue, Giotto, M. Angelo, Titian, Giorgione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, Lanfranco, Albano, P. da Cartona, C. Cignani, C. Marratti, Rubens, V. Dyck, V. Harp, Ruysdael, Ostade : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 8, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford. By John Duncumb ...

Creator:: Duncumb, John, 1765–1839
Date:: 1804-1882
Physical Description:: 3 v. front (v. 3) illus., plates, port., maps, plans (1 double) 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Views of Lymington, Totnes, Ivybridge, and Netley Abbey].

Creator:: Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 21 x 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description : studies from nature.

Creator:: Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770–1849
Date:: [1822?]
Physical Description:: [16] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 31 x 50 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The scenery, antiquities, and biography, of South Wales : from materials collected during two excursions in the year 1803 / by Benj. Heath Malkin ; embellished with views, drawn on the spot and engraved by Laporte, and a map of the country.

Creator:: Malkin, Benjamin Heath, 1769–1842
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: vii, 634 p., [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Hints for dwellings: consisting of original designs for cottages, farm-houses, villas, &c. plain and ornamental; with plans to each: in which strict attention is paid to unite convenience and elegance with economy. Including some designs for town houses. By D. Laing ... Elegantly engraved, in aqua-tinta, on thirty-four plates, with appropriate scenery.

Creator:: Laing, David, 1774–1856
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 1 p.l., [5]-19 p. 34 plates (incl. plans) 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. [Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of ... engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions ...

Creator:: Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:: 1804-5]
Physical Description:: 2 v. 12 ill., 60 plates. 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Four aquatinta sketches / by William Fellows.

Creator:: Fellows, William
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4] leaves : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: fold. col. plate. 18 x 31 cm. fold. to 18 x 8 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.

Creator:: Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [121] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Ancient and modern Malta : containing a description of the ports and cities of the islands of Malta and Goza ... : as also, the history of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem ... : till the beginning of the 19th century : with a particular account of the events which preceded and attended its capture by the French and conquest by the English / by Louis de Boisgelin ... ; with an appendix, containing a number of authentic state-papers.

Creator:: Boisgelin de Kerdu, Pierre Marie Louis de, 1758–1816
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Hints for picturesque improvements in ornamented cottages, and their scenery: including some observations on the labourer and his cottage. In three essays. Illustrated by sketches ... By Edmund Bartell, jun.

Creator:: Bartell, Edmund
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 1 p.., [v]-xvi, 140 p. 6 plates (incl. front.) 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. 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

14. 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

15. An essay on the construction, hanging, and fastening of gates : exemplified in six quarto plates / by Thomas N. Parker.

Creator:: Parker, Thomas N. (Thomas Netherson)
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: vi, 116 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The anti-gallican, or, Standard of British loyalty, religion and liberty : including a collection of the principal papers, tracts, speeches, poems, and songs, that have been published on the threatened invasion : together with many original pieces on the same subject.

Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 496, iv p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Solitude / written originally by J.G. Zimmerman ; to which are added the life of the author, notes historical and explanatory, a copious index, and seven beautiful engravings by Ridley.

Creator:: Zimmermann, Johann Georg, 1728–1795
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. 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

19. Observations on the plans and elevations designed by James Wyatt, architect, for Downing College, Cambridge : in a letter to Francis Annesley / by Thomas Hope.

Creator:: Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 35, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The chase : a poem / by William Somerville.

Creator:: Somerville, William, 1675–1742
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [5], vi-xxiii, [1], [5], 6-105 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A collection of Gloucestershire antiquities / by Samuel Lysons ...

Creator:: Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4], iv, 38, [4] p., 110 leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 58 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a genuine, capital and highly valuable collection of pictures, being the greater part of the well-known collection of the Novellara, a ducal villa in the neighborhood of Modena, and purchased from the French during the late troubles in Italy : among the rare and precious objects in this small but valuable collection are-- A Flight into Egypt in a beautiful landscape, by Corregio, a divine picture, inestimable -- The Passion of our Saviour, Ditto -- a small Holy Family, a cabinet jewel, by Schidone -- a small Holy Family, with a cradle, Parmegiano -- a Sleeping Cupid, Citto, a beautiful gem -- Christ watching the Apostle's Feet, Leo. Da Vinci, capital -- A Reposo, Raphael -- a spirited sketch by Titian : and others by J. Romano, Guido, Domenichino, Albano, S. Rosa, &c. &c. in the highest preservation / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 3d, 1804 at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Views of noblemen and gentlemen's seats, antiquities and remarkable buildings in the counties adjoining London.

Creator:: Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:: 1804-1805
Physical Description:: 7 pt. in 1 v. ([28] plates) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. An inquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse : comprehending the diseases to which his limbs and feet are subject, with proper directions for shoeing : and pointing out a method for ascertaining his age until his twelfth year : to which is added, an attempt to explain the laws of his progressive motion, on mechanical and anatomical principles : illustrated by seventeen copper plates / by Richard Lawrence ...

Creator:: Lawrence, Richard, active 1801–1816
Date:: [approximately 1804]
Physical Description:: [3], vi-xxiv, 224, [30] pages, 15 (i.e. 17) leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The history and antiquities of Doncaster and its vicinity, with anecdotes of eminent men. By Edward Miller, MUS.D.

Creator:: Miller, Edward, 1735–1807
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., xii, 398 p., 1 l., xlv, p. fold. front. (map) illus., 9 pl., plan. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Lyric airs : consisting of specimens of Greek, Albanian, Walachian, Turkish, Arabian, Persian, Chinese and Moorish national songs and melodies ; (being the first selection of the kind ever yet offered to the public) : to which are added basses for the harp or piano-forte : likewise are subjoined, a few explanatory notes on the figures and movements of the modern Greek dances ; with a short dissertation on the origin of the ancient Greek music / most respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Musters, by the editor Edward Jones.

Creator:: Jones, Edward, 1752–1824
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: vi, 24, 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., music ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with descriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Alexander, William, 1767–1816
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4], iii, [1] iii, [149] p., 73 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Home beauties, as communicated to the author of The imperial guide by some of the royal family, the nobility, gentry, &c. for an illuminated appendix to that work ... dedicated by permissio[!] most obedient servt. I. Baker.

Creator:: Baker, James, topographer
Date:: 1804]
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., [4], 17-26 p. col. plates. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 / by James Bruce.

Creator:: Bruce, James, 1730–1794
Date:: 1804-1805
Physical Description:: 8 v. : ill. ; 22-30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural & artificial curiosities, prints and paintings in the extensive Museums, of Mr. John Boulter : which will sold by auction, on the premises of William Seaman, on Wednesday, 12th of September, 1804, and following days : which may be viewed on Friday, Sept. 7th, and following day, from ten to four o'clock.

Creator:: Seaman, William (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 44 pages ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

Creator:: Mason, George Henry
Date:: 1804 [i.e. not before 1819]
Physical Description:: [134] p., 60 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall. : By T. H. Williams, ...

Creator:: Williams, Thomas H
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [2], ix, [3], 10-107, [1] p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The costume of Turkey / illustrated by a series of engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Dalvimart, Octavian
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [134] p., LX leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Two essays : one on the author's mode of executing rough sketches : the other on the principles on which they are composed : to these are added three plates of figures by Sawrey Gilpin ... / by William Gilpin.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 43 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Cupid turned volunteer : in a series of prints / designed by ***** ; and engraved by W. N. Gardiner, B.A. ; with poetical illustrations by Thomas Park, F.S.A.

Creator:: Park, Thomas, 1759–1834
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4], 11, [1] leaves, [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A catalogue of a choice collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch painting : a few capital drawings by Ducros, and other admired Masters : the property of a Gentleman : among them are the works of the following Masters : A. Del Sarto, Tintoretto, Bassano, P. Veronese, Caravaggio, Velequez, Poussin, Le. Seur, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, P. Neess, Rembrandt, Hobbima, Van Goyen, V. Huysum : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 22, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A catalogue of a collection of prints, etchings, sketches and drawings, loose and framed : the genuine property of Dr. Monro, whose taste in the Fine Arts is too well known to need any encomium : in this collection will be found specimens of the most admired modern masters, viz : Wilson, Gainsborough, Barret, Cozens, Clerisseau, Canaletti, Hearne, Wheatley, Turner, Girtin, La Porte, Dayes : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 23, 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

38. Engravings with a descriptive account, in English and French, of Egyptian monuments, in the British Museum ... Subscriptions are received by the publishers, Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ... Mr. Medland ... and Mr. Miller ...

Date:: 1804?]
Physical Description:: 4 p. 23 cm. (in case 29 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The complete aquatinter : being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta : the method of using the aquafortis, with all the necessary tools : to which are added upwards of sixty of the best receipts for grounds, varnishes, &c. : collected from near a hundred that are most in use : the difficulties which may possibly occur, are point out, and the method of obviating them : the whole rendered clear and practical.

Creator:: Green, J. H. (John Hippisley)
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: viii, 25, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The costume of Turkey / illustrated by a series of engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

Creator:: Dalvimart, Octavien
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [134] p., LX leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Gems : selected from the antique, with illustrations.

Creator:: Dagley, Richard, -1841
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [6], 30, 60 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

43. Odd whims and miscellanies / by Humphry Repton, Esq.

Creator:: Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. A catalogue of a few very capital and celebrated pictures from the Colonna and Bernini Palaces of Rome and Buonacorsi Parini Palace of Florence : lately imported from Italy / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 12th of May, 1804, at two o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean : in which the coast of Asia, from the lat. of 35⁰ north to the lat. of 52⁰ north, the island of the Insu (commonly known under the name of the land of Jesso,) the north, south, and east coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the adjacent isles, as well as the coast of Corea, have been examined and surveyed : performed in His Majesty's sloop Providence and her tender, in the years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798 / by William Robert Broughton.

Creator:: Broughton, William Robert, 1762–1821
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: xx, 393, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates (7 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A catalogue of a most superb collection of capital Italian pictures : recently consigned from Rome : this collection is composed of chef d'Œyvres, selected from the treasures of the Borghese, Colonna, Doria, Aldobrandini, Gighi, Cavalieri, Rospigliosi, and Bolognetti Palaces : most of them actually painted for several families, as shall be made appear to the purchasers, by original documents and papers : ... / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 2d, 1804, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Four real views / by W.L. Wheatcroft.

Creator:: Wheatcroft, W. L
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4] leaves : all ill. ; 18 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

Creator:: Lowth, Robert, 1761 or 1762–1822
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental; viz. books of plans and elevations for houses, temples, bridges, &c. ... Which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at J. Taylor's architectural library ... where may be had the works of the most celebrated French architects and engineers.

Creator:: Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:: [ca. 1804]
Physical Description:: 4 p. 38 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The topography of Troy and its vicinity : illustrated and explained by drawings and descriptions / dedicated, by permission, to her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, by W. Gell, esq. of Jesus College, M.A., F.A.S. and late fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Creator:: Gell, William, Sir, 1777–1836
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4],124 pages, XXVII, 28, XXIX-XLV [i.e. 30] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Genius genuine / by Samuel Chifney of Newmarket ; a five part in riding a race, known only to the author ; why there are so few good runners, or, why the turf horses degenerate ; a guide to recover them to their strength and speed, as well as to train horses for running, and hunters and hacks for hard riding, to preserve their strength, and their sinews from being so often destroyed, with reasons for horses changing in their running ; likewise a full account of the Prince's horse Escape, running at Newmarket on the 20th and 21st days of October 1791, with other interesting particulars.

Creator:: Chifney, Samuel, approximately 1753–1807
Date:: January 9th, 1804
Physical Description:: vii, [4], 12-170 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Letters written during a tour through South Wales : in the year 1803 and at other times : containg views of the history, antiquities, and customs of that part of the principality : and interspersed with observations on its scenery, agriculture, botany, mineralogy, trade and manufacture / by the Rev. J. Evans.

Creator:: Evans, J. (John), active 1812
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: xii, 449, [1], 2 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. The tactic of the British army reduced to detail : with reflections on the science and principles of war : uniting in one view the evolutions of the battalion, brigade, and line : and pointing out their combinations with each other and uses on actual service : illustrated with fifty-nine copper plates / by James Cuninghame, Major of Infantry in the service of the East India Company.

Creator:: Cuninghame, James, of the Scotch Brigade in the Dutch Service
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: viii, 73, [1] p., 97 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 23 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire.

Creator:: Mayer, Luigi
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [6], 102, [4], 47, [5], 40 p. : illlustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A catalogue of a small, select and pleasing collection of chiefly cabinet Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures : the genuine property of the Rev. Edward Cuthbert, Dec. : removed from his late residence, Hatton Garden : among which are several choice specimens of the following celebrated Masters : Bassano, P. Del Vage, Carracci, Guido, Gennari, C. Marratti, Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, P. Neefs, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, V. De Velde, Wnants, Polemberg, Ruysdael, Waterloo, Le Duc, V. Huysum, Swaneveldt, Zuccarelli, Morland, &c. : also a capital historical picture--Brutus passing sentence on his sons, by Tresham : a few fine bronzes, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April the 21st, 1804, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Plan of subscription submitted to the nobility and gentry of Great Britain: and to continue open during the months of February, March, and April, 1804; for the purchase of the Truchsessian Picture-Gallery, now exhibiting in the New Road, London; and for converting it into a grand and permanent national establishment.

Creator:: Truchsess, Joseph
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 16 p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth, : including a variety of particulars deserving the stranger's notice, relating to the borough and its neighbourhood. Collected from original papers and unquestionable authorities, the whole never before published. / By Charles Heath, printer, Monmouth.

Creator:: Heath, Charles, 1761–1831
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [282] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Cowper, illustrated by a series of views, in, or near, the park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with copious descriptions, and a brief sketch of the poet's life.

Creator:: Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [3]-48 p. plates. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. A catalogue of a capital, choice and valuable collection of pictures, consisting chiefly of chef d'œuvres of the great Italian school : ... : this collection comprises the works of Leo. Da Vinci, Raphael, Corregio, Schidone, Parmegiano, Baroccio, Domenichino, Titian, P. Veronese, Carracci, Guido, Guercino, P. Brill, S. Rosa, Rubens, Poussin, Claude : and many others in high preservation : the whole of which will be sold by auction (without reserve) by Mr. Christie at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday the 24th, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. A catalogue of the valuable collection of original drawings, designs and pictures : the labour of many years' close application, and unremitting study of that ingenious artist, Mr. Thomas Malton, Dec. : comprising an extensive assemblage of views of the principal public buildings in London, Westminster, Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, &c. &c. : many of them enriched with figures by the late W. Hamilton, Esq. R.A. : also, a collection of tinted etchings, in imitation of drawings : together with many valuable copper-plates, with their impressions : loose drawings, sketches and prints : a piano forte, by Beck : a model for a theatre : drawings boards, &c. : which (by order of the executor,) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May 4, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A catalogue of a capital miscellaneous assemblage of beautiful and valuable productions, both of nature and art : consisting of a Roman tessellated pavement, taken from the ruins of the Emperor Tiberius's Palace at Caprea : a matchless collection of rare birds, of the most exquisite plumage : and scarce stuffed beasts, designed for the cabinet of Madame Bonaparte, prize to the British Cruizers : a choice selection of beautiful shells and fossils : elegant specimens of almost all the known marbles, brought from Italy by the late Daniel Wray, Esq. : a curious model of a man of war : inlaid cabinet of costly materials, large superb Italian alabaster vases, delicately carved : glass chandeliers : large plates of glass : with a select collection of painting, the works of the following esteemed Masters, in high preservaton : Rubens, Dominichino, SW. Bourdon, Old Palma, D. Teniers, Vandyke, Poussin, Rotenhamer, C. Maratti, Polemberg, Hondicooter, Borgognoni, Zachtleven, Old Franks, &c the property of the late Alexander Scott, Esq. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at Mrs. Macklin[s Great Room, known as the Poet's Gallery, No. 39, the south side of Fleet-Street, on Wednesday, the 27h of June 1804, and two following days, at eleven o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. A new drawing book of views.

Date:: [ca. 1804]
Physical Description:: [4] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Description of the plates, representing the itinerant traders of London in their ordinary costume : with notices of the remarkable places given in the background.

Creator:: Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: April 25, 1804]
Physical Description:: [31] leaves, [31] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. A sporting tour through the northern parts of England, and great part of the highlands of Scotland; including remarks on English and Scottish landscape, and general observations on the state of society and manners. Embelished with sixteen engravings, by Messrs. Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, etc. from paintings made on purpose, by Mr. Garrard. By Colonel T. Thornton...

Creator:: Thornton, Thomas, 1751 or 2–1823
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 14 p.l., 312 p., 2 l. : front., plates ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. The painter and varnisher's guide; or, A treatise, both in theory and practice, on the art of making and applying varnishes, on the different kinds of painting; and on the method of preparing colours both simple and compound ... By P.F. Tingry ...

Creator:: Tingry, P. F. (Pierre François), 1743–1821
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: xlii p., 1 leaf, 540 p. 5 plates (3 fold.) fold. tab. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Trees : studies from nature / by T. Burrows.

Creator:: Burrows, T
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: 4 leaves : all ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Four views in Wales : etched and aquatinted / by T. Taylor.

Creator:: Taylor, Thomas
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 4 leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. An essay on British cottage architecture : being an attempt to perpetuate on principle that peculiar mode of building which was originally the effect of chance : exemplified by fourteen designs with their ichnography or plans, laid down to scape; comprising dwellings for the peasant and farmer, and retreats for the gentleman; with various observations thereon; the whole extending to twenty-three plates / designed and executed in aqua-tinta by James Malton.

Creator:: Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: [4], 27, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. The catalogue of an uncommonly select and highly valuable collection of important pictures and marbles : comprising, among other first-rate performances : the renowned antique basso relievo, in marble : The apotheosis of Homer, from the Colonna Gallery at Rome : mosaic tables, porphry tables, &c. &c. : two capital landscapes, with figures : the Baptism of the Eunuch, and the Noli Me Tangere, by Claude Lorraine, from the Spada Palace : the famous Paul Veronese, of Venus disarming Cupid, rom the Colonna Gallery : the Madonna Adolovata, by Titian : and the Madona and Gambino, by Annibal Carraci, from the Colonna Gallery : the Virgin and Bambino, with An Angel, by Guido, the oval picture, from the Falconnieri Palace : the Monte Albanus, and the companion, landscapes, by Gaspar Poussin : the Passage of the Red Sea, by Mazzolino di Ferrara : Alexander in the Desart, that master piece of art, by Claude Lorraine, from the Ghigi Palace, &c. &c. : together with a few beautiful specimens by Alex. Veronese, Corregio, Rubens, Wynants, Murillio, Holbein, Both, Adrian Ostade, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at the spacious rooms, late Mr. Bryan's picture gallery, Pall Mall, on Saturday the second of June, 1804, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

Creator:: Alston, J. W. (J. William)
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 67 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

Creator:: Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:: 1804 [i.e. 1814?, 1804]
Physical Description:: 2 v. ill. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Poems / by Goldsmith and Parnell.

Creator:: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:: 1804
Physical Description:: xxvii, 68 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2. Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford. By John Duncumb ...

3. [Views of Lymington, Totnes, Ivybridge, and Netley Abbey].

4. Chalon's drawing book of animals and birds of every description : studies from nature.

5. The scenery, antiquities, and biography, of South Wales : from materials collected during two excursions in the year 1803 / by Benj. Heath Malkin ; embellished with views, drawn on the spot and engraved by Laporte, and a map of the country.

7. [Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of ... engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions ...

8. Four aquatinta sketches / by William Fellows.

9. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

10. The costume of Great Britain / designed, engraved, and written by W.H. Pyne.

12. Hints for picturesque improvements in ornamented cottages, and their scenery: including some observations on the labourer and his cottage. In three essays. Illustrated by sketches ... By Edmund Bartell, jun.

15. An essay on the construction, hanging, and fastening of gates : exemplified in six quarto plates / by Thomas N. Parker.

16. The anti-gallican, or, Standard of British loyalty, religion and liberty : including a collection of the principal papers, tracts, speeches, poems, and songs, that have been published on the threatened invasion : together with many original pieces on the same subject.

17. Solitude / written originally by J.G. Zimmerman ; to which are added the life of the author, notes historical and explanatory, a copious index, and seven beautiful engravings by Ridley.

19. Observations on the plans and elevations designed by James Wyatt, architect, for Downing College, Cambridge : in a letter to Francis Annesley / by Thomas Hope.

20. The chase : a poem / by William Somerville.

21. A collection of Gloucestershire antiquities / by Samuel Lysons ...

23. Views of noblemen and gentlemen's seats, antiquities and remarkable buildings in the counties adjoining London.

25. The history and antiquities of Doncaster and its vicinity, with anecdotes of eminent men. By Edward Miller, MUS.D.

27. The costume of the Russian Empire : illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings : with descriptions in English and French.

28. Home beauties, as communicated to the author of The imperial guide by some of the royal family, the nobility, gentry, &c. for an illuminated appendix to that work ... dedicated by permissio[!] most obedient servt. I. Baker.

29. Travels to discover the source of the Nile : in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 / by James Bruce.

31. The costume of China : illustrated by sixty engravings : with explanations in English and French / by George Henry Mason.

32. Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall. : By T. H. Williams, ...

33. The costume of Turkey / illustrated by a series of engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

34. Two essays : one on the author's mode of executing rough sketches : the other on the principles on which they are composed : to these are added three plates of figures by Sawrey Gilpin ... / by William Gilpin.

35. Cupid turned volunteer : in a series of prints / designed by ***** ; and engraved by W. N. Gardiner, B.A. ; with poetical illustrations by Thomas Park, F.S.A.

38. Engravings with a descriptive account, in English and French, of Egyptian monuments, in the British Museum ... Subscriptions are received by the publishers, Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ... Mr. Medland ... and Mr. Miller ...

40. The costume of Turkey / illustrated by a series of engravings ; with descriptions in English and French.

41. Gems : selected from the antique, with illustrations.

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

43. Odd whims and miscellanies / by Humphry Repton, Esq.

47. Four real views / by W.L. Wheatcroft.

48. Billesdon Coplow : February 24th, 1800.

50. The topography of Troy and its vicinity : illustrated and explained by drawings and descriptions / dedicated, by permission, to her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, by W. Gell, esq. of Jesus College, M.A., F.A.S. and late fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

54. Views in Egypt, Palestine, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire.

58. Cowper, illustrated by a series of views, in, or near, the park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with copious descriptions, and a brief sketch of the poet's life.

62. A new drawing book of views.

63. Description of the plates, representing the itinerant traders of London in their ordinary costume : with notices of the remarkable places given in the background.

65. The painter and varnisher's guide; or, A treatise, both in theory and practice, on the art of making and applying varnishes, on the different kinds of painting; and on the method of preparing colours both simple and compound ... By P.F. Tingry ...

66. Trees : studies from nature / by T. Burrows.

67. Four views in Wales : etched and aquatinted / by T. Taylor.

70. Hints to young practitioners in the study of landscape painting : illustrated by five engravings intended to show the different stages of the neutral tint / by J.W. Alston ; to which are added instructions in the art of painting on velvet.

71. History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick.

72. Poems / by Goldsmith and Parnell.