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1. Catalogue of a singularly curious and valuable selection from the library of a gentleman : including three extradordinary specimens of block-printing ; books printed in the fifteenth century ; books printed on vellum ; fine copies of works from the presses of Caxton, Machlinia, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, Julian Notary, Verard, & ... also a most extensive collection relating to the rise and progress of the Reformation in England. Likewise, several manuscripts on vellum ... which will be sold by Mr Sotheby at his house, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday the 9th of June, 1826, and seven following days (Sunday excepted).

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1826]
Physical Description:
106, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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.

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

3. A catalogue of the contents of the very valuable copy of Granger's Biographical history of England, illustrated with upwards of 3300 portraits : comprising some of the finest impressions of the works of Elstracke, Delaram, Hollar, Faithorne, the Passes, Loggan, Lombart, and others, many of them of extreme rarity, and a few perfectly unique ; the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Bath, deceased ; which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, March 15th, 1826, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had at Mr. Christie's office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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

4. A catalogue of a small but extremely precious cabinet of exquisitely finished Flemish and Dutch pictures , of the most distinguished class, and in the purest state of preservation : the property of a connoisseur who has spared no expense in the purchase of (a few) the choicest specimens of certain great and favourite masters : it comprises a musical conversation, by Terborg, the famous picture of that Master from the Cabinet de Choiseul : the Abreuvoir, by Phil Wouvermans, formerly in that of the Comtesse de Verrue, engraved by Moyreau : an interior, by Teniers, from the collection of Monsieur Bramcamp, and a Halt at a Camaret, by Is. Ostade, from that of the Prince Gallitzin : and others by Berghem, Both, Hobbima, Wynants, G. Dow, Old F. Mieris, Maas, C. Bega, C. De Moor, V. Der Heyde, V. De Velde, V. Der Neer : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, no. 8 King Street, St. James Square, on Saturday, May the 6th, 1826, at two o'clock : may be publicly viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had of Mr. Christie, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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

5. Proposals for publishing by subscription, in three volumes, historical and literary botany : containing the qualities, anecdotes, and superstitions relative to these trees, plants, and flowers, which are mentioned in sacred and profane history : the particulars of some rare and curious plants which bear the names of celebrated persons : and also of those which are used in the religious worship and civil ceremonies of divers nations : together with the devices, proverbs, &c. which derive their original from those vegetables : concluding with a romantic story, entitled Flowers ; or the artists, from the French of Madame de Genlis : with explanatory notes, &c. &c. by Eliza P. Reid.

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Creator:
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
Date:
[1826?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The portable diorama.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770–1863
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
1 set (12 pictures) : aquatint, watercolor ; 10 3/8 x 13 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / digested and published from his original mss. by the Honourable Horace Walpole; with considerable additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ...

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1826-28
Physical Description:
5 v. fronts., illus., plates (incl. ports., coats of arms) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Historical and descriptive accounts of the theatres of London / by Edward Wedlake Brayley, F.A.S. &c. &c. Secretary to the Russell Institution ; illustrated with a view of each theatre, elegantly coloured, drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell.

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Creator:
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854
Date:
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical Description:
[4], 2, [v]-vi, [2], 92, 4 p., XVI leaves of plates : ill. : 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of twelve very capital and valuable Italian, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which were formerly a part of the well-known and superb collection of the late Walsh Porte, Esq. : comprising a Holy Family, by A. Del Sarto ... : The Family of Rubens, in which he has represented himself as St. George, and his three wives, presented to the Virgin, with St. Jerome by her side : a magnificent performance from the Balbi Palace at Genoa : a landscape, with historical figures, by Claude, from the Colonna Palace : two ... pictures by Titian : one by Giorgione, formerly in the Orleans Gallery : one by C. Bassano : ... gallery picture, by V. Dyck : and others by O. Veronses, Carracci, A. Ostade, and Hobbima : the above (by order of the Administrator, and under an oath obtained from the Court of Chancery,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 6th, 1826, at two o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had of Mr. Christie, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1826]
Physical Description:
5, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. History of the modern taste in gardening ; Journals of visits to country seats / Horace Walpole.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
xxv, p. 233-326, 80 p. : ill., port. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library