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Christie, Manson & Woods

Catalogue of the very choice and valuable library and collection of engravings of the late Alexander Barker, Esq. : comprising books of prints, picture galleries, pageants, works on costume, architecture and painting, illustrations of mediaeval art, books of emblems, &c. : an extensive collection of the beautifully illustrated editions of French and Italian authors published in France towards the end of the last century : with engravings from the charming designs of Boucher, Gravelot, Moreau, Eisen, Cochin, Marillier, Le Barbier, St. Aubin, Freudenberg, &c. : a beautiful Italian Missel of the XVI.century : &. The whole in the choicest condition, many in the original morocco bindings : including specimens of the skill of Padeloup, Derome, bradel, Bozerian, Lortie, Capé, Niedrée, Petit, C. Lewis, Clarke, Bedford, Holloway, &c. : early engraved French and other portraits, and engravings by Zoan Nadrea, M. Antonio, The Master of the Die, &c., in the finest states : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, June 24, 1874, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

[1874]

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  • Creator

    Christie, Manson & Woods

  • Title(s)

    Catalogue of the very choice and valuable library and collection of engravings of the late Alexander Barker, Esq. : comprising books of prints, picture galleries, pageants, works on costume, architecture and painting, illustrations of mediaeval art, books of emblems, &c. : an extensive collection of the beautifully illustrated editions of French and Italian authors published in France towards the end of the last century : with engravings from the charming designs of Boucher, Gravelot, Moreau, Eisen, Cochin, Marillier, Le Barbier, St. Aubin, Freudenberg, &c. : a beautiful Italian Missel of the XVI.century : &. The whole in the choicest condition, many in the original morocco bindings : including specimens of the skill of Padeloup, Derome, bradel, Bozerian, Lortie, Capé, Niedrée, Petit, C. Lewis, Clarke, Bedford, Holloway, &c. : early engraved French and other portraits, and engravings by Zoan Nadrea, M. Antonio, The Master of the Die, &c., in the finest states : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, June 24, 1874, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

  • Published/Created

    [London] : [Printed by W. Clowes and Sons], [1874]

  • Physical Description

    42 pages; 23 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    N8640 .N4 v. 4 no.29
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/99159695053408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Place of sale: London.
    Date of sale: June 24-25, 1874.
    Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 34999
    BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated with prices for some lots. Number 29 of 33 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary quarter roan; with the armorial bookplate of Rupert Gunnis; with a manuscript index of catalogs in the volume on the front endpapers.

  • Subject Terms

    Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. |
    Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. |
    Barker, Alexander, -1873 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. |
    Barker, Alexander, -1873 -- Library -- Catalogs. |
    Book auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. |
    Libraries. |
    Private libraries -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.

  • Form/Genre

    Auction catalogs. | Catalogs.

  • Contributors

    William Clowes and Sons

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