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Date 1797

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1. Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples : and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the court of Naples / by his most humble servant Frederick Rehberg, historical painter in His Prussian Majesty's service at Rome, MDCCXCIV.

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Creator:
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758–1835
Date:
[October 12th, 1797]
Physical Description:
[1], XII leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The prices of cabinet work, with tables and designs : illustrating the various articles of manufacture : revised and corrected by a committee of masters cabinet makers.

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Creator:
Committee of Masters Cabinet Makers (London, England)
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
xvi, 259 p., xvi leaves, 17 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The fables of John Dryden : ornamented with engravings from the pencil of the Right Hon. Lady Diana Beauclerc.

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Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[4], xviii, 241, [1] p. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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.

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

5. A catalogue of a capital assemblage of high-finished drawings, and some few pictures by eminent modern artists : collected by a Gentleman of the most approved taste in the fine arts : consisting of the works of the following masters -- Hamilton, Barrett, La Porte, P. Sandby, Clerisseau, Ibbetson, Wheatley, Zucchi, Malton, &c. &c. : the whole forming one of the most interesting collections of modern art : amongst them is a complete set of drawings, by Malton, of the works of the late Sir Robert Taylor, and a variety of subjects adapted for engraving : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room in Pall Mall, next Cumberland House, on Friday, May 19th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had in Pall Mall, and at no. 32, Winchester Street.

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Creator:
Christie, Sharp and Harper, e publisher
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the property of a gentleman : comprising the works of the following much esteemed Masters, viz. : Raphael, Corregio, Giogione, Baldalocci, Claude, Poussin, Borgonione, Watteaux, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, Both, Ruysdael, Vandervelde, Teniers, Rottenhamer, Brughel, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room in Pall Mall, on Saturday 13th, and Monday 15th of May, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be publicly viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had in Pall Mall : and at no. 32, Winchester Street.

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Creator:
Christie, Sharp, and Harper
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. 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.

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

8. Draft announcement on the employment of boys from the Blue Coat Hospital in Manchester : manuscript.

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Creator:
Chetham's Hospital (Manchester, England)
Date:
1797? December 4
Physical Description:
1 item ; 25 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester / by Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[6], 20, [4], 21, [1] p., XL leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), map, plans ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. 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.

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

11. A catalogue of a capital and magnificent collection of stained glass in vitrified colours : the whole forming a choice assemblage on interesting subjects, in sacred, profane, natural history, and landscapes, from the following much-renowned ancient and modern masters : Raphael, Caracci, Corregio, Berghem, Claude, Vandyke, Boucher, Rembrandt, Teniers, Sir J. Reynolds, Barry, Patel, &c. &c. : the property and performances of those ingenious and celebrates artists, Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, which will be sold by auction, by Hutchins, Wells, and Fisher, at their rooms, no. 41, King Street, and no. 11, Hart Street, Covent Garden, on Friday, June 16, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,

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Creator:
Hutchins, Wells, and Fisher
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A map of England and Wales / Elizabeth Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Elizabeth, approximately 1787–
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 map : silk embroidery on linen ; 57 x 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of the genuine and intire stock of capital and valuable prints, drawings, and copper-plates, some of which have never been published : and a few pleasing cabinet pictures : the property of Mr. G. Bartolozzi, retiring from business : comprising an extensive assemblage of prints of the finest impressions : drawings by Cipriani and Bartolozzi : and amongst the plates, the celebrated one after the N. Poussin in the possession of the Marquis of Landsdown : a ditto after the four elements of Albano : and a capital engraving in strokes after the celebrated picture of the Madona Del Sacco, of A. Del Sarto, at Florence by Bartolozzi, lately finished, and which may be truly deemed the finest plate ever executed by that artist : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, June the 23d, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed till the sale : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, drawings, copper plates, &c., the property, and principally the works of that esteemed and excellent artist Mr. Gainsborough Dupont, dec. : removed from his late dwelling house in Fitzroy Street, amongst which are included several of the most capital and fine productions of his late uncle Mr. Gainsborough, of Pall Mall, dec. : comprising an assemblage of finished and unfinished portraits of many persons of distinction, together with a selection of cabinet pictures, the works of the old esteemed masters : also, a grand selection of the views in India, by the late Ingenious artist Mr. Hodges : -- Portraits by Kettle, &c. the property of Warren Hastings, Esq. brought from his house in Park Lane : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Monday, April 10th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale : catalogues may be had as above, and at no. 32, Great Winchester Street,

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Creator:
Christie, Sharp, and Harper
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, together with a selection of pleasing subjects, drawings in water colours, &c. by Morland, Wheatley, and other modern masters : ; the property of the late Right Honorable Lady Rivers, dec.: brought from her Ladysip's seat in the country : which will be sold by auction by M.[...] The greater part of the above collection is offered to the public in the same state it has continued in upwards of fifty years, and it is presumed many objects will be found worthy the attention of the connoisseur.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A catalogue of a capital and extensive collection of valuable, pictures, by much esteemed masters : amongst which are undoubted pictures by Claude Lorrain, Paul Potter, Honderkoeter, Teniers, Guido, P. Panini, Wouvermans. Schoebarts, Zuccarelli, Hogarth, Fuseli, Moland, Barrett, Cipriani, Mortimer, Stubbs, Smith, of Chichester, Ibetson, La Porte, &c. : also, a valuable and extensive collection of prints, drawings and books of prints, by, or after the most celebrated masters, ancient and modern : the whole being the real and genuine collection of the late Mr. Edward Rogers, of Liverpool : which will be sold by auction, in the Linen Hall, Marble-Street, Williamson-Square, by T. Vernon : on Monday the 24th of July, 1797, and four following days at ten o'clock each day : the whole may be viewed three days preceding the sale and catalogues had on the premises, at one shilling each : (which will be returned to purchases,) or of T. Vernon, No. 15, Clayton-Square.

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Creator:
Vernon, Thomas
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts