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1. Catalogue of a collection of rare English portraits, the property of Henry Llewellyn, Esq. (being the remaining portion) : containing specimens by Pass, Delaram, Faithorne, Hollar, Loggan, Pontius, Blooteling, White, Valk, Lombart, &c. : in the finest preservation ... : together with miscellaneous modern prints, by eminent artists, drawings in water-colours, historical prints, finely engraved foreign portraits, framed and glazed prints, &c. &c. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Southgate, at his rooms, no. 22, Fleet Street, on Friday, 22d of February, 1828, and following day, at twelve o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Southgate, James Webb, -1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
18 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of a small, but very curious, collection of British, and foreign portraits : including several of great scarcity, by Faithorne, Pass, Hollar, Hogenberg, De Leu, Gaultier, &c. : specimens of Old Masters : fine modern productions of Woollett, Strange, Wille, Morghen, Muller, &c. : the whole recently imported from Germany : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas, at his Great Room, no. 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, the 10th day of June, 1828, and following day, at twelve for one precisely.

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Creator:
Thomas, John (Auctioneer)
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
18 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Catalogue of an extensive ollection of original drawings illustrative of the County of Surrey, made by eminent artists for the late Arthur Tyton, Esq. : also, his series of British portraits and topographical prints illustrating Surrey, and a portion of his library ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93, Pall-Mall, on Friday, Nov. 16, and two following days (Sunday excepted)

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A catalogue of the extensive and choice collection of prints, formed by the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly : in this valuable collection is comprised the most estimable productions of every engraver of distinguished talents, from the origin of the art to the present time : and including some of the rarest and finest specimens of the ancient German artists, also an extensive and very choice collection of etchings, by the most eminent Flemish painters; and nearly the entire works of Hogarth, Hollar, Bartozolli, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Cornelius Vischer, Jonas Suyderhoef, Gerard Edlinck, Nantuieul, Masson, Mellan, Drevet, &c. &c. : and a matchless collection of the works of John George Wille, in proofs and variations : a very valuable and extensive collection of British Portraits, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, and continuing in progression to the great Epoch : comprising the rarest portraits by Faithorne, Glover, Hollar, Loggan, Marshall, Passe, Vandrebanc, &c. : also, a large portion in the present reign from the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds &c. : together with a collection of prints from the paintings of Vandycke, in proofs and variations, in four imperial volumes : Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by upwards of 2820 specimens, many of extraordinary curiosity and rarity : a few books connected with the fine arts : splendid gallery works & books of prints, and several superb portfolios with leaves : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas Dodd, at no. 42, Old Bond Street, (four doors from Piccadilly,) on Wednesday, May 15, 1816, & twenty-seven following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock each day.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
191, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of the genuine and extraordinary collection of British portraits and historic prints : consisting of The Sovereigns, Princes and Princesses, Peers and Peeresses ... : comprising the works of Delaram, Elstrack, the Faithorne's, Hollar ... : forming the most splendid and rare series of English portraits hitherto submitted to public sale, and collected with the true classic taste of the fine arts, at a most liberal expence by the late Sir James Winter Lake : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stewart, (by direction of his executors), at his auction room, 194, Piccadilly (opposite Albany), on Monday, April 25, 1808, and eleven following days (Sundays excepted.).

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Creator:
Stewart, William
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 103, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a small but valuable collection of engravings : amongst which will be found some extremely scarce British portraits, by Faithorne, Pass, Elstracke, Loggan, &c. : works of George Vertue, and of Sir Joshua Reynolds : theatrical portraits, fine modern engravings, &c. &c. : to which is added, a collection of prints and drawings, framed and glazed, by Woollett, Sharp, Hogarth, &c. : paintings, stained glass, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday, the 1st of February, 1828, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
14,[2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of a large collection of engraved British portraits : among which are many of uncommon occurrence for rarity and brilliancy of impression, by Faithorne, Hollar, Delaram, Elstrack ... : from the earliest period to the present time, consisting of the effigies of kings, queens, nobility, gentry, bishops, clergy, civil and military men, literary men, artists, actors, musicians, ladies and gentlewomen, remarkable persons ... : also a small collection of painted portraits of distinguished characters in oil, on pannel and canvas ... which are now selling at the low prices affixed, for ready money only, at No. 9, Great Newport Street, Long Acre.

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Creator:
Rodd, Horatio, fl. 1810–1859
Date:
[182-?]
Physical Description:
80 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of a most singular, rare and valuable collection of portraits by the Passes, Delaram, &c. &c., some of them unique : being the contents of a very celebrated book that has been preserved 150 years in the Delabere family, and is cited by the Rev. Mr. Grainger ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 29, 1811, at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1811]
Physical Description:
44 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of the valuable collection of engravings, the property of the late John Hoppner, Esq. R.A., sold by order of the executors : consisting of a very choice series of portraits after Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : ... nearly complete set of the engravings from Mr. Hoppner's own works : Dutch etchings, works of the old masters, &c. : copper plates, with duplicate impressions, amongst which is an unpublished one of the late Mr. Pitt : books, and sets of prints, &c. : also the engravings of the late Rev. Dr. Willis ... comprising scarce British & foreign portraits, specimens of the Italian and German Masters : drawings, capital modern productions of Raphael Morghen, Wille, Strange, Wollett, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, 22d May 1820, and three following days at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
40 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of a capital collection of prints, the work of that incomparable artist Wenceslaus Hollar : formed at a considerable degree of expense by the late John Towneley, Esq. ... : and abounding throughout in valuable proofs and curious variations : particularly comprising his extremely rare British Portraits and typography ... : containing eleven plates more than are generally known to be in existence : together with a matchless collection of drawings in colours, of natural history, inimitably executed by Hollar : ... which will be sold at auction by Mr. King, at his Great Room, No. 38, King Street, Covent Garden on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1818, and four following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
King, Thomas
Date:
[1818]
Physical Description:
[4], 44 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Catalogue of a collection of prints, comprising the productions of Woollett, Strange, Hogarth, Sharp, Caronna, Forster, Massard, &c. &c. : the works of Rubens and Vandyke, in portraits & historical subjects : British portraits by Faithorne, Loggan, Pass, Marshall, Hollar, Sherwin, Elstracke, Weirix, &c. : several of which are of extremem rarity and in choice condition, having been preserved in a Heir Loom for upwards of a century : together with several books of prints, albums, and scrap books, splendidly bound, and sundry miscellanies in art : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Dodd, at his rooms, No. 1, Leicester Square, on Tuesday, the 5th of February, 1828, and following evening at six o'clock.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. 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

13. A catalogue of engraved British portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time. Consisting of the effigies of persons in every walk of human life ... With an appendix, containing the portraits of such foreigners as ... may claim a place in the British series. Methodically disposed in classes, and interspersed with a number of notices biographical and genealogical, never before published. By Henry Bromley [pseud.]

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Creator:
Bromley, Henry, b. 1750
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
xiv, 479, 56, [80] p. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of a highly interesting and valuable collection of engravings and cabinet pictures, the property of an eminent collector : comprising some of the best productions of the different schools, several of them not mentioned in Bartsch : by Pollajuilo, Marc Antonio, Van Meckenem, &c. : Painters' etchings : a large collection of the works of Nanteuil : numerous portraits, English and foreign, by Hollar, Faithorne, Passe, Earlom, Hogarth, Sherwin, Woollett, Worledge, Bartolozzi, Heath, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, Feb. 1, 1828, and four following days, (Sunday excepted,) at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
29, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A catalogue of engraved portraits of nobility, gentry, clergymen, and others, born, resident in, or connected with the county of Warwick; alphabetically arranged, with names of the painters and engravers, and the size of each plate; to which are added numerous biographical notices, compiled or selected with great assiduity, research, and care.

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Creator:
Merridew, John, 1789–1862
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
vi p., 1 ., 83 p. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Catalogue of a splendid collection of engravings : being a selection from the portfolio of a collector of distinguished taste : after Raphael, Rubens, Vandyke, West, Sir Jos. Reynolds, Copley, Westall, Stothard, Smirke, Wilkie, Sir Tho. Lawrence, &c. : engraved by Faithorne, Houbraken, Drevet, Wille, Hogarth, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Bartolozzi, Raphael, Morghen, W. Sharpe, J. and C. Heath Raimbach, Tomkins, Engleheart, R. Cooper, Woolnorth, Cooke, Pyek, Burnet, &c. ... : topography by the first English artists : capital prints by the most eminent foreign engravers : drawings in water colours, by Glover, De Wint, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Southgate at his rooms, no. 22. Fleet Street, on Tuesday, 27th, and Wednesday, 28th, November 1827, at twelve for one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Southgate, Henry 1818–1888
Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts