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1. A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library : containing (among other curious articles) the complete works of Luca Marenzio, Orlando Di Lasso, Moley, Weelker, Wilbye, Bennett, Purcell, and other eminent composers of the 16th and 17th centuries : a very curious MS. copy of Marcello's Psalms, in 32 cases : Steffani's Duets, 4 vols : a Dixit Dominus by Pergolesi, very scace : the celebrated Masters of Habemann, and Te Deum by Uria : together with the choice and favourite works of Palestrina, Stradella, Carissimi, Bernabel, Steffani, Colonna, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Leo, Caldara, Bigaglia, Fiocco, Bassani, &c. &c. : and a large collection of Italian madrigals, by Croce, Archadelt, Pevernage, Waelrant, Phillips, and other esteemed authors : the whole in fine preservation, obtained and purchased with great judgment and indefatigable pains, at a considerate expence during a long course of years, by the late Dr. Bever : being one of the finest collections ever offered to public sale : which, (by order of the administratrix of Mr. John Hindle, Deceased,) will be sold by auction by Mr. White, at his rooms, Storey's Gate, Great George Street, Westminster, on Thursday, June the 7th, 1798, and following day, at twelve o'clock : at the same time will be sold his fine-toned Grand Piano-Forte, by Frecker, a Violoncello, printed books and prints : the library may be viewed on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of June, when catalogues may be had : and of Mr. Birchall, Bond Street.

A catalogue of the very choice and valuable musical library : containing (among other curious articles) the complete works of Luca Marenzio, Orlando Di Lasso, Moley, Weelker, Wilbye, Bennett, Purcell, and other eminent composers of the 16th and 17th centuries : a very curious MS. copy of Marcello's Psalms, in 32 cases : Steffani's Duets, 4 vols : a Dixit Dominus by Pergolesi, very scace : the celebrated Masters of Habemann, and Te Deum by Uria : together with the choice and favourite works of Palestrina, Stradella, Carissimi, Bernabel, Steffani, Colonna, Bononcini, Scarlatti, Leo, Caldara, Bigaglia, Fiocco, Bassani, &c. &c. : and a large collection of Italian madrigals, by Croce, Archadelt, Pevernage, Waelrant, Phillips, and other esteemed authors : the whole in fine preservation, obtained and purchased with great judgment and indefatigable pains, at a considerate expence during a long course of years, by the late Dr. Bever : being one of the finest collections ever offered to public sale : which, (by order of the administratrix of Mr. John Hindle, Deceased,) will be sold by auction by Mr. White, at his rooms, Storey's Gate, Great George Street, Westminster, on Thursday, June the 7th, 1798, and following day, at twelve o'clock : at the same time will be sold his fine-toned Grand Piano-Forte, by Frecker, a Violoncello, printed books and prints : the library may be viewed on Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of June, when catalogues may be had : and of Mr. Birchall, Bond Street.
Creator:
White, Mr., active 1798
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work : at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.

Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work : at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.
Creator:
Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:
[1798?]
Physical Description:
23, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill., plans, ports. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Porto-Bello: or, A plan for the improvement of the port and city of London ... By Sir Frederick Morton Eden ...

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Creator:
Eden, Frederick Morton, Sir, 1766–1809
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
1 p.., 53 p. 4 fold. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of the capital, genuine, and valuable collection of pictures, the property of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bart. dec. late president of the Royal Academy : comprising several fine specimens of the works of Teniers, Vandyck, Rubens, Poussin, Rembrandt, Bassan, Titian, Castiglione, &c. &c. : which by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, 67, New Bond-Street, on Tuesday, May 8, 1798, and following day, at one o'clock each day : may be viewed by catalogues (at one shilling each) to be had as above : of Mr. Lloyd, bookseller, Harley-Sreet : Mr. Varley, York Hotel, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars : and of Mr. Phillips, at his house, No. 22, Bury-Sreet, St. James's.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of all that valuable and magnificent collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures : selected with singular taste and admitted judgement : the property of Mr. Bryan, and comprising the original works and great performances of the following Masters : Rubens, Vandyke, Titian, Salvator Rosa, Claude Loraine, Berghem, Guido, Nich. Poussin, W. Vandevelde, Philip Wouvermans, Velasquez, Paul Potter, Schiavone, Rembrandt, Morillio, Adrian Ostade, Isaac Ostade, Both, David Teniers, Pordenone, Hobbima, Palma, Adrian Vandevelde, Gerard Douw, Guercino, Metzu, P. de Cortona, Dietricy, Ruysdael, C. Du Jardyn, Sir. J. Reynolds, Cuyp, Tintoretto, Denner, Wilson, Ferdinand Bol, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Goster at Mr. Bryan's celebrated gallery in Pall Mall : where they are displaced, on Thursday, May 17, 1798, and two following days, at twelve o'clock : to be publickly viewed three days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had of Messrs. Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Fuller, 5, Throgmorton Street, Royal Exchange : and at Mr. Bryan's Gallery, Pall Mall : price two shillings and sixpence, to be returned to purchasers, And it is respectfully mentioned, that in order to prevent inconvenience from an over-crouded room, no person can possibly be admitted on the days of sale, without being in possession of one of the catalogues.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of a superlatively fine collection of capital pictures by the most celebrated Masters of the English, Flemish, and Italian Schools : amongst which are the works of Aldegraver, Rembrandt, Waterloo, De Heem, L. Bramer, Beschey, P. Brill, Schalcken, Bassano, Callot, Hamskerck, Vander Neer, Vinchenbooms, Goltzius, D. V. Bergen, Savery, Steinwick, Vernet, Wright, of Derby, West, Fuseli, Barrett, Mortimer, Cipriani, Angelica, Smith, of Chichester, Hearne, &c. : the whole being the property of the late Daniel Daulby, Esq, and will be sold by auction, by T. Vernon, in his Gothic Room, Marble-Street, Williamson Square, Liverpool, on Monday, August 27, 1798, at 10 o'clock precisely : may be viewed three days previous to the sale, and catalogues had on the premises, at one shilling each.

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Creator:
Vernon, Thomas
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of the Orleans' Italian pictures : which will be exhibited for sale by private contract, on Wednesday, the 26th of December, 1798, and following days, at Mr. Bryan's gallery, no. 88, Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Bryan, Michael, 1757–1821
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. [13 plates illustrating rustic figures]

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Date:
1798]
Physical Description:
13 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Sketches in architecture : containing plans and elevations of cottages, villas, and other useful buildings, with characteristic scenery / by John Soane ... ; to which are added, Six designs for improving and embellishing of grounds, with sections and explanations, by an amateur ; the whole engraved on fifty-four plates.

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCXCVIII [1798]
Physical Description:
[6], iv, iv, 20 pages, XLI, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of the Orleans' Italian pictures : which will be exhibited for sale by private contract, on Wednesday, the 26th of December, 1798, and following days, at the Lyceum in the Strand.

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Creator:
Bryan, Michael, 1757–1821
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages. ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The builder's price-book : containing a correct list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London : to the several artificers concerned in building : including the journeymen's prices / by an experienced surveyor.

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Creator:
Experienced surveyor
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
viii, 176, [16] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Catalogue of a collection of pictures of great masters of all the schools : the greater part collected by the late John Duke of Argyll : which will be sold by auction, (under the direction of Mr. T. Philipe,) by Mr. H. Phillip's : at his Great Room, no. 67, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 25th of May, 1798, and following day, at one o'clock : may be viewed and catalogues had.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Observations on the western parts of England.

Observations on the western parts of England.
Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1973
Physical Description:
[2], iii, xvi, 359 p., [18] leaves. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library