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Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 6, [2] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

511. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of Japanese curiosities, consisting of porcelain, lacquer cabinets, boxes and trays, enamels, bronzes, carvings in ivory, jade, crystal, and bamboo, embroidered satins and crapes, a large quantity of ivory and bronze buckles, studs, and solitaires, sutsuma ware, painted fans, fishing-rods, and other curiosities : and including a small collection formed by a gentleman during a residence in Japan : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on tuesday, July 11, 1871.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

512. A catalogue of original finished paintings in portraits, sketches and landscapes, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : copies after him : and original performances by Mr. Joseph Marchi : various drawings, loose prints, mezzotinto engravings and etchings : easels, lay figure and colors : with a few pictures of the Old Masters, &c. &c. : the property of the late Mr. Joseph Marchi : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Thursday, the 30th day of June, 1808, at 12 o'clock, by order of the executors : to be viewed two days preceding the sale and catalogues had at the Room.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

513. A catalogue of the very valuable and extremely beautiful collection of high-finished water colour and tinted drawings, the works of that justly admired and elegant artist, Paul Sandby, Esq. R.A., deceased : descriptive of picturesque English topography : Views of Windsor Castle, and its neighbouring park and forest : camp scenes and studies from nature : the choicest productions of his pencil during a long career of nearly sixty years : also his ingenious models of landscape scenery, a few architectural designs by T. Sandby, Esq. R.A. : nearly 200 original drawings of shipping by W.V. de Velde, and an invaluable assemblage of near 70 original drawings by Wilson : which .(by order of the executor) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Thursday, the 2d of May, 1811, and two following days, precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1811]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

514. A catalogue of a small assemblage of capital and very valuable Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : being the served part of the well-known and fine collection Lord Viscount Ranelagh, deceased : they comprise a grand landscape, with cattle and figures by Cuyp, a noble chef d'oeuvre, and an evening scene, the companion : the Battle of Maxentius, a most spirited cabinet pictures : and Constantine surveying the plan of Constantinople, by Rubens : the Piping Boy, by Rembrandt : the Gazette, by Teniers : an Evening Scene, Vander Neer, (the five last from the Orleans Gallery) : the Solitude, and one other charming landscape. by Gaspar Poussin : Holy Families, by Bonifaccio, Garofalo, and Parmegiano : and others, by Titian, Mols, S. Rosa, Teniers, Brauwer, Berkheyde, W. Van de Velde, Mommers, and Zuccarelli : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1829, at half-past two o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's Office, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

515. A catalogue of the very choice collection of modern English pictures : the property of John Turner, Esq. for whome nearly all of them were painted by the different artists : comprising the Rabbit on the Wall, the ... work of Sir David Wilkie : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 13th, 1842, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

516. A supplement to the catalogue of the important and valuable collection of etchings of Rembrandt, Ferdinant Bol, J. G. Van Vliet, Rodermont, Jan Livens, &c, &c. : the present assemblage forms the duplicate impressions of a celebrated cabinet formed on the Continent by a distinguished collector, of known taste and judment : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 16th of April, 1836, at one for two precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: 1836
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

517. 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.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1874]
Physical Description:: 42 pages; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

518. An historical account of sub-ways in the British metropolis, for the flow of pure water and gas into the houses of the inhabitants, without disturbing the pavements: including the projects in 1824 and 1825. By John Williams, the patentee ...

Creator:: Williams, John, patentee of subways
Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: 1 p.., [v]-viii, 472 p. 4 col. plates (incl. front.) 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

519. The fishmongers' pageant, on Lord Mayor's Day, 1616 : Chrysanaleia, the golden fishing / devised by Anthony Munday ; represented in twelve plates by Henry Shaw, from contemporary drawings in the possession of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers ; accompanied with various illustrative documents, and an historical introduction by John Gough Nichols.

Creator:: Munday, Anthony, 1553–1633
Date:: 1844
Physical Description:: 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

520. A catalogue of that capital collection of pictures, of Edward Ravenell, Esq., deceased : formed by Sir Peter Killegrew in the reign of Charles I : consisting of the works of Rubens, Rembrandt, Vandyke, Poussin, Ostade, Wouvermans, Carlo Dolci, Barroccio, Wynants, Deneef, S. Rosa, Tintoret, Vanderveldt, Zuchero, Titian, &c.: in this collection there are also a most beautiful picture of a Dutch fair, by Wouvermans : an original portrait of Thomas Killegrew, the Jester, by Vandyck : a sea view by Vanderveldt : Venus and Adonis, by Netscher : and two elegant Porphyry Busts with Jasper Draperies, on beautiful variegated Pedestals : which (by order of the executor,) will be sold by auction, by Mess. Langford, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Saturday the 24th of this Instant February 1776 : the said collection may be viewed on Thursday the 22nd, and till the time of sale, which will begin punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had gratis on the days of viewing, at Mess. Langford's aforesaid : conditions of sale as usual.

Creator:: Mess. Langford (Firm)
Date:: [1776]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

521. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

Creator:: Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Date:: [1786]
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 4-194 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels

522. Winsor & Newton's decorative crafts : stencilling, pattern printing, dargeena, pen painting, newinlac, wood painting, barbola, wallart, lampshade painting, glass painting, leatherwork, lino cutting, etc.

Creator:: Winsor & Newton
Date:: [1935]
Physical Description:: 32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

523. 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.

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

524. A catalogue of a very fine collection of portraits of illustrious and celebrated characters : the entire property of a gentleman, who during the last twenty-five years, has at a vast expense, formed this interesting assemblage ; including Queen Elizabeth, Charles I, Charles II. and consort, James II. The Pretender and consort, Queen Anne, Queen Mary, George III. and consort, Oliver Cromwell, Sir P. Sidney, Earl of Southampton, General Lord Pulteney, Lord Hawke, Admiral Keppell, John Hunter, R.B. Sheridan Worlidge, Mrs. Yates, Suet the comedian, &c. from the pencils of Titian, Parmegiano, Giorgione, Cuyp, Sir A. More, Zucchero, J. Oliver, Dobson, Alonza Cano, G. Honthorst, Walker, Sir P. Lely, Zoffany, Romney, D. Mytens, Jarvis, Sir J. Reynolds, Hopner, Gainsborough, Sir G. Kneller, Cosway, Ramsay, Opie, Vandyke, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Edward Foster, at his Gallery, 54, Pall kMall, on Thursday, the 30th day of June, 1831, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed, and catalogues had at Mr. Foster's Offices, 54, Pall Mall, and 14, Greek Street, Soho Square.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

525. Catalogue of a genuine collection, composed principally of Flemish, Dutch, and German paintings : including an unique cabinet of miniature pictures in oil, by the most distinguished masters of the Dutch and Flemish schools ; also a few Italian pictures, removed from Brussels within this month : the entire property of Mr. M. Van P[arys] : which, by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips : at his rooms, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 4th day of June, 1832, and following day, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

526. A descriptive catalogue of the celebrated grand colossal statue of Napoleon Bonaparts, sculptured in carrara marble, by Banti : and which was formerly erected in the Piazzetta in front of the public building of the chamber of commerce, in the city of Venice : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Rushworth & Jarvis, successors to Mr. Squibb, at their Great Room, Saville Row, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1835, at two o'clock, by order of the executors of a gentleman deceased.

Creator:: Rushworth & Jarvis
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

527. [Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy : Thursday [13] day of [March 1851]

Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 1 ticket ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

528. A catalogue of the capital, extensive, and very valuable collection of chiefly Italian pictures, and choice specimens of the illustrious founder of the English school, Sir Joshua Reynolds : the genuine property of the late Caleb Whitefoord, Esq. F.R. & A.S. Dec : distinguished for his genuine taste in the virtu : the valuable assemblage of pictures collected by him, during a long series of years a very considerable expence, presents a choice treat to the eye of the scientific collector : they comprise the works of Raphael, P. Del Vaga, J. Romano, Correggio, Schidone, Titian, P. Veronese, Schiavone, Tintoretto, Bassan, Carracci, Dominichino, Guido, Poussin, Murillo, Albano, E. Sarani, C. Maratti, Le Seur, Mengs : a variety of interesting portraits, of the literary fiends of the deceased, and other distinguished characters : the celebrated portrait of Nelly O'Bryan : a study for the portrait of Sir J. Reynolds, in the Florence gallery : and a fancy portrait of a boy, in Sir Joshua's happiest manner : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, No. 28, Argyll Street, on Friday the. 4th of May, 1810 and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

529. Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. : to which is added A supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana / by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S., S.A., librarian to His Lordship.

Creator:: Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776–1847
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

530. Catalogue of the splendid, choice, and curious library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. part the fourth ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 15, and five following days, (Sunday excepted), 1834.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [2], [85], [1] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

531. A catalogue of a valuable and interesting collection of high-finished modern pictures and drawings, framed and glazed : being the genuine and entire stock of an eminent publisher, retiring from business : among the paintings, are The Lord of the Vineyard, and Death of Sapphira, by Opie : original finished studies of wild animals by Northcote : an exquisite small modem of the Storming of Seringapaam, and a ditto the Death of Abercrombie, by R. K. Porter : Howard visiting the Prison, by Wheatley : and various historical, popular and fancy subjects, by Angelica, Wheatley, Morland, Fuseli, Tresham, Stothard, Cosway, Singleton, Benwell, Bigg, Naysmith, Schweickhardt, Jones, Farrington, Marlow, Hodges : the drawings are chiefly by Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Zuccarelli, Hamilton, Stothard, Wheatley, Ker Porter, Loutherbourg, Girtin, Hearne, Sandby, La Porte, Walmsley, Payne, Pocock : also, a small assemblage of architectural and other drawings, framed and glazed : loose prints and books of ditto : a choice collection of plaister casts and busts, from the antique, brought from Rome by an artist : mathematical instruments : skins of vellum for drawing : drawing implements, &c. : a small collection of pictures by Old Masters : and without reserve, sixty copper plates, never published, designed as a supplement to the Vitruvius Britannicus, being elevations of buildings executed by eminent architects : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, 24th February, 1809, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1809]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

532. A catalogue of the collection of engravings, etchings, and original drawings, and books of prints, of Christian Josi, Esq. Deceased : who was long distinguished for his accurate knowledge of prints, and for his judgment in collection : they comprise ... specimens of M. Antonio : Italian etchings ... of R. Morghen : ... impressions by Audran, Edlinck, and the great French engravers : rarieties by M. Schoen, J. V. Mecheln, the Hopfers, A. Durer, and Penz : the works of Rubens, and V. Dyck : Rembrandt's works .... : ... collection of the works of Hollar ... : Dutch etchings, including Ostade's Concert ... and Backhuysen's large sea-piece : Houbraken's heads, proofs : Ploos Van Amstel's works ... : books of prints : picturesque tours : the Musée Franc̜ois : Mor. Bartsch's Work, L. P. : and among the drawings a most rare subject by P. Potter, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 66 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

533. Catalogue of twelve pictures : the property of a gentleman : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson,, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 25, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

534. Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow in imitation of indian ink.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [12], 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

535. The memory palace of Romilly Saumarez Smith : jewelry translated by Lucie Gledhill : and the launch of Savage & Chong : exhibition 28 November-4 December 2011 11-3, 133-135 Mile End Road, London.

Date:: 2011
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([4] p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist

536. A catalogue of a collection of pictures, among which are many very agreeable and pleasing subjects, by the masters of the different schools : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room, in Leicester-Square, on Thursday the 16th of June, 1785, and following day : to be viewed on Tuesday, and 'till the sale : conditions of sale as usual.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1785]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

537. A catalogue of the valuable and pleasing collection of Cabinet Pictures, the genuine property of Mr. Holcroft : the greater part of which were selected in his tour through Germany, France, and the Netherlands : among them will be found many choice specimens of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools : the works of the following highly esteemed Masters : Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Murillo, Guercino, L. Caracci, Baroccio, Backhuysen, Fuysdael, Teniers, Wouvemans, Ostade, &c. &c. : particularly a capital Sea Piece by Backhuysen, : a Landscape with rippling water, by Ruysdael, the figures by A. Vanderveldt : the Head of Old Franks, by Vandyck : a beautiful landscape and figures, by Berghem : the Entombing of Christ by Rubens, from the Cabinet of the Duke de Praslin : several by Teniers : two by Wilson : and the original sketch of the Death of Cardinal Beaufort, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Monday, February 16, 1807, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr., 1764–1831
Date:: [1807]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

538. Catalogue of a small but extremely valuable collection of early engravings, the property of an eminent collector : amongst which will be found, some remarkable rare specimens of the early German and Italian Masters : including Andrea Mantegna, Martin Schoen, M. Zagel, Duvet, &c. : particularly of Mar. Antonio, Raimondi, including a most beautiful impression of his celebrated Massacre of the Innocent : also The Angles, after Raphael, in the Farnese Gallery, &c. &c. : rare British portraits, embracing several of very rare occurrence, and mostly proofs, or in a very early state, : a few extremely rare specimens of works in niello, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Saturday, the 8th day of March 1828, at twelve o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

539. Art for all : London Transport posters, 1908-1949.

Date:: [1949]
Physical Description:: 39 pages, 68 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

540. A catalogue of the genuine and capital collection of pictures : formed by a Gentleman during his residence abroad, and who is returning to the Continent : containing the works of the most celebrated Masters of the various Schools, in the highest Preservation : amongst which are, viz. : Raphael, Titian, Schidone, Guido, Guerchino, Tintorett, Schiavone, P. Veronese, J. Bellini, L. Da Vinci, Corregio, J. Romano, S. Rosa, Carrache, Spagnoletto, Rubens, V. Dyck, Claude, Swaneveldt, V. Huysum, Netscher, &c. &c.: particularly a capital picture by Raphael, of the Madona and Child and St. John -- Two by Titian -- Four by Schidone -- Eight by Guido -- Four by Guercino -- Three by Paul Veronese -- Four by Tintorett -- Three by Schiavone -- A noble Portrait of Cardinal Farnese by Caracci -- Four by Vandyck -- One by Rubens -- One by Claude -- Seven by Sal. Rosa -- A capital Flower Piece by John Van Huysum -- One of Fruit by William Van Aelst -- One of Birds by Young Weenix -- One by Netscher -- One by De Heem -- The Four Seasons by Artois -- A sublime Picture of the Descent From the Cross by Spagnoletto, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 24th, 1792, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

541. The catalogue of all that well-known valuable collection of capital paintings, the property of the late most noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, which have long been considered as one of the great ornaments of Lansdowne House : comprising the best efforts of those admired masters, Rubens, Claude, Leonardo da Vinci, Ludovico Caracci, Correggio, Salvator Rosa, Guido, Guercino, Velasquez, Nicolo Poussin, Gaspar Poussin, Paolo Veronese, titian, Teniers, Berghem, Vernet, Bassan, Canaletti, Paolo Panini, Rembrandt, Albert Durer, Jordaens, Gonsalvez, Murillo, Vanderveldt, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster, by order of the executors, without the least reserve, on the premises, Lansdowne House, Berkley Square, on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th of March, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1806]
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

542. A catalogue of the very precious cabinet of Dutch and English pictures of James Stewart, Esq., who is quitting his residence : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, the 20th of April, 1839, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1839
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

543. A catalogue of a collection of twenty English pictures, of high merit and great importance, being a portion of the well-known collection of Charles Birch, esq. of Westfield House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, whose cabinet of British art has justly obtained a more than local celebrity : including Waiting for the deer to rise, by Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. : Alfred in the Danish Camp, by D. Baclise : The Lock, by ... J.M.W. Turner : A Pyrenean Pass, with smugglers, C. Stanfield, R. A. : Spezzia Bay by ... Sir Augustus Calcot, R. A. : The first ear ring by ... Sir David Wilkie, R.A., engraved : Beating for recruits, by Thomas Webster, R. A. : The Lock, by ... J. Consable, R. A. : The Mountain Pass, by P. F. Poole, A.R.A. : Dolly Varden, by W. P. Frith, R.A. : The Tambourine Player, by J. Uwine, R.S. : A Golden Landscape, Linnell : ... The Fleur De Lis, by ... William Etty, R.A. : Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster and Son, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Thursday, February 15th, 1855, at two precisely.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: 1855
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

544. Catalogue of a large and valuable assemblage of ancient & modern pictures, including the choice collection of the late Thomas Haigh, Esq., of Liverpool : twenty capital pictures from the collection of a nobleman : the pictures from the Belvidere collection : several pictures from the collection of the late Sir Digby Neave, Bart. : the collection of pictures of Mr. Constantine de Rumine, of St. Petersburgh : and the celebrated picture of "The toilet of the Bride" by Sir David Wilkie, R.A., painted for the late Mr. Arthaber, of Vienna : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 6 and Monday, June 8, 1868, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: 31, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

545. Catalogue of the very choice collection of rare old porcelain of John Bulteel, Esq., of Pamflete, Devon : also, some beautiful pieces of old French furniture, inlaid with plaques of old sevres porcelain : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, May 12, 1870, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

546. A catalogue of the highly valuable collection of prints : the property of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart ... : part the first consisting of a series of British portraits, from the heptarchy to the end of the reign of William III : comprising a capital assemblage of extremely rare and curious prints : including several unique beautiful equestrian and historical engravings, by Delaram, Elstracke, Rogers, the Pass Family, &c. : the principal works of W. Hollar : a matchless display of the productions of that celebrated artist W. Faithorne, many of them brilliant proofs, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his rooms, No. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, 29th of March, 1824, and eleven following days, Sunday excepted, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 5 volumes in 1 : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

547. Catalogue of the important gallery of pictures formed by the Marquis du Blaisel, deceased, received from Paris : comprising one hundred and fifty gallery and cabinet works of the Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English schools : also, a splendid carving in ivory, and some fine Italian busts : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 17, 1872, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 27, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

548. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of decorative objects, consisting of old sevres and dresden porcelain, miniatures, cinque-cento jewels, carvings in ivory and marble, venetian glass, arms, fine old French furniture, wood carvings, tapestry, &c. : including a small collection received from Paris : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on MOnday, July 10, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1871]
Physical Description:: 14 ,[2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

549. The art-journal.

Date:: [1849-1912]
Physical Description:: 64 v. : ill. ; 28-34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

550. The catalogue of a most interesting and important selection of valuable paintings : the capital and undoubted works of renowned masters of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French and English Schools, in high preservation and beauty : the property of the Right Honorable Lord Rendlesham, removed from his Lordship's Seat in Suffolk : and which by order of the executors, will be sold by Peter Coxe, at Mr. Squibb's Great Room, Saville Passage, on Wednesday, May the 17th, 1809, and following day at twelve o'clock : accompanied with the approbation of the executors, with a few valuable pictures, in addition, the property of a Nobleman, removed from his seat in Hertfordshire.

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1809]
Physical Description:: 17, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

551. A catalogue of a very extensive collection of chiefly genuine Spanish pictures : the actual property of a Noble Family in Spain, expedited to this country on their late removal from Seville : comprising a numerous and interesting assemblage of the works of the great Masters of the Schools of Seville and Valencia : among which are truly capital pictures of Murillo, and small studies for his celebrated works in the Capuchin Convent at Seville, many elegant specimens of Valdex, and other Spanish painters, little known in this country, viz. : Zurbaran, Alonzo Cano, Pacheco, Carducho, Herrera, Bobadillae, Roelas, Espinosa, Torres, Labrador, Legote, Orrente, Ribera, Velasquez, Castillo : the whole will be offered in their genuine state : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, (without the least reserve) at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 16, 1810, and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

552. A catalogue of the very extensive and valuable oriental museum, comprising mss., sculptures, bronzes, articles of female dress and ornament, weapons, and natural history, which was formed at great expense by the late General Charles Stuart, of Bengal; ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie ... on Friday, June the 11th, and following day, and on Monday, June the 14th, 1830, and following day, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's offices, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 59, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

553. Howitt's drawing book of animals : consisting of fifty etchings from nature.

Creator:: Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Date:: [1820?]
Physical Description:: [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

554. The death of Christopher Marlowe / by J. Leslie Hotson, Ph.D. Havard University.

Creator:: Hotson, Leslie, 1897–1992
Date:: 1925
Physical Description:: 76 pages, [2] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

555. Coleridge : select poetry & prose / edited by Stephen Potter.

Creator:: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772–1834
Date:: 1933
Physical Description:: xxx, 821 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

556. Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Oil and Water Colours : the fourteenth : at the Great Room, Spring-Gardens ...

Creator:: Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain)
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

557. Register of marriages, baptisms, & burials in Somerset House Chapel, 1714 to 1775. Typis Medio-Montanis, & c.

Creator:: Somerset House Chapel, London
Date:: 1831]
Physical Description:: 1 p. ., 18 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

558. Ana the runner : a treatise for princes & generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul / by Patrick Miller ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: Miller, Patrick, 1885–1949
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 108, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

559. Shakespeare versus Shallow / by Leslie Hotson.

Creator:: Hotson, Leslie, 1897–1992
Date:: 1931
Physical Description:: [6], ix-xiv, 374, [2] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

560. Euphormio's Satyricon / by John Barclay ; translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner ; ten wood engravings by Derrick Harris.

Creator:: Barclay, John, 1582–1621
Date:: 1954
Physical Description:: [2], 158 pages, [10] leaves of plates : ilustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

561. Jane Austen : a bibliography / by Geoffrey Keynes ; author of Bibliographies of John Donne, William Blake, Sir Thomas Browne, et cetera ; with four illustrations from original engravings.

Creator:: Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887–1982
Date:: 1929
Physical Description:: xxv, 289 pages, [4] leaves of plates : llustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

562. An historical sketch of the priory and Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / illustrated by W.A. Delamotte.

Creator:: Delamotte, William, 1775–1863
Date:: MDCCXLIV [1844]
Physical Description:: [2], ix, [3], 42 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

563. A catalogue of all the truly elegant household furniture, silver-gilt and silver plate : Oriental and modern porcelain : some pictures and drawings framed and glazed of William Beckford, Esq. of Fonthill : among the foregoing are a variety of superb cabinets of solid ebony, elaborately carved or lnlaid with Florentine Mosaics, and other costly materials, and mounted with or-moulu, in the finest taste : sumptuous cabinets of buhl cabinets, jewel chests, silver-gilt drawing-room large candlesticks, with branches by Auguste : three capital leaved screens of the finest Japan, scarcely to be matched : rose-wood bookcases : large Persia-pattern and other carpets in the nicest condition : a few pictures of the first quality and importance, the Sibylla Lyrica by Lod : Carracci from the Lansdown Cobbection : Job, by S. Rosa, from the Santa Croce Palace at Rome ... : the drawings are a grand set of landscapes in water colours by J. M. W. Turner ... and others, by Daniell, &c. : the plate comprises many thousand ounces of articles in the most modern taste, much of it very richly gilt, and several of the principal pieces executed by Auguste, from the designs of Moitte : mounted agates in cups : carvings in ivory : bronzes : fine Japan, and various objects of vertu : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, no.6, Upper Harley Street, on Friday, May 9, 1817, & three following days, (Sunday excepted) : at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1807]
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

564. A catalogue of capital pictures, comprising the collections of Henry John Hinchliffe, Esq., removed from his residence, no. 56, Green Street, Grosvenor Square : six pictures from the celebrated cabinet of the Right Hon. Lord Charles Townshend : four pictures of the late John Parke, Esq : the professor Van Rotterman's Cabinet, from Ghent, and others : together with a few Roman busts, and other sculpture : and two specimens of that rare master, Lucca Della Robia : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 6th, 1836, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

565. Tomorrow's star : an essay on the shattering and remoulding of a world / by L. Cranmer-Byng.

Creator:: Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot), 1872–1945
Date:: 1938
Physical Description:: 179, [3] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

566. Pythian odes / Pindar ; translated by H.T. Wade-Gery & C.M. Bowra.

Creator:: Pindar
Date:: 1928
Physical Description:: xlv, 165, [2] pages ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

567. Jurgen : a comedy of justice / by James Branch Cabell ; with wood engravings by John Buckland Wright.

Creator:: Cabell, James Branch, 1879–1958
Date:: 1949
Physical Description:: 349, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

568. A catalogue of the capital and valuable books of genuine sketches, studies, and designs from nature, books of prints, architecture, musical instruments, and two laymen, of the late celebrated artist, Thos. Gainsborogh, Esq. Decd. : to which are added a most valuable and beautiful collection of prints and books of prints, by A. Durer, Waterloo, &c. : two works of Sir Robert Strange, an unique copy : the works of Watteau : many exquisite drawings by La Porte, Barret, Page, Dayes, &c. : prints framed and glazed : a pair of busts of Voltaire and Rousseau : a capital pair of eighteen-inch globes by Adams, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 11th, 1799, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

569. Glory of life / by Llewelyn Powys ; with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings.

Creator:: Powys, Llewelyn, 1884–1939
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: [2], 34, [2] pages : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

570. The poems & sonnets of William Shakespeare / edited by Gwyn Jones.

Creator:: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:: 1960
Physical Description:: 245, [1] pages ; 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

571. [Theatre program for Ellen Terry in "Much ado about nothing" : Monday, November 16th, 1903]

Creator:: Coronet Theatre (London, England)
Date:: 1903
Physical Description:: [8] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

572. 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.

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

573. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of Italian pictures, of the very highest class : the property of that distinguished connoisseur, W. G. Coesvelt, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, the 13th of June, 1840, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1840]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

574. A catalogue of the valuable and interesting collection of prints and books of prints, of Lord De Clifford, deceased, and removed from King's Weston : comprising the works of Hollar ... : rare portraits by Faithorne and Smith, &c. &c. : the books of prints comprise Houbraken's Heads, large paper : Nanteuil's Heads : Kip's Works, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 8, 1833.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 10, [2] ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

575. A catalogue of the very select and choice collection of pictures of the right honorable Lord Charles Townshend : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room ... on Saturday, April the 11th, 1835, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 9, [5] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

576. Catalogue of the very select collection of prints and drawings, the property of the late Isaac Pilleau, Esq. formerly of the Bank of England : consisting of the most esteemed productions of the Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools : including the works of Woollett, Strange, Hogarth, Bartolozzi, Wille, Cornelius Visscher, Edelinck, Drevet, Poilly, Rembrandt, &c. &c. many of them in a beautiful proof state : a choice set of the cartoons by Holloway, on India paper : a few very capital drawings, framed and glazed, &c. : to which is added a collection of engravings and pictures, the property of a gentleman : embracing many distinguished works of the great engravers of the English, French, and Italian Schools : amongst the pictures are specimens of Hobbima, Morland, Hofland, Cuyp : also, a grand gallery one by N. Poussin, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93. Pall Mall, on Friday, June 6, and following day.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

577. A catalogue of a collection of pictures, the works of first-class living artists : particularly Dumblane Cathedral, by D. Roberts, R.A. : View on the Scheldt, by E. Cooke, A.R.A. : Two other works, by the same Master : Falstaff and Pistol, by A. Egg, A.R.A. : A pair of river views, by F. Lee, R.A. : Summer Noon ... by S. Cooper, A.R.A. ... : The Thistle, by Frank Stone : The Lattice, by W. Etty, R.A. : specimens of J. D. Harding, F. Stone, E.W. Cooke, T. Faed Groonland, F. Danby, D. Roberts, Sir A. Calcott, F.R. Le, T.S. Cooper, A.L. Egg, W. Etty : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster and Son, at the Galery, 54, Pall Mall, on Thursday, the 15th of February, 1855 (after the sale of Mr. Birch's Pictures, at three o'clock in the afternoon)

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: 1855
Physical Description:: 21-30 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

578. Crystal Palace commemorative medal : The building at London, for the International Exhibition, 1851.

Creator:: Allen & Moore (Firm)
Date:: 1851
Physical Description:: 1 medal : white metal ; 45 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

579. A catalogue of the superb jewels, trinkets, plate, gold and silver medals, china, &c. of a person of great rank, dec. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie : at his Great Room, the Royal Academy, in Pall Mall : on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the 1st, 2d and 3d of February, 1773 : to be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale, which will begin at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had as above.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1773]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

580. A catalogue of the unique and beautiful collection of select cabinet pictures, of high quality and rank : .... by the most distinguished Masters of the Italian, Venetian, Bolognese, Dutch, Flemish, French, and British Schools : the sole property of G. Morant, Esq. of Wimpole Street : ... it is only only needed to enumerate the names of Hobbima, De Hooge, Ruysdael, Ostade, Albano, L. Da Vinci, P. Potter, Both, A. & W. Vandevelde, Rembrandt, Guido, Teniers, Netscher, Cuyp, Greuze, Corregio, Rubens, Vandyck, S. Feratto, The Carracci's, Poussin : which will be submitted by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 18th day of May, 1832, and following day, and Monday the 21st, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

581. Catalogue of the very choice and valuable collection of capital pictures, by Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and English masters, the property of Richard Sanderson, Esq., removed from his residence in Belgrave Square : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 17th, 1848, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1848]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

582. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. IV, 1858 / by John Ruskin ...

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: 64 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

583. A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published.

Creator:: Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766
Date:: MDCCLVI [1756, i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:: [18], 92, [2], 93-116, [2], 117-120, [2], 121-748, [4] pages, [115] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

584. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1839.]

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 14 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

585. Laus veneris / by Algernon Charles Swinburne ; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

Creator:: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Date:: 1948
Physical Description:: [6], 9-27, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

586. The Carriage builders' and harness makers' art journal.

Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

587. A catalogue of the reserved collection of statues, busts, vases, urns, sarcophagi, &c. and other select and valuable pieces of antiquity : also sundry modern busts of exquisite sculpture, and highly finished, comprising a bust of Venus de Medicis, Shakespear, Stern, Cato the Censor, Scipio Africano, and other renowned and admired characters : several elegant statuary marble chimney pieces, and curious and scarce marble slabs, the property of Lyde Brown, Esq. : removed from his late residence in the city : also a small collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, prints, drawings, &c. and a capital set of Brussels tapestry from Teniers, in excellent preservation : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Friday, May 30, 1788, and following day.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1788]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

588. A catalogue of a capital collection of prints and drawings, scarce and valuable, which have been purchased out of the most distinguished cabinets here and on the continent; the drawings stamped on the back by the several judicious collectors, viz. Padre Resto, Sir Peter Lely, Richardson, Pond, Hudson, and John Barnard : among the prints are many fine proofs and first impressions from Rubens, Vandyke, and other celebrated artists : engraved by Vosterman, Pontius, Sontman, Fisher, Edelinck, Hollar, Mason, Balechou, and other noted engravers : among the drawings is that celebrated one by Thomyris by Rubens, from the Cabinet of Mons. de Mariette--The Mistress instructing her pupil by Cipriani, from the collection of Mr. Locke, with many other capital and well-known works of esteemed masters : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 11th, 1791, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1791]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

589. A catalogue of the renowned and valuable collection of Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : late the property of John Purling, Esq., deceased .: whose accurate judgment, pure taste and liberality in purchasing, rendered his Cabinet equal to most of the private galleries in Europe, and exhibits a magnificent assemblage of the works of Raphael, Correggio, Carracci, Guido, Domenichino, P. Da Cortona, Pamegiano, Titian, Tintoretto, S. Ricci, P. Veronese, C. Maratti, Claude, Poussin, Murillo, Cuyp, Rubens, Teniers, Wouvermans, P. Potter, Vanderwerff, Vandervelde, Berchem, Ferg, Zuccarelli,Wilson, &c. : including the beautiful picture La Vierge au Peloton, by Guido, well known to have occupied a most distinguished place in the Royal Collection of France : which will be sold by auction (by authority of the executors without the least reserve) by Mr. White, on the premises, no. 68 Portland Place on Monday, the 16th of February, 1801 and following day, at twelve o-clock : to be viewed till the sale, admission of each person by catalogues (only) which may be had at one shilling each at the place of Sale, and of Mr. White, Storey's Gate, Westminster.

Creator:: White, John, active 1785–1816
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 22, [2] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

590. International Exhibition of London, 1862 : Extra feine Zinn Compositions Figuren.

Date:: [circa 1862?]
Physical Description:: 1 set of model buildings and figures (60 pieces) : hand-painted white metal ; in box 24 x 39 x 5 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

591. A catalogue of the very choice collection of original cabinet paintings : the property of the late Quarles Harris, Esq. whose liberality in purchasing, and good judgment in selecting, secured to him the possession of some of the best works of the most esteemed Masters ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Farebrother and Co. at the auction rooms, no. 26, Conduit Street, Bond Street, on Saturday, the 10th of Juen, 1837, at one o'clock, by direction of the executors.

Creator:: Farebrother & Co.
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

592. Catalogue of drawings and prints, in the portfolio : books of prints and illustrated books : maps, charts, and atlases : autograph letters of eminent literary persons : works relative to architecture, geography, natural history, and the arts and sciences in general : the property of the late Richard Heber, Esq. : which shall be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Thursday, the 15th of May, 1834, and four following days, at twelve o'clock, by order of the executrix.

Creator:: Mr. Stanley (Firm)
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 40 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

593. 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.

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

594. [Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy : Thursday [12] day of Dec.1850]

Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 1 ticket ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

595. The complete works of Thomas Otway / edited by Montague Summers.

Creator:: Otway, Thomas, 1652–1685
Date:: MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

596. Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall descriptions of the fabricke and figure of the world / lately rectified in diuers places, as also beutified and enlarged with new mapps and tables by the studious industrie of Iodocus Hondy ; englished by W.S. generosus & regin. Oxoniae.

Creator:: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Date:: 1637
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([22], 56, 55-56, [2], 401, [1], 409-599, 520-566, 649-930, [32] pages, 5 leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

597. The Greek portrait : an anthology of English verse translations from the Greek poets (Homer to Meleager) with the corresponding Greek text / illustrated by Mariette Lydis ; edited by George Rostrevor Hamilton.

Creator:: Hamilton, G. Rostrevor (George Rostrevor), 1888–1967
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: 235, [1] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

598. Hymn to Proserpine / by Algernon Charles Swinburne; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

Creator:: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837–1909
Date:: 1944
Physical Description:: 9, [3] pages: illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

599. A catalogue of a choice collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch painting : a few capital drawings by Ducros, and other admired Masters : the property of a Gentleman : among them are the works of the following Masters : A. Del Sarto, Tintoretto, Bassano, P. Veronese, Caravaggio, Velequez, Poussin, Le. Seur, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, P. Neess, Rembrandt, Hobbima, Van Goyen, V. Huysum : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 22, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

600. 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.

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

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501. A catalogue of the very choice and select library of the late George Baker, esq. of St. Paul's Churchyard ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday June 6, 1825, and two following days at twelve o'clock.

502. Pervigilium Veneris = the vigil of Venus / translation by F.L. Lucas ; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

518. An historical account of sub-ways in the British metropolis, for the flow of pure water and gas into the houses of the inhabitants, without disturbing the pavements: including the projects in 1824 and 1825. By John Williams, the patentee ...

521. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

522. Winsor & Newton's decorative crafts : stencilling, pattern printing, dargeena, pen painting, newinlac, wood painting, barbola, wallart, lampshade painting, glass painting, leatherwork, lino cutting, etc.

527. [Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy : Thursday [13] day of [March 1851]

529. Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. : to which is added A supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana / by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, F.R.S., S.A., librarian to His Lordship.

530. Catalogue of the splendid, choice, and curious library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. part the fourth ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 15, and five following days, (Sunday excepted), 1834.

533. Catalogue of twelve pictures : the property of a gentleman : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson,, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 25, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

534. Ackermann's new drawing book of light and shadow in imitation of indian ink.

535. The memory palace of Romilly Saumarez Smith : jewelry translated by Lucie Gledhill : and the launch of Savage & Chong : exhibition 28 November-4 December 2011 11-3, 133-135 Mile End Road, London.

539. Art for all : London Transport posters, 1908-1949.

549. The art-journal.

553. Howitt's drawing book of animals : consisting of fifty etchings from nature.

554. The death of Christopher Marlowe / by J. Leslie Hotson, Ph.D. Havard University.

555. Coleridge : select poetry & prose / edited by Stephen Potter.

556. Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Oil and Water Colours : the fourteenth : at the Great Room, Spring-Gardens ...

557. Register of marriages, baptisms, & burials in Somerset House Chapel, 1714 to 1775. Typis Medio-Montanis, & c.

558. Ana the runner : a treatise for princes & generals attributed to Prince Mahmoud Abdul / by Patrick Miller ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

559. Shakespeare versus Shallow / by Leslie Hotson.

560. Euphormio's Satyricon / by John Barclay ; translated from the Latin into English for the first time, from the 1605 edition, by Paul Turner ; ten wood engravings by Derrick Harris.

561. Jane Austen : a bibliography / by Geoffrey Keynes ; author of Bibliographies of John Donne, William Blake, Sir Thomas Browne, et cetera ; with four illustrations from original engravings.

562. An historical sketch of the priory and Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / illustrated by W.A. Delamotte.

565. Tomorrow's star : an essay on the shattering and remoulding of a world / by L. Cranmer-Byng.

566. Pythian odes / Pindar ; translated by H.T. Wade-Gery & C.M. Bowra.

567. Jurgen : a comedy of justice / by James Branch Cabell ; with wood engravings by John Buckland Wright.

569. Glory of life / by Llewelyn Powys ; with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings.

570. The poems & sonnets of William Shakespeare / edited by Gwyn Jones.

571. [Theatre program for Ellen Terry in "Much ado about nothing" : Monday, November 16th, 1903]

572. 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.

575. A catalogue of the very select and choice collection of pictures of the right honorable Lord Charles Townshend : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room ... on Saturday, April the 11th, 1835, at two o'clock precisely.

578. Crystal Palace commemorative medal : The building at London, for the International Exhibition, 1851.

582. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy, the old and new Societies of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of British Artists, and the French Exhibition : no. IV, 1858 / by John Ruskin ...

583. A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published.

584. [Catalogue of pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, and French masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1839.]

585. Laus veneris / by Algernon Charles Swinburne ; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

586. The Carriage builders' and harness makers' art journal.

590. International Exhibition of London, 1862 : Extra feine Zinn Compositions Figuren.

594. [Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy : Thursday [12] day of Dec.1850]

595. The complete works of Thomas Otway / edited by Montague Summers.

597. The Greek portrait : an anthology of English verse translations from the Greek poets (Homer to Meleager) with the corresponding Greek text / illustrated by Mariette Lydis ; edited by George Rostrevor Hamilton.

598. Hymn to Proserpine / by Algernon Charles Swinburne; engravings by John Buckland-Wright.