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1701. A practical illustration of Gilpin's day : representing the various effects on landscape scenery from morning till night, in thirty designs from nature / by the late Rev. Wm. Gilpin ... ; with instructions in, and explanation of, the improved method of colouring, and painting in water colours by John Heaviside Clark.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [4], vi, [34] p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1702. Catalogue of works of art sent in, pursuant to the notices issued by Her Majesty's Commissioners on the Fine Arts, for exhibition in Westminster Hall.

Creator:: Royal Commission of Fine Arts (London, England)
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 22 pages ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1703. A catalogue of a valuable and extensive collection of ancient and modern prints, the property of a nobleman of high rank, part the second, consisting of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar .... : etchings by Rembrandt and his scholars ... : specimens of the German School, among which will be found the works of Albert Durer, Lucas Van Leyden, and the Little Masters : a continuation of the series of foreign portraits, engravings after French painters, works of Wille, &c. : which, together will the portfolios which contained this collection, will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips at his Great Rooms, 73, Bond Street, on Monday, the 9th day of June, 1834, and nine following days ...

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [6], 89-181, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1704. Catalogue of a choice collection of engravings after Sir Joshua Reynolds, formed by a gentleman : including one hundred proofs in first states, comprising Mrs. Abington, Duchess of Ancaster, Lady Bampfylde, Edmund Burke, Nelly O'Brien, Lady Pembroke, Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Mary Leslie, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, February 10, 1873 at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1705. A catalogue of the most magnificent and valuable collection of Italian, Roman, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures ever imported into England : selected from the first Cabinets in Europe, at a very liberal expence : in this collection are the most unquestionable and best performances of Raphael, Guido, Rubens, Rembrandt, S. Rosa, Mola, Corregio, Guerchino, C. Maratti, P. Veronese, Murillo, L. Da Vinci, Tintoret, Titian, Carracci, Claude, Cignani, Beughel, Poussin, Vandyke, Castigione, P. Cortona, Elsheimer, Schidone, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Langford, at the Great Rooms, late belonging to the Society of Arts &c. opposite Beaufort Buildings, Strand : on Thursday, March 26, and the two following days : the said collection may be publickly viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday the 24th and 25th, and 'till the time of sale, which will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had, price six-pence, on the days of viewing, at the place of sale.

Creator:: Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711–1774
Date:: [1778]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1706. A catalogue of the capital collection of pictures, pketches, and high-finished drawings, the property of the late much esteemed artist, John Baptiste Cipriani Esq. deceased : consisting of a few finished pictures, and many of his sketches in oil : a small collection of old Masters, among which is a Magdalen by A. Furini, remarkably fine : a high-finished Portrait of Prince Rupert by Verelst : a capital Head of Vasari by Himself : Marc Anthony and Cleopatry by A. Veronese : a numerous collection of high finished drawings, sketches, &c. that inestimable high finish-finished Drawing of the Diploma, done for the Royal Academy : a finished drawing in colors of the Death of Dido : and many of his large cartoons &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall on Wednesday March the 22d, 1786 and three following days : to be publickly viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803, e publisher
Date:: [London] :
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1707. A catalogue of all the valuable copper plates, with their etchings, proofs, and impressions : an assemblage of original drawings, finished in the finest stile of the several admired Masters : viz. Cipriani, Morland, Wheatley, Angelica, Benwel, Bellange, Westall, Hamilton, &c. &c. &c. : a few pictures and many capital prints, framed and glazed : French and English printing paper, &c.: being the entire stock of Mrs. Diemar, Printseller and Publisher of the Strand : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1799 : to begin precisely at twelve o'clock, on account of the number of lots : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had a the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : at Mrs. Diemar's Strand : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1708. A catalogue of a valuable and pleasing collection of chiefly high-finished Flemish and Dutch pictures, the property of Mrs. Harritz, of Limehouse, deceased : this very select assemblage comprises many exquisite specimens of the most esteemed Masters of the above schools, particularly a church piece, interior, P. Neess : two heads, Rembrandt : Landscape and fruit and flowers, by. V. Os : a charming landscape, Poelemberg : and various by Albano, S. Rosa, Vernet, Rubens, Teniers, Breughel, Ostade, Brauwer, Dusart, Wouvermans, Claude, Potter, Cuyp, V. De Velde, Backhuysen, De Vlieger, Everdingen, V. Der Heyde, Mieris, Schalken, Dietrich, Minon, Omeganck, Pforr, Moland : also, eight grand chef d'œuvres of Murillo, illustrative of the Life of the Virgin : ... and a few pictures from Bath House : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his great room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 16th, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1709. A catalogue of the very choice collection of modern pictures, which have constituted the very distinguished and universally admired gallery of that accomplished and truly spirited patron of the arts, the Rt. Hon. Lord de Tabley, deceased, at no. 24, Hill Street, Berkely Square : formed by his Lordship with the finest taste, and at the most liberal expense, with a view to displaying the perfection of the fine arts in this country, and the genius and talent of British artists : they comprise favourite and very popular specimens of Wilson, Gainsborough, Loutherbourg, Sir J. Reynolds, Romney, Hoppner, Northcote, Fuseli, West, Opie, Shee, Owen, Thomson, Howard, Hilton, Ward, Turner, Collins, Callcott, Landseer, Pether, Barker, Atkinson, Devis, Leslie and Russell : also, the state chair of Sir Joshua Reynolds's studio, which was bequeathed by him to Barry : a fine marble bust of the late president West, by Behnes : and a cast from the hand of the president West, by Behnes : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, no. 24, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, on Saturday, July 7, 1827, precisely at one o'clock : may be publicly viewed two days preceding : catalogues may be had (at one shilling each) on the premises, and at Mr. Christie's, King Street, St. James's Square.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1827]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1710. A catalogue of the select and reserved collection of very capital and valuable pictures, of Mr. Woodburn, Senior, retiring to the country, removed from his house at Knightsbridge : comprising a few grand specimens of the most celebrated Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Masters ... : among them are particularly valuable, Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus, by Titian " The return of the Holy Family out of Egypt, by Vandyck : The Virgin and Child by Corregio ... : some singularly rare and curious portraits, among which are : Leonardo Da Vinci, painted by himself ... : Cardinal Borgia, by G. Romano : ... portrait of Endymion Porter, page of honor to Charles I, by Dobson : and others by Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Parmegiano, Schidone, Baroccio, Carracci, Domenichino, N. Poussin, Holbein, Rubens, V. Dyck, Snyders, Rembrandt, Bol, Brauwer, Waterloo, Sir J. Reynolds, Barret, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1821, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1821]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1711. An account of all the pictures exhibited in the rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823 : belonging to the nobility and gentry of England : with remarks, critical and explanatory ...

Creator:: British Institution
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: xxxvi, 320 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1712. Catalogue of the library of William Charles Macready, Esq. deceased : comprising dramatic literature, Greek and Latin classics, and valuable books in English, French, and Italian literature ... : also the collection of pictures, drawings, and engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and ornamental objects, and some decorative furniture, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods on Tuesday, July 8, 1873 and following day at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1873]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1713. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery.

Creator:: National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 47, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1714. From the Third programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition / edited by John Morris.

Date:: 1956
Physical Description:: x, 339, [3] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1715. The letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell : with annotations thereto, 1896-1907.

Creator:: Meredith, George, 1828–1909
Date:: 1923
Physical Description:: 104 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1716. A catalogue of the highly valuable and splendid pictures, of the Italian, Venetian & Flemish schools, the property of R. Westall, esq. R.A. : including the finest works of the Carracci's, Giorgione, Bonafacio, Schiavone, S. Del Piombo, Bassano, Bartolomeo, Titian, Guido, Guercino, Schidone, G. Poussin, Claud, Schalken, Rubens, Vandyke, N. Maes, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Murillo, F. Mola, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his rooms, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 14th of May, 1830, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1717. A catalogue of the entire series of portraits of illustrious characters in the reign of Queen Elizabeth : painted in enamel, by that unrivalled and justly esteemed artist, the late Henry Bone, Esq., R. A., after authentic pictures in the collections of the nobility and gentry in this country : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, April 22, 1836, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1836]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1718. A catalogue of an important collection of pictures, of the highest class : principally the select portion of a distinguished continental gallery : particularly a magnificent gallery picture by Titian : two ... works by Jordaens : St. John and the Infant Saviour, in a Landscape, by Rubens : a beautiful subject by David Teniers : and capital landscapes by Paul Potter, Hobbima, Vandevelde, Cuyp, Ruysdael, K. Du Jardin, Berchem, Wynants, Asselyn : two ... flower pieces by Van Huysum : four subjects by Rembrandt : ... composition by Murillo : ... Virgin and Child by Raffaelle : two ... equestrian portraits by Velasquez : and pictures equally excellent by Guido, Bassano, Canaletto, Holbein, Denner, Vander Werf, P. De Hooghe, A. Brauwer, Backhuysen, Moucheron, Omeganck, De Heem, Greuze, Martin, Naiveu : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips at his great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 18, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1719. Catalogue of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the very highest class : including the choice portion of the well-known collection of the late General Sir John Murray : the remainder being selections from some of the most important galleries on the Continent : also, some fine marbles, from Shugborough Hall Collection : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 19, 1852, at two o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1720. 19th annual dinner : Christmas 1951.

Creator:: Metal Box Company
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: [8] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1721. Catalogue of the collection of porcelain and decorative objects, the property of G.G. Nicol, Esq. : also, three old sevres jardinieres, old Chelsea vases and other porcelain, the property of a nobleman : and some old Dresden groups and French furniture, from a Gentleman's Collection, etc. etc. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 21, 1873, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 12 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1722. A catalogue of an interesting assemblage of original studies, chalk and tinted drawings and a few finished in oils : chiefly wild and domestic animals, deer and subjects relating to the Chace : also a fine copy of he celebrated Windmill by Rembrandt, executed by E. A. Spilsbury, Esq. : together with a few Dutch etchings and prints of animals by Ridinger, Woollett, &c. : this pleasing assemblage is offered to sale merely to lessen the collection of an amateur artist, whose professional studies and knowledge of anatomy have directed him to this line of amusement : it is presumed they will be found well worthy the attention of the public : they will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, July the 15th, 1807.

Creator:: Christie, James
Date:: [1807]
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1723. Catalogue d'une belle collection de Tableaux des écoles Italienne, Flamande, Hollandaise et Française : formant le Cabinet de M. Stevens : dont la vente aura lieu les Lundi 1, Mardi 2, Mercredi 3, et Jeudi 4, Mars 1847 a une heur précise, par le ministere de M. Bonnefons De Lavialle, Comms-Priseur, rue Choiseul, 11 : assite de M. Simonet, expert, rue l'Eveque 1, Hotel des Ventes, Rue Des Jeuneurs, n. 16, Salle no. 1.

Creator:: Bonnefons de Lavialle (Firm)
Date:: [1847]
Physical Description:: 72 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1724. A catalogue of original portraits of celebrated English personages : from the earliest period of the art to the reign of George the Third : in which will be found specimens of many of the best Masters : among them are several of the Royal Families of Plantagenet, Tudor, and Stuarts : many illustrious statesmen, and men eminent for their valour, piety, and learning : also, several of the ancesters of the principal English nobility and gentry : not the least distinguished among which are those of Howard, Sidney, Wotton, Devereux, Wentworth, Cromwell, Temple, Williams, and Southwell : also, several whole lengths by Sir Peter Lely : and some valuable on account of the peculiaity of costume : with a few miscellaneous pictures by the Old Masters : the whole of which will be sold by Mr. Wheatley, at his Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Thursday, 11th July, 1833, at one o'clock, precisely.

Creator:: Wheatley, Benjamin Robert
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1725. A catalogue of a genuine collection of about fifty capital pictures : removed from an ancient family mansion in the country, where they have been for upwards of 70 years, and comprising a chef d'œuvre by Carlo Dolci, of Herodias's daughter with the head of John the Baptist, a noble portrait of Charles the First, by Vandyke ; a portrait of Henry the Eighth, an undoubted Holbein ; two rare and perfect specimens of J. De Mabuse ; a small, but beautiful Claude ; a very fine bacchanalian subject, by Jordaens, a pair by Luca Giordano ; two very pleasing compositions, on copper, by Ferg ; two whole-length portraits by Vandyke ; and various cabinet paintings by Murillo, Bourdon, Caliavari, Vanderneer, Schidone, Schalken, Palma, De Neefs, Monamy, F. Lauri, &c. &c. : which will be by auction, by Mr. F. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Row, on Saturday, the 16th of July, 1831, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed three days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at the room.

Creator:: Mr. F. Squibb (Firm)
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1726. An idyl : a pictorial-music-play / the music composed (and the play illustrated) by Hubert Herkomer, R.A. ; the lyrics by Joseph Bennett.

Creator:: Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Date:: [1889?]
Physical Description:: [4], 11, [1], 152 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (etchings) ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1727. Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso / translated by the most eminent hands ; a selection from the 1717 edition ; with drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

Creator:: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Date:: 1958
Physical Description:: 248 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1728. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

Creator:: Whitfield, Christopher, 1902–1967
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: 62, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1729. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1939 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

Creator:: London Transport Board
Date:: 1939
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 44 x 60 cm, folded to 16 x cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1730. A catalogue of the valuable Egyptian, Turkish, and Grecian exhibition of original drawings which will be submitted to public auction, by Messrs. Robins, on the premises, at no. 17, Old Bond-Street, on Saturday, the 20th of June, 1801, at twelve o'clock : may be publickly viewed six days prior to the sale, and descriptive catalogues had at sixpence each, to be returned to purchasers, on the primise, and of Messrs. Robins, Covent Garden.

Creator:: Robins, Messrs
Date:: [1801
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1731. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of pictures, of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, & English schools : including many of extraordinary merit, the property of a nobleman : a magnificent landscape by Berghem ... : an interior by A. Ostade ... from the King of Bavaria's collection ... : ... landscape, with cows and horses, by A. Cuyp : the Remorse of Judas Iscariot, by Rembrandt : View of St. Mark's Place, Cannaletti : a group of flowers, by Maria Van Osterwick, ... : the Head of St. Sebastian, by Guido, ... from the Caza Bartolotti, the finished study for the picture in the Dulwich Gallery ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Edward Foster, at his auction gallery, no. 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 16th day of June, 1830, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed three days before the sale, when catalogue may be had, at 1s. each, at the gallery, 54, Pall Mall.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1732. Catalogue of the third and last portion of the extensive and highly valuable collection of pictures of the Italian and Spanish schools : the entire property of Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. and selected by him during many years, with the most scrupulous care, at an immense expence; the most celebrated of this selection are the works of Titian, J. Bellini, Tintoretto, Procaccini, Schiavone, Bonifaccio, Palma, The Caracci's, Giorgione, Domenichino, Paolo Veronese, Pordonone, Giulio Romano, Coreggio, Murillo, Paris Bordone, Velasquez, Morone, Sebastian del Piombo, Bronzino, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 14th of April, 1832, at one o'clock : may be viewed three days preceding the sale : and catalogues may be had at Mr. Phillips's, 73, New Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1733. Chanticleer : bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, April 1921-1936 August ; introduction by Humbert Wolfe ; foreword & notes by the partners ; illustrations from the books.

Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: [10], 13-47, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1734. Royal review of the police forces of the United Kingdom : by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II : Hyde Park : Wednesday 14th July 1954 : at 3 p.m. : souvenir programme.

Date:: [1954]
Physical Description:: [4] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1735. A catalogue of the collection of pictures of that eminent connoisseur and collector the late Richard Mortimer, Esq. : in this small collection are seven of the highest class of art : a magnificent Rembrandt ... : a splendid Cuyp, with a portrait of Maurice Prince of Orange, supposed ot have been painted for the Stadholder : ... landscape by Decker & I. Ostade : also the genuine work of Claude, Velasquex, W. Vandevelde, Hobbima, J. Osade, L. Da Vinci, Titian, Giorgione, A. Carracci, P. Veronese, Jan Stein, Wynants, Vernet, Zuccarelli, R. Wilson, &c. &c. : which may be viewed at No. 4 Percy Street, Bedford Square, the residence of the late proprietor, until Monday the 27th of April, when they wil be removed and sold by Mr. Ed. Foster at his Great Room

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 13, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1736. Descriptive account of a series of pictures : representing some of the most important battles fought by the French armies, in Egypt, Italy, Germany, and Spain, between the years 1792 and 1812 : painted by General Baron Le Jeune ... now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 28 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1737. Select poems : divine and humane / by Thomas Beedome.

Creator:: Beedome, Thomas, -1641?
Date:: 1928
Physical Description:: [6], 51, [1], iv, [4] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1738. A catalogue of the highly valuable and genuine collection of paintings : comprising the well known gallery picture of The Tribute money, by Rubens : a family piece by Titian : the St. Agnes of Sir J. Reynolds : a fine Hobbema & Vandevelde, a Head by Rembrandt and several cabinet paintings, by Wouvermans, Ruysdael, Claude, Poussin, Bassan, Murillo, Wynants, Teniers, Schidone, and other distinguished masters of the Dutch, Flemish, & Italian schools : which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executors), by Mr. F. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Row, on Saturday, the twenty-third of April, 1831, at twelve o'clock : to be publicly viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at the room.

Creator:: Squibb, Mr.
Date:: [1831]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1739. The history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus / the translation of G. Rawlinson revised & annotated by A.W. Lawrence ; with nine wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of maps by T. Poulton ; to which is added, a life of Herodotus and the Behiston inscription.

Creator:: Herodotus
Date:: MCMXXXV [1935]
Physical Description:: xxvi, 778, [4] pages, IX leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1740. Reverting to type.

Creator:: New North Press
Date:: 2010
Physical Description:: [28] p. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Graham Bicknell

1741. The story of a lifetime / by Somerset De Chair ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

Creator:: De Chair, Somerset Struben, 1911–
Date:: 1954
Physical Description:: 93, [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1742. A catalogue of all those select, beautiful, and uncommonly high-finished pictures, copied from the celebrated originals which composed the Electoral Gallery of Dusseldorf, which by the gracious permission of His Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, were copied for the purpose of being engraved, in consequence of an exclusive privilege granted for that purpose to Messrs. V. and R. Green : the above-mentioned pictures are most accurately copied from the inestimable originals, several of which were unfortunately destroyed, and much damaged in their removal from Dusseldorf, during the bombardment of that city, when the building which contained them was totally burnt : many of the pictures are of the exact size of the originals, and most of the principal subjects in that collection are included : to which will be added, some scarce and valuable drawings and prints framed and glazed, from the above collection, and some proof impressions of modern engravings, the property of Messrs. Greens : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 16th, 1795, at twelve o'clock

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1743. A catalogue of the capital, truly valuable and interesting collection of drawings, designs, prints, books of prints, &c. &c. of that distinguished artist and civil engineer, the Athenian Reveley, Dec. : consisting of his well-known topographical views and drawings of the celebrated remains of antiquity, which were accurately measured and delineated by him during a journey through Italy, Egypt, and Greece, in the years 1785-1786 : the whole accompanied with numerous remarks in MS by himself, which render them highly curious and valuable to the lover of the arts and classic antiquity : also, elegant collection of architectural designs and plans, including those for the public baths, in the city of Bath : rare drawings by the late George Barret and others : architectural casts taken from the antique, at a great expence, book of architecture prints and antiquities : a reflecting telescope by Nairne and Blunt, with specula by Watson : hydraulic and other models : a violin and violoncello : and a watch by Ellicot : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, (No. 118, late the Royal Academy) in Pall Mall, on Monday, May 11, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had : and the plaster casts to be viewed (with tickets) at Dr. Willich's, Litton Street, Litton Green, Paddington.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1744. A catalogue of a capital and very valuable collection of pictures, chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools : the genuine property of Sir H. T. Gott, Dec., brought from his late seat, Newland Park, near Chalfont St. Peter's, Bucks. : among which are, also, choice specimens of the following celebrated and esteemed Masters, viz. : M. A. Caravaggio, F. Bolognese, Solimeni, S. Rosa, N. Poussin, Holbein, V. Dyck, Teniers, V. Uden, Artois, Rembrandt, A. Elsheimer, Brauwer, Wouvermans, Both, V. de Velde, Waterloo, Hondekooter, Polemberg, Ferg : particularly a grand gallery picture by M. S. Caravaggio : a beautiful landscape by John and Andrew Both : a landscape and figures, and an interior of a sable, Wouvermans : and the birth of Bacchus, N. Poussin : the whole of which are submitted in their original state, and (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, February the 2th, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 6 pages : 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1745. A catalogue of the curious and inestimable collection of original drawings which have been distinguished Bell's various edtions of the British classics : and others of his miscellaneous publications, forming together a complete school of arts : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, March the 27th, 1793, and following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days previous to the sale : catalogue may be had (at one shilling each) as above; and at Mr. Bell's British Libraryn Strand.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1793]
Physical Description:: 35, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1746. Mr. Glover's exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings : at the Great Rooms, No. 16, Old Bond Street, opposite Stafford Street.

Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [8] pages ; 221 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1747. The complete works of William Shakespeare : the text and order of the first folio with quarto variants & a choice of modern readings noted marginally : to which are added Pericles and the first quartos of six of the plays with three plays of doubtful authorship : also the poems according to the original quartos and octavos : the Nonesuch text established MCMXXIX by Herbert Farjeon, with a new introduction by Ivor Brown.

Creator:: Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Date:: MCMLIII [1953]
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1748. Selected poems / Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Creator:: Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844–1889
Date:: 1954
Physical Description:: v, [3], 104, [1] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1749. Catalogue of the choice collection of pictures and water-colour drawings of John Harris, Esq., deceased, late of No. 3, Prince's Gate, Hyde Park : comprising a cabinet of pictures by Dutch masters, two fine works of C.R. Leslie, R.A., beautiful water-colour drawings by J.F. Lewis, R.A., W. Hunt, G. Cattermole, and J. Gilbert : also, a fine portrait of Colman, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and other capital pictures ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, March 2, 1872 : at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1872]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1750. Catalogue of a fine and valuable collection of ancient & modern pictures : being part of the property of Messrs. Henry Graves & Co., 6, Pall Mall, which escaped destruction when their galleries were consumed by the disastrous fire at Her Majesty's Theatre, on the night of the 6th of December, 1867 : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, March 7, 1868, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1868]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1751. A catalogue of engravings after the works of Rubens collected by Mr. R. Hecquet, engraver, in 1751 : with considerable additions.

Date:: 1808
Physical Description:: 32 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1752. Richard Hamilton, 19th October-19th November, 1966.

Creator:: Hamilton, Richard, 1922–2011
Date:: [1966]
Physical Description:: [2] leaves ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1753. The catalogue of all the genuine and valuable collection of ancient and modern paintings of the late John Francis Rigaud, Esq. R.A. : including a head by Raphael-a study from nature : a head of Christ, by Corregio : and all his own interesting and excellently accomplished performances : among which are, the finished designs for the Sampson, his justly celebrated academic picture, and the smaller picture for the engraving : the Exposure of Moses : the Portrait of Captain Brant, the American chief : Jupiter and Calista : the allegorical design for the literary fund : and other equally esteemed performances : the plate of the Sampson engraved by Bartolozzi, and the Portrait of Mallet du Pan, engraved by Heath : with all the remaining impression : and various valuable drawings, studies, prints, books of prints, easels, colors, porphyry grinding stone, plaster casts, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe at the Great Room, no. 20, Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, on Wednesday, the 3d of April, and following day at one o'clock precisely, by order of the administrator: may be viewed three days preceding the sale: when catalogues, at one shilling each, may be had at the Room, and of Mr. Coxe, 33 Throgmorton Street.

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1811]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1754. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, & Dutch pictures : the property of W.B. Elwyn, Esq., removed from his residence in the Regent's Park : comprising a sea-piece by Backhuysen : a camp-scene, by Lingelback : a view in Switzerland, by Loutherbourg ; and specimens of the following masters : Titian, Carracci, Guido, S. Ferrato, Mola, Poussin, Rubens, Jordaens, V. der Meuelen, Storck, V. der Capell, Cuyp, Hughtenborg, Ochterveldt, Haussman, V. der Poel, Weenix, V. Huysum, Bird, Howard, R.A. and a very fine portrait, by Rembrandt : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1883, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: 7 , [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1755. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : a part of which are the property of a Gentleman, deceased : comprising a pair of landscapes by Salvator Rosa : ... specimen of Canaletti : ... pair of seaports by Vernet : ... picture by Wouvermans, &c. : also, some capital specimens of the English School, the property of T. Jones, Esq., deceased : and others by the following Masters : Carracci, Titian, L. Giordano, S. Rosa, Castiglione, Teniers, Brauwer, Palamedes, Craesbeck, V. De Velde, Both, De Witte, J. Steen, Mieris, Wouvermans, Haussman, Poussin, S. Bourdon, Stothard, Wilson, Isabey, Morland, G. Jones, R.A. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 23d, 1837, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1837]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1756. Catalogue of the matchless collection of pictures by old masters of William Wells, Esq., deceased, removed from Redleaf : which (by order of the executors) 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 12th, 1848 and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1848]
Physical Description:: 35, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1757. The bee, or, The exhibition exhibited in a new light : being a complete catalogue-raisonné of all the pictures : with comments, illustrations, and remarks : in which also will be found the names of the principal portraits ...

Date:: 1788
Physical Description:: [2], 42 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1758. The art of drawing in perspective made easy : to those who have no previous knowledge of the mathematics / by James Ferguson ...

Creator:: Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
Date:: 1778
Physical Description:: xii, 123 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1759. Catalogue of the valuable collection of pictures by Italian, Flemish, French, Dutch, and English masters : the property of that well-known collector, Dawson Turner, Esq., F.R.S. and removed from Great Yarmouth : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, May 13, 1852.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 18 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1760. Catalogue of ancient and modern books in all languages on sale / by James Bohn.

Creator:: Bohn, James, 1803–1880
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, 792, [16], [16] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1761. Paradoxes and problemes / by Iohn Donne ; with two Characters and an Essay of valour ; now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652, with one additional Probleme.

Creator:: Donne, John, 1572–1631
Date:: 1923
Physical Description:: viii, 80 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1762. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

Date:: [between 1782 and 1807]
Physical Description:: 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 10 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1763. Collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / edited by John Hayward.

Creator:: Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647–1680
Date:: MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description:: 407, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1764. Magnificent effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wilts. : to be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Tuesday, September 17, 1822, and eight following days (Sunday excepted) : beginning each day punctually at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1822]
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [2], 4-87, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1765. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

Creator:: Guy, Thomas, 1645?-1725
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: 55, [1], 43, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1766. Illustrations of the architectural ornaments and embellishments, and painted glass, of the Temple Church, London : from drawings specially made, by permission / by W.R.H. Essex ; with an account of the recent restoration of the church by Sydney Smirke, Architect, F.S.A F.G.S. etc. etc. etc.

Creator:: Essex, Richard Hamilton, 1802–1855
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: 15, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1767. The mask of Comus : the poem, originally called 'A mask presented at Ludlow castle, 1634, &c.' / edited by E.H. Visiak ; the airs of the five songs reprinted from the composer's autograph manuscript edited by Hubert J. Foss ; with a foreword by the Earl of Ellesmere ; ornamented by M.R.H. Farrar.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1937
Physical Description:: xxiv, 44, [2] pages : color illustrations, music ; 40 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1768. Sketching from nature in water-colours / by Aaron Penley, author of "The English school of painting in water-colours," "Elements of perspective," "A system of painting in water-colours," etc. etc. ; with illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings.

Creator:: Penley, Aaron, 1807–1870
Date:: [1875]
Physical Description:: [2], 36 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1769. Flowers and faces / by H.E. Bates ; engravings by John Nash.

Creator:: Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905–1974
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: 52, [2] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1770. Catalogue of pictures representing Christ rejected, Christ healing in the Temple, and a design of our Saviour's crucifixion : with sketches from other scriptural subjects / painted by B. West ... ; now exhibiting in Pall-Mall, near Carlton House.

Creator:: West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Date:: 1816
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1771. Marks and re-marks for the catalogue of the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856 / by A.E.

Creator:: Lane, Richard James, 1800–1872
Date:: [1856]
Physical Description:: 32 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1772. A catalogue of the genuine reserved property of Mr. A.C. de Poggi of New Bond-Street, retired from business : consisting of a most valuable collection of beautiful pictures, painted in body colours, by Paul Sandby, Esq. R.A. and other eminent artists, elegantly framed, a great variety of highly-finished cabinet prints, coloured as miniatures : an assemblage of eighty-nine lots of very scarce proofs and aqua fortis impressions, in high preservation, forming an early part of the most scarce prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, Esq. R.A. : proof and other prints of various masters: scarce portraits of the great literary & military characters living in Germany near the close of the last century, by J.F. Bause of Leipzig; Professor Muller of Stutgard; and other artists of eminence : capital drawings by Sidelman, in handsome gilt frames and plate glasses, taken from the pictures of Coregio, Raphael, Mengs, & Ferdinand Bol, in the electoral collection at Dresden : three of the largest convex glasses made by the British Cast Plate Company, in rich and handsome gilt frames, &c. &c. : the whole forming a selection no less calculated to attract the attention of the connoisseur, than adapted for useful and ornamental embelishments of the most handsome apartments of private families : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at the Great Room, late othe King's-Arms, Cornhill, on Wednesday, the 20th of May, 1801, & following day, at eleven o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1801]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1773. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : chiefly the property of a Gentleman, deceased, and brought from his family seat in Ireland : among which are a surprising chef d'oeuvre by L. Backhuysen : the Three Marys at the tomb, by S. Rosa, in their original state : Virgin, Child and Saints, Schidone : and others by P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Schidone, Lanfranco, Marieski, Carlo Marrati, S. Rosa, S. Bourdon, Vouet, Glauber, Borgognone, Rubens, Jordaens, Wouvermans, Metzu, Steenwick, Huchtenburgh, &c. &c. &c. : and the admired original picture of Falstaff in the Buck-Basket, by Hamilton : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 14, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1774. Catalogue of the very important collection of choice pictures, by modern artists, the property of a Gentleman in the North of England : 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 23, 1849, and Monday, June 25, 1849, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 15, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1775. A catalogue of a valuable and genuine collection of prints : including the works of Masso Finiguerra, A. Pollajuilo, S. Botticello, Andrea Mantegna, Jerome Mocetto, Roberto, Campagnola, Prince Rupert, Engelbecht, Van Stoss, Glockenthon, Rembrandt, Lucan Van Leyden, Rubens, A. Durer, K. Du Jardin, Berghem, Hogarth, Wille, Wollett, &c. &c. : a capital collection of Van Dyck's portraits, (527,) &c. &c. : the property of a well-known collector : which will be sold by Mr. Richardson, at Mr. Fisher's rooms, no. 41, King-street, & 21, Hart-street, Covent-garden, on Monday, May 2d, 1814, and the nine following days (Sunday excepted).

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1814]
Physical Description:: 52 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1776. Catalogue of beautifully finished drawings and sketches by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., and a few pictures and drawings by other artists, the property of the late Mrs. Stanfield ; also, a choice small collection of water-colour drawings and modern pictures, the property of a gentleman in Cheshire : and a few other small properties : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, March 23, 1876, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1876]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1777. Catalogue of the fifth and concluding portion of the valuable and extensive library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 22, and four following days (Sunday excepted), 1834.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [2], 67, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1778. A catalogue of a collection of capital and beautiful cabinet pictures, lately imported from Holland : comprising a number of agreeable and striking subjects, by the following and other admired artists, viz : Teniers, Wouvermans, Vander Heyde, Hobbima, Ostade, Bakhuyen, De Vlieger, Bega, Hondicoeter, De Vries, Le Duc, Van Huysum, Rach. Ruitch, De Hoog, Asselyn : particularly, two capital landscapes by Wynans : a Sea Storm by Bakhuysen : a Doctor by Van Toll, and a Harvest-Home by Teniers : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his Room in Leicester-Square, on Friday the 15th of April, 191, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Wednesday, and catalogues had.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1791]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1779. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of highly finished modern drawings, elegantly framed and glazed : a few pleasing pictures : remarkably-fine proof prints : beautiful miniature drawings of English birds : views of Pompeii, &c. &c. &c. : a beautiful statue of a Shifting Venus, small whole length : a most superb and extensive table, desert, tea and coffee service, of beautiful Dresden porcelain : a collection of fine old colored and Blue Japan : a valuable gold repeating watch by Vulliamy : and several rare and curious articles : the property of the Rev. W. Stevens, D. D. deceased, eminently distinguished for his refined taste in the polite arts : the drawings consist of chef d'oeuvres of the following esteemed and admired Masters, viz. : Zuccarelli, M. Ricci, Goupy, Rosalby, Pococke, Clerisseau, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Barnett, P. Sandby, Wilson, Cozens, Taverner, &c. : also three capital drawings, in bistre, fancy subjects, by Mr. West : which (by order of the executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, November 28th, 1800, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: 7, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1780. A catalogue of the capital, and singularly valuable collection of antique marbles, statures, bustos, &c. at the distinguished villa of the late Rt. Hon. Lord Mendip, deceased, at Twickenham, Middlesex : among which are particularly fine and valuable: an Egyptian figure of the scarce granite, five feet high : a capital bas-relief, engraved by Bartoli : a fine bust of M. Aurelius, and a ditto of a child, in excellent preservation : a curious fount, and a pair of mosaic slabs, from the Bath of Titus : a most noble antique Oriental alabaster, vase, of large dimensions : and a pair of beautiful columns of the Verd Anique : also a few pictures : which will be sole b auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, Ma the 17th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1781. A catalogue of Indian idols, Indian paintings, drawings, &c. : which were collected by Mr. Simpson, during a long residence in India, in the Company's service : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his great room, in Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 26th, 1792 at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1792]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1782. Prints and drawings, framed and glazed, pictures, cameos and intaglios, etruscan vases, capital basso relievos an marble, &c. : a catalogue of framed and glazed prints and drawings, from the herculaneum, pictures by Mortimer, &c. : about 30 cameos and intaglios, of exquisite wormanship, in rings, &c. etruscan vases : capital basso relievos, in marble : bronzes : a fine carving in ivory of Sir Issac Newton : globes, China, wearing apparel, &c. &c. of the late Edward Poore, Esq. deceased : which, by order of the acting executor, will be sold by auction by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, Strand, on Friday, April 19, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday the 18th, and till the time of sale. catalogues may be had of Mr. Richardson, No. 31, in the Strand : collections of prints, books, &c. purchased in town or country, or sold by auction : money advanced on property intended for public sale.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1783. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1875 / by John Ruskin.

Creator:: Ruskin, John, 1819–1900
Date:: 1875
Physical Description:: 59 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1784. Genesis : twelve woodcuts / by Paul Nash ; with the first chapter of Genesis in the authorized version.

Date:: 1924
Physical Description:: [28] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1785. The penman's repository : containing twenty correct alphabets, ... a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs / by William Milns ...

Creator:: Milns, William, 1761–1801
Date:: [1787]
Physical Description:: 32 leaves ; 31 x 46 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1786. East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex : Grave number [28368] : name [Thomas Line]

Date:: [1935]
Physical Description:: 1 card ; 6 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1787. Owen, engraver : 40, Goswell Street, opposite Wilderness Row.

Creator:: Owen, active 1838–1851
Date:: [approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 6 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1788. Festival of Britain crown piece.

Creator:: Great Britain. Royal Mint
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 1 coin : cupronickel ; 4 cm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1789. A catalogue of the capital and very valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch cabinet pictures : as also, some bronzes and models : the property of Sir Philip Stephens, Bart, Dec. : many years ago formed by him with judgement and very refined taste, at the most liberal expence : the choice and very fine collection comprises, two noble landscapes with figures, a morning and evening scene, by Albert Cuyp : the Battle of Maxentius ... : and Constantine planning the City of Constantinople .... sketch by Rubens ... Gazette by Teniers : Portrait of the Burgomaster Six and the Piping Boy by Rembrandt : from the Orleans Collections , A Sea Fight by V. De Velde : the Solitude and several ... landscapes by Gaspar : and others by Garofalo, Bellini, Bonifaccio, Bassano, Parmegiano, Caracci, S. Rosa, Murillo, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Hals, Rembandt, Guyp, Berchem, V. De Velde, Mieris, Zorg, Brauwer, Berkhyde, V, Der Neer, Poelemberg, Sachtleven, V. Vitelli, Zuccaelli, Taverner, Loutherbourg, Barrbit, Webber, &c. &c. &c. : which (by order of the Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Ranelagh,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie on the premises, No, 2, Great Cumberland Crescent, Oxford Street, on Thursday, May 17, 1810, precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1790. A Catalogue of a small and very select collection of pictures : the genuine property of the executors of a gentleman, Decd. and of John Annis, Esq.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1830]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1791. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures, the property of Edmund Higginson, Esq.., of Saltmarshe, Herefordshire : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, June the 4th, 1846 and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1792. The Fountaine Collection : prices and purchasers' names.

Date:: [1884]
Physical Description:: 71 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

1793. C. Barr & Co. : brass & zinc plate engravers : 36, Chandos Street, Strand.

Creator:: C. Barr & Co
Date:: [approximately 186-?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : illustrations ; 9 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1794. A catalogue of the original pictures by eminent British artists: purchased by Messrs. Lloyd & Co ... : including two pictures of the late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. viz. The Grand Canal at Venice ... and Burning of the Houses of Parliament : Infant Prayer, by W. P. Frith .... : Did you ring, by the same artist ,,, : The Fight for the Standard, by R. Ansdell, ... : Cromwell & his daughter, engraved by Tomkins, and Nelson in his Cabin on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar ... both by J. Lucy : The wood nymphs surprised .... by W.E. Frost ... a set of four hunting pictures, by Herring ... : The Golden Aga ... by F. Danby : and specimens of T. Faed, J. Linnell, J. Phillip, W. Muller, R.S. Lauder, T. Uwins, R.A., Lee & Cooper, D. Roberts, R.A., Linnell, Jun., A. Johnston, R.S., T. Creswick, R.A., W. Douglas : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster & Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 13th of June, 1855, at twelve for one o'clock.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: [1855]
Physical Description:: 20 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1795. A catalogue of an important collection of pictures by the ancient masters, and by artists of the British school ... : the pictures by the Old Masters ... Repentant Magdalen, St. Sebastian bound, and Portrait of Henrietta Maria, by Vandyck : two ... landscapes by Claude : two by Both : three ... works by Albert Cuyp : three by David Teniers ; two figure subjects by Jan Steen : two cabinet examples of Berghem : Sea piece, Backhuysen : the Salvator Mundi, by Leonardo da Vinci : two ... by Jacob Ruysdael : .. work by Van der Heyden : ... example of Velasquez : the Rape of Europa, Paul Veronese : ... landscape, Mompert, and Teniers : ... many other beautiful works by the Italian, Flemish and Dutch Masters ... : The British School is represented by six works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. : five by Gainsborough, R.A. : three by Richard Wilson, R.A. : three by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. : three by Constable, R.A. : seven by Bonington : two by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. : nine, by Old Crome : three by Sir Augustus Callcott, R.A. : six by Mulready, R.A. : five by Wm. Muller : three by William Dyce, R.A. : two by Patrick Nasmyth : .... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Foster at the gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, 13th December, 1865, and following day, at one o'clock precisely each day.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: 26 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1796. A catalogue of the very interesting collection of foreign and English pottery and porcelain, formed by J. Loraine Baldwin, esq. .... : which will be sold by auction by Messrs.Foster at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall on Thursday (Friday) the 12th(13) of May, 1870, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:: 1870
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1797. Catalogue of a choice collection of old Sèvres porcelain, the property of a gentleman : also, a magnificent secretaire, inlaid with plaques of Old Sèvres, formerly belonging to Marie Antoinette, the property of a nobleman : a fine old Chelsea Derby dessert service : beautiful picque-work : old Dresden groups, &c. &c. : which will be sol dby auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, May 4, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: 1871
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1798. Peter Blake's ABC.

Creator:: Blake, Peter, Sir, born 1932
Date:: 2010
Physical Description:: [60] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

1799. Towson's relief printing process : the best aid to artistic printing on the market.

Creator:: E. W. Towson (Firm)
Date:: [1900?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

1800. A catalogue of the superlatively fine collection of pictures, late the property of the Right Reverend Dr. Newton, Lord Bishop of Bristol, dec. : amongst which are some of the best works of the Italian school, formerly purchased for his Lordship by that well known connoisseur, Dr. Bragg, at the sale of the celebrated collection of the late Cardinal Ottoboni at Rome, including a valuable assemblage of Dutch and Flemish pictures, the property of a Gentleman going abroad : also a most capital Descent from the Cross, by Vandyck, and other first-rate performances, collected in Spain, by Richard Cumberland, Esq : likewise that chef d'oeuvre, representing the death of Chatham, with the portraits of several peers and members of the house of commons, painted by J.S. Copley, Esq. R.A. together with forty-two capital pictures just imported from abroad, and several more, some being brought to sale in conformity to the will of a nobleman, and others being the property of different gentlemen : which will be exhibited and sold (by private contract) by a committee appointed for that purpose, at the Great Rooms, late the Royal Academy, No. 125, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, April 8, 1788, and following days (Sundays excepted) till about the middle, or latter end of May following, from nine o'clock in the morning till seven in the evening.

Date:: [1788]
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1702. Catalogue of works of art sent in, pursuant to the notices issued by Her Majesty's Commissioners on the Fine Arts, for exhibition in Westminster Hall.

1711. An account of all the pictures exhibited in the rooms of the British Institution, from 1813 to 1823 : belonging to the nobility and gentry of England : with remarks, critical and explanatory ...

1713. A catalogue of the pictures in the National Gallery.

1714. From the Third programme : a ten-years' anthology : imagination, argument, experience, exposition / edited by John Morris.

1715. The letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell : with annotations thereto, 1896-1907.

1720. 19th annual dinner : Christmas 1951.

1726. An idyl : a pictorial-music-play / the music composed (and the play illustrated) by Hubert Herkomer, R.A. ; the lyrics by Joseph Bennett.

1727. Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso / translated by the most eminent hands ; a selection from the 1717 edition ; with drawings by J. Yunge Bateman.

1728. Mr. Chambers and Persephone : a tale / by Christopher Whitfield ; printed with wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby.

1729. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1939 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

1733. Chanticleer : bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, April 1921-1936 August ; introduction by Humbert Wolfe ; foreword & notes by the partners ; illustrations from the books.

1734. Royal review of the police forces of the United Kingdom : by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II : Hyde Park : Wednesday 14th July 1954 : at 3 p.m. : souvenir programme.

1736. Descriptive account of a series of pictures : representing some of the most important battles fought by the French armies, in Egypt, Italy, Germany, and Spain, between the years 1792 and 1812 : painted by General Baron Le Jeune ... now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

1737. Select poems : divine and humane / by Thomas Beedome.

1739. The history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus / the translation of G. Rawlinson revised & annotated by A.W. Lawrence ; with nine wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of maps by T. Poulton ; to which is added, a life of Herodotus and the Behiston inscription.

1740. Reverting to type.

1741. The story of a lifetime / by Somerset De Chair ; engravings by Clifford Webb.

1746. Mr. Glover's exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings : at the Great Rooms, No. 16, Old Bond Street, opposite Stafford Street.

1748. Selected poems / Gerard Manley Hopkins.

1751. A catalogue of engravings after the works of Rubens collected by Mr. R. Hecquet, engraver, in 1751 : with considerable additions.

1752. Richard Hamilton, 19th October-19th November, 1966.

1757. The bee, or, The exhibition exhibited in a new light : being a complete catalogue-raisonné of all the pictures : with comments, illustrations, and remarks : in which also will be found the names of the principal portraits ...

1758. The art of drawing in perspective made easy : to those who have no previous knowledge of the mathematics / by James Ferguson ...

1760. Catalogue of ancient and modern books in all languages on sale / by James Bohn.

1761. Paradoxes and problemes / by Iohn Donne ; with two Characters and an Essay of valour ; now for the first time reprinted from the editions of 1633 and 1652, with one additional Probleme.

1762. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

1763. Collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / edited by John Hayward.

1764. Magnificent effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wilts. : to be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Tuesday, September 17, 1822, and eight following days (Sunday excepted) : beginning each day punctually at twelve o'clock.

1765. A copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Guy, Esq. : with an act (passed 11th George the First) for incorporating the executors of the said will.

1766. Illustrations of the architectural ornaments and embellishments, and painted glass, of the Temple Church, London : from drawings specially made, by permission / by W.R.H. Essex ; with an account of the recent restoration of the church by Sydney Smirke, Architect, F.S.A F.G.S. etc. etc. etc.

1768. Sketching from nature in water-colours / by Aaron Penley, author of "The English school of painting in water-colours," "Elements of perspective," "A system of painting in water-colours," etc. etc. ; with illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings.

1769. Flowers and faces / by H.E. Bates ; engravings by John Nash.

1770. Catalogue of pictures representing Christ rejected, Christ healing in the Temple, and a design of our Saviour's crucifixion : with sketches from other scriptural subjects / painted by B. West ... ; now exhibiting in Pall-Mall, near Carlton House.

1771. Marks and re-marks for the catalogue of the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856 / by A.E.

1777. Catalogue of the fifth and concluding portion of the valuable and extensive library of P.A. Hanrott, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Saturday, March 22, and four following days (Sunday excepted), 1834.

1781. A catalogue of Indian idols, Indian paintings, drawings, &c. : which were collected by Mr. Simpson, during a long residence in India, in the Company's service : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his great room, in Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 26th, 1792 at twelve o'clock.

1783. Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1875 / by John Ruskin.

1784. Genesis : twelve woodcuts / by Paul Nash ; with the first chapter of Genesis in the authorized version.

1785. The penman's repository : containing twenty correct alphabets, ... a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs / by William Milns ...

1786. East London Cemetery, Plaistow, Essex : Grave number [28368] : name [Thomas Line]

1787. Owen, engraver : 40, Goswell Street, opposite Wilderness Row.

1788. Festival of Britain crown piece.

1790. A Catalogue of a small and very select collection of pictures : the genuine property of the executors of a gentleman, Decd. and of John Annis, Esq.

1792. The Fountaine Collection : prices and purchasers' names.

1793. C. Barr & Co. : brass & zinc plate engravers : 36, Chandos Street, Strand.

1798. Peter Blake's ABC.

1799. Towson's relief printing process : the best aid to artistic printing on the market.