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Creator:: Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, 1792–1862
Date:: 1943
Physical Description:: 86, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2511. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus : a poem attributed to Francis Beaumont / edited by Gwyn Jones ; with ten engravings in colour by John Buckland-Wright.

Creator:: Beaumont, Francis, 1584–1616
Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 44, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2512. A catalogue of a unique series of twenty drawings, by that celebrated British artist, Mr. Hearne : executed on the spot, expressly for the late Right Hon. Lord Lavington, when Governor of the Leward Island : these drawings ae particularly interesting to Gentlemen having estates in these pasts, as they exhibit accurate views of some of the principle towns and harbors with the costume of the country : they likewise afford the speculative publisher, an opportunity of enriching the libraries of the Cognoscenti and others, by making a volume of engravings in imitation of the originals : also, a medallion in marble, a collection of casts from antique gems, preserved birds, &c. &c. : which (by order of the executrix,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Jaubert, at the new auction room, Pall Mall, (Late Mr. Bower's Gallery) on Thursday, July the 5th, 1810, at one o'clock,.

Creator:: Jaubert, Mr.
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2513. British Government Building : British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

Creator:: Photochrom Co.
Date:: [approximately 1924]
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : photomechanical print ; 9 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2514. A catalogue of the splendid collection of pictures, in the possession of R. R. Reinagle, Esq. R.A., who is quitting his residence : among which will be found the following chef-d'oeuvres ... : the Descent from the Cross, by Schidone ... : the Assumption of the Virgin, Carlo Dolci ... : a landscape, by Rembrandt ... : Landscape at Twilight, by Annibal Caracci : Lot and his Daughters, by Guido : Virgin attended by Angels, by Guido : three landacapes, by Claude Lorraine : two, by Guerchino : Christ on the Cross, by A. Vandyke : ... Leda of the Orleans Gallery, by P, Veronese : Flora bedecking Pegasus, by Parmegiano : two, by Cuyp : three, by Vanderneer : three, by Jacob Ruysdael : a Statue of Venus, size of life, &c. : including specimens of A. Caracci, Guido, Claude, Guerchino, Vandyke, Parmegiano, Paul Veronese, Pordenone, P. Bordone, Giorgione, Titian, Palma, Bassano, Carregio, Schidone, A. V. Velde, Hobbima, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Vanderneer, W. V. Velde, Rembrandt, Berchem, Wynants : also, several specimens from the hand of Mr. Reinagle : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Edward Foster, on the premises, no. 54, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, on Wednesday, the 27th of June, 1832, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1832]
Physical Description:: 36 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2515. A catalogue of the very extensive and valuable collection of botanical prints, drawings, and books of drawings : the property of the late John Earl of Bute : comprising many hundred capital botanical drawings on paper and vellum : likewise all the plates, plain and coloured, of the botanical works then extant : the whole collected at a vast expense, and forming a most complete illustration of the Species Plantarum : arranged for convenience of sale accotding to the Linnæan System : likewise, a very good collection of books on botany and natural history : which will be sold by auction by Leigh and S. Sotheby, booksellers, at their house, no. 145, Strand, opposite Catherine Street, on Thursday, April 20, 1809, and five following days, at 12 o'clock.

Creator:: Leigh and Sotheby
Date:: [1809]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2516. The Nonesuch century : an appraisal, a personal note and a bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the press, 1923-1934.

Creator:: Nonesuch Press
Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 80 pages, [74] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2517. The Latin portrait : an anthology / made by G. Rostrevor Hamilton.

Creator:: Hamilton, G. Rostrevor (George Rostrevor), 1888–1967
Date:: 1929
Physical Description:: xv, [1], 367, [1] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2518. His Majesties commission concerning the reparation of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul in London.

Creator:: England and Wales. Sovereign (1660–1685 : Charles II)
Date:: 1663
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([6], 60 p.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2519. International Exhibition : opened May 1st, MDCCCLXII.

Creator:: John Pinches (Medallists)
Date:: [1862]
Physical Description:: 1 medal : white metal ; 41 mm in diameter.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2520. All kinds of bird seed sold here.

Creator:: Redington, J. (John), 1819–1876
Date:: [approximately 1850]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 14 x 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2521. A catalogue of the very choice and highly valuable cabinet of Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the genuine property of George Hibbert, Esq. who selected them with the best taste and at great expense, as pure and very distinguished specimens of the several great Masters, from many of the most celebrated collections which have been brought to sale on the continent and in this country in the course of the last thirty-five years, particularly from the Orleans Gallery, from the beautiful collection made by Monsieur Robit, and other celebrated cabinets : among the chef-d'oeuvres comprised in the above, may be particularly noticed a small Holy Family by Raffaelle ... : a ditto, by Parmegiano : ... group of infants by Annibale Carracci, from the Borghese Palace : the Marriage of Cana, by Murillo ... : a pair of youthful portraits, male and female, by Rembrandt : ... landscape by Cuyp ... : ... two ... landscapes by Berghem : and others by Hobbema, Both, Ruysdael, Wynants, Wouverman, and Brauwer : ... celebrated interior, well known as the Corset Bleu, by Metzy ... : and others by Teniers, Ostade, Dusart, and one by Terburg : also ... specimens of G. Romano, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Bassano, Baroccio, Valentini, A. Carracci, Guido, Guercino, Albano, Mola, S. Rosa, Seb. Bourdon, Rubens, Van der Neer, De Koninch, V. Der Capalla, C. Bega, Le Nain, Greuze : also a fine landscape river scene, by Turner, R. A. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 13th, 1829, precisely at one o'clock : the collection may be privately viewed every Saturday until the sale, between the hours of eleven and three, by cards only, to be had of Mr. Christie : and publicly, at Mr. Christie's Room, two days previous to the sale.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2522. A catalogue of the whole of the very valuable collection of ancient and modern prints, of Mr. Josiah Robert Harrison, Deceased : including the works of M. Antonio Bonasone : the Mantuani etchings by the Italian, German, and Dutch painters : portraits by Nanteuil, &c. : ... impressions of R. Morghen, Longhi, Muller, Wollett : copper-plates and impressions by Bartolozzi, &c. : also, about 60 sets of the original works of Hogarth, taken off before the plates were retouched : the Florence and German Galleries : the works of Rubens and V. Dyke : and other valuable books of prints and a small library of books, in useful literature : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, no. 8, King-street, St. James's-Square, on Tuesday, May 13th, 1828, and two following days (Thursday excepted) precisely at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1828]
Physical Description:: 34 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2523. A catalogue of the very celebrated collection of antique gems of the Prince Poniatowski, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, April the 29th, 1839 and following days, at one o'clock precisely each day.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1839]
Physical Description:: 128 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2524. The labyrinth of the world and the paradise of the heart / translated by Count Lutzow ; illustrations by Dorothea Braby.

Creator:: Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592–1670
Date:: 1950
Physical Description:: 271, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2525. The comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, and oddities / by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, the brothers Mayhew ; with many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists.

Date:: [1878?]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 18-20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

2526. A catalogue of the well-known and celebrated library of the late Ralph Willett, esq : brought from his seat at Merly, in the county of Dorset : comprising a most rare assemblage of the early printers, fine specimens of block printing, old English chronicles, &c. ... : ... botanical drawings by Van Huysun, Taylor, Brown, Lee &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Leigh and Sotheby booksellers, at their house, no. 145, Strand, opposite Catherine Street, on Monday, December 6, 1813, and 16 following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Leigh and Sotheby
Date:: [1813]
Physical Description:: [4],119, 25, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2527. The Transport Pavilion, South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain 1951.

Date:: 1951
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : b/w ; 10 x 15 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2528. A day to remember : an original newspaper.

Date:: [ca. 2017?]
Physical Description:: 1 volume ; in box 35 x 29 x 3 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2529. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, the property of a Nobleman, brought from his late mansion in Piccadilly :comprising the undoubted works of the following esteemed masters : Julia Romana, Permegiano, Perdononi, Bassan, L. Du Vinci, Langranco, Luca Giordano, Guido, Carlo Marratte, G. Poussin, Le Seure, Stella, Watteau, D. Teniers, Jean Steen, Backhuysem, Van de Velde, Ruysdael, Cup, Vandermeer, Glauber, Vangoyen, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 7th, 1794, and the following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed till the sale : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794] ,
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2530. A catalogue of a most superb collection of capital Italian pictures : recently consigned from Rome : this collection is composed of chef d'Œyvres, selected from the treasures of the Borghese, Colonna, Doria, Aldobrandini, Gighi, Cavalieri, Rospigliosi, and Bolognetti Palaces : most of them actually painted for several families, as shall be made appear to the purchasers, by original documents and papers : ... / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March the 2d, 1804, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1804]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2531. A catalogue of the magnificent collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the genuine and sole property of the late Walsh Porter, Esq. Dec. : celebrated for his taste and spirit in collection : this superb assemblage, well known to the more distinguished Cognoscenti, but which has never been generally exhibited, will open a splendid treat to the lovers of fine arts, and the public : it comprises specimens of nearly all the great Masters of ever foreign school, scarcely to be equaled by even the finest that have been consigned to this country within the last ten years : the very renowned original picture, the Bacchus and Ariadne of Titian : and the celebrated galley picture of Rubens and his Family, as St. George and other Saints, from the Balbi Palace at Genoa, ... : the other leading chef d'oeuvres are two original specimens of Raphael : the Odeschalchi, Corregio : Holy Families by L. Da Vinci, Parmegiano, and Baroccio : ... cabinet picture by P. Veronese : one ditto, A. Caracci : St. Ceilia, Domenichino : two by Guido : one Guercino : three noble Landscapes, Claude : one S. Rosa, N. and G. Poussin, from the Borghese, Colonna, Lanzelotti, Balbi, Doria, Aldobrandini, and Ghigi Palaces, and from the Chauncey and Orleans Collections : three by Murillo, from the Capuchin Convent at Genoa of the Flemish and Dutch Schools : Pan and Syrinx, V. Der Meulen : and others by Rembrandt, G. Dow, Ostade, J. Steen, Metzu, Terburg, Wouvermans, Wynants, Ruysdael, and Van der Hyde : ... which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April 14, 1810, punctually at one o'clock, without reserve.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2532. Bus map central area : number 4 - 1938 : 55 Broadway, S.WQ.1 : Abbey 1234 : compiled and designed by Lt. Col. W. R. Mansfield.

Creator:: London Transport Board
Date:: 1972
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 44 x 60 cm, folded to 16 x 8 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2533. [Postcard depicting the Medieval Court at the Crystal Palace].

Date:: [approximately 1907?]
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : photomechanical print, 9 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2534. Permit granting Caroline Hill permission to visit Thomas Hill, prisoner at Tothill Fields Prison, Westminster.

Creator:: Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office
Date:: 1835 January 28
Physical Description:: 1 permit ; 11 x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2535. Catalogue of forty capital pictures, the works of distinguished English artists : the property of a Gentleman, in the west of England, who has bestowed much care and taste in selecting the best works of some of the most distinguished English painters : particularly the Border Raid and Summer Noon, the masterpieces of Sydney Cooper : Wreckers Off Margate ... An American Packet Running for Swansea and Lobster Pots ... works of the late G. Chambers ... : Windsor Castle, by Pyne : and ... examples of Sir J. Reynolds, Nasmyth, Barker, Powell, Vincent, C. Landseer, Hoffland, Creswick, Butland, Norman, J. S. Davis, J. Wilson, Woolmer, Condy, P. H. Rogers : also, two capital pictures by Constable, Salisbury Cathedral and Dedham : three by Sir Augustus Callcott : and two portraits by Sir J. Reynolds : 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 the 16th, 1846, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1846]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2536. Amusement Park : the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

Date:: [approximately 1924]
Physical Description:: 1 photographic postcard : b/w; 9 x 14 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2537. [Bookmark, The living rulers of mankind by the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson].

Creator:: George Allen & Company (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1902]
Physical Description:: 1 bookmark : illustrations ; 19 x 6 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2538. The principles and practice of art / by J.D. Harding ; with illustrations drawn and engraved by the author.

Creator:: Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863
Date:: 1845
Physical Description:: [2], vii, [1], 156 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2539. John Fryer of the Bounty : notes on his career / written by his daughter, Mary Ann ; with an introduction and commentary by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve.

Creator:: Gamble, Mary Ann Fryer, 1791–
Date:: 1939
Physical Description:: 53, [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2540. A catalogue of the whole of the copper plates, remaining books and prints, of that elegant and accurate publication the Antiquities of Athens, by Stuart and Revett : three volumes Imperial folio : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. King and Lochée at their Great Room, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, April 15, punctually at three o'clock : catalogues may be had at the room.

Creator:: King & Lochée
Date:: [approximately 1806]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2541. A catalogue of a choice collection of capital paintings, by the most eminent Masters of the Old School : consisting of the works of Sir P. Lely, Sir J. Thornhill, Holbein, Guido, Vandyke, Calabreese, L. Da Vinci, Reubens, Teniers. Albert Durer, Baptiste, Titian, Guercino, Zucherro, Van Huysum, Polembergh, Comabue, P. Veronese, Dominichino, Scalkens, Van Eick, Vander Meulen, Claude, Schedoni, Schutz, Carlo Maat, Floris, Ibbettson, Moland, Bassan, Pether, Fyte, Morellio &c. : a pleasing variety of elegant coloured prints, in gilt frames, and a few loose prints : the genuine property of a Gentleman : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Collier, at his auction room, no, 32, New Bond Street, on Saturday, the 1st day of June, 1805, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Collier, Mr. active 1805
Date:: [1805]
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2542. A catalogue of the genuine and very capital cabinet of choice Italian, French, Flemish and English pictures, original drawings, and articles of ancient sculpture, of the late Hon. C. F. Greville, F. R. and A. S. &c. &c. &c. Dec. : which were collected by him with a design to illustrate the progress of painting, and its perfection by the Masters of the great Italian and other schools : in the former point of view they display a rare and highly curious series from Cimabue to Raphael : the specimens in which were selected from authentic situations, and many of them are cited in the biography of the authors of them : the perfection of the act is exemplified in various chef d'oeuves of the finest class and in the purest condition : of which the most distinguished are, by Correggio, a Head, a genuine fresco : Raphael, Venus, Vulcan and Cupid, a beautiful cabinet picture : S. Del Piombo, a portait : Baroccio, the Marriage of St. Catherine, a lovely gem : The Chess Players, Titian : Mars and Venus, P. Veronese : I. Carracci, a small Holy Family with Saints, an exquisite Bijou : N. Poussin, a small classical subject, equal to Domenichino : Ruben's, the Loves of the Centaurs : a perfect and unrivalled performance : two by Teniers : a brilliant landscape by Both : and The Celebrated Niobe by Wilson : also, a capital marble statue of Pudicitia, size of life : and a head from the Villa of Adrian : which (by order of the administrator, and permission of the lessor,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, near the Church, at Paddington Green, on Saturday, March 31, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

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

2543. A catalogue of the reserved and choicest part of a valuable collection of antient stained glass in the selection of which neither expence nor pains have been spared : exhibiting freedom of pencilling, and beauty of coloring, superior to any ever yet imported : the whole to be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. Farebrother, at Mess. Blades and Hermon's Great Roon, no. 25, Conduit Street, Bond Street, on Saturday, the 15th of May, 1802, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding -- catalogues had at the place of sale : and at Mr. Farebrother;s office, no. 5, College Street, Westminster.

Creator:: Farebrother, Charles
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2544. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, of the highest quality of art : including two noble landscapes by Pynacker : St. Jerome by Paulo Veronese : and others by Claude, De Hooge, Ostade, Mieris, Metzu, Rubens, Ruysdael, Titian, Cuyp, Both, Teniers, Corregio, Wouvermans, Vanderheyden, E. Venderneer, Vandevelde, Netscher, Rembrandt, Sas. Ferrato : also a noble gallery picture of St George, by Rubens : and others the property of a nobleman : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his rooms, no. 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 29th of June, 1830, and following day, at one o'clock : may now be viewed, and catalogues had at Mr. Phillips's, 73, New Bond Street.

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

2545. A catalogue of the small collection of pictures of the Italian and Dutch Masters : removed from Trafalgar, Wilts. : late the property of the Right Hon. The Earl Nelson, Deceased : and selected in Italy many years ago, by that distinguished connoisseur, the late --- Dawkins, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. E. Foster and Son, at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 4th of July, 1835, at twelve for one o'clock.

Creator:: Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2546. Catalogue of a remarkably choice and select collection of prints and drawings, the property of James Pickering Ord, Esq. : consisting of the works of Hogarth, in the earliest states : works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the whole choice early proofs : collection of the Houbraken heads ... : ... series of drawings of celebrated personages, mentioned by Evelyn in his Memoirs, after the most authentic originals : rare British portraits : works of Wenceslaus Hollar : early engravers' proofs of Lodge's heads, on India paper, before any letters : prints framed and glazed : portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, June 29 and following day.

Creator:: Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:: [1835]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2547. A catalogue of the important and highly interesting collection of antique gems : the property of the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. of Portland Place : consisting of upwards of three hundred valuable cameos and intaglios ... by Pickler, Marchant, Birch, and Pistrucci, besides those of ancient Greek Workmanship : principally mounted in gold as rings and brooches, and many set round with diamonds : several valuable gold snuff boxes ... : a ruby drop ... with a pink diamond loop : a curious antient silver cup and cover, set with every class of gems : gold watches, and several rings and brooches : a splendid dressing case, taken from Napoleon's carriage at the Battle of Vittoria, fitted with silver in the most complete manner : and the beautiful rifle, and pair of duelling pistols, enriched with gold and silver chasings : a few fine bronzes, gold and silver coins : minerals, fossils and shells, in a Cabinet : library of rare & valuable books & prints ... : including an original folio copy of the Liber Veritatis, Museé Napoleon, in 4 vols. : Galerie de Palais Royal, 3 tom. : Histoire des Perroquets, 2 vols. : Lavater, 5 vols. : several Missals, and works on art : a small service of plate and plated ware, and miscellaneous valuable objects : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, the 18th of May, 1842, and four following days, at one o'clock precisely each day, by order of the executors, without reserve.

Creator:: Phillips, Mr.
Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: 17, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2548. Catalogue of the beautiful cabinet of Dutch and English pictures of Richard Winstanley, Esq., deceased, late of Mecklenburgh Square : which (by order of Executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, March 16, 1850, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2549. The exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours : the eighth : now open at the Great Room, Spring Gardens ...

Creator:: Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours (Great Britain)
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: 16 p. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2550. Circe and Ulysses : the Inner Temple masque presented by the gentlemen there January 13, 1614 / written by William Browne of Tavistock and now edited, with an essay on William Browne and the English masque, by Gwyn Jones ; seven wood-engravings by Mark Severin.

Creator:: Browne, William, 1590–approximately 1645
Date:: 1954
Physical Description:: 61, [1] pages, [1] leaf, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2551. The epicure's anthology / collected by Nancy Quennell ; with an essay on the epicure and the epicurean by A.J.A. Symons ; and decorations by Osbert Lancaster.

Creator:: Quennell, Nancy
Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: 187, [1] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2552. The complete works of William Wycherley / edited by Montague Summers.

Creator:: Wycherley, William, 1640–1716
Date:: MCMXXIV [1924]
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2553. Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller, Finsbury-Square, London / written by himself ; in forty-seven letters to a friend.

Creator:: Lackington, James, 1746–1815
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: xix, [20]-352 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2554. Reprinted pieces : The uncommercial traveller and other stories.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:: 1938
Physical Description:: xiii, [1], 857, [3] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2555. Catalogue of the very choice collection of old Sevres, Chelsea, Dresden, and Oriental porcelain, service of plate, pictures and drawings, objects of art & vertu, and cellar of choice old wines, of Henry Loftus Wigram, Esq., late of 15 A, Grosvenor Square, deceased / which (by order of the executors and legatees) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, March 2, 1870, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:: [1870]
Physical Description:: 30, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2556. A catalogue of the late Sir Everard Fawkener's pictures, antique bronzes, large marble group of a lion devouring a horse, two curious Egyptian mummies of a woman and a child : several large portraits, of English gentlemen, by Liotard, in frames and glasses : and a collection of other valuable pictures, vases, and basso relievos, a curious table inlaid with brass, a large book-case, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Ford, at his Great Room in St. James's Haymarket, on Tuesday the 27th of this instant March 1759.

Creator:: Ford, James (Auctioneer)
Date:: [1759]
Physical Description:: 3, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2557. A catalogue of the genuine and intire stock of capital and valuable prints, drawings, and copper-plates, some of which have never been published : and a few pleasing cabinet pictures : the property of Mr. G. Bartolozzi, retiring from business : comprising an extensive assemblage of prints of the finest impressions : drawings by Cipriani and Bartolozzi : and amongst the plates, the celebrated one after the N. Poussin in the possession of the Marquis of Landsdown : a ditto after the four elements of Albano : and a capital engraving in strokes after the celebrated picture of the Madona Del Sacco, of A. Del Sarto, at Florence by Bartolozzi, lately finished, and which may be truly deemed the finest plate ever executed by that artist : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, June the 23d, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed till the sale : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

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

2558. A catalogue of a most superb, capital, and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of a Gentleman, highly distinguished for his taste in the arts : the whole selected with unbounded liberality, and now brought from his seat at Fonthill, in Wiltshire : consisting of inestimable works of the following great masters, viz : Spagnoletto, A. Durer, Sa. Rosa, Guido, Murillo, D. Feti, C. Lorrain, Seb. Bourdon, Canaletti, Zuccarelli, Rembrandt, Ostade, Wouvermans, Both, V. Der Heyde, C. du Jardin, Ruysdael, Wynants, De Vlieger, Polemborgh, Teniers, V. der Meulen, Webber, Loutherbeourg : among the celebrated pictures in this collection, are the following distinguished and capital : the Rape of Deianira, by Paduanino, one of the noblest efforts of genius in the Venetian School, both for colouring and design : the Holy Family, by Murillo, a very elegant composition, full of grace and simplicity : the Death of Socrates, by S. Rosa : a Landscape with St. Francis preaching : and a sea port by ditto : and Lucretia, by Guido, very capital : amongst the moderns, are eight capital and much distinguished pictures of the Rake's Progress, by the immoral Hogarth, esteemed the finest of his works : a pair of elegant and splendid cabinets, with the subjects of Cupid and Psyche, painted by Smirke : also four tripods, or exquisite workmanship : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, February the 27th 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2559. A catalogue of a valuable and choice collection of highly finished drawings, by the most admired modern Masters, framed and glazed : five original grand landscapes by Ibbetson, particularly a large view of Ulswater : and a ditto of the Fair at Ambleside, with figures : and a few by Old Masters, especially a small bijou, by P. Potter : the genuine property of a collector of distinguished taste : part of them brought from the country : the drawings comprise several exquisite subjects, by that eminent and distinguished artist J. M. W. Turner, Esq. R.A. : as also by Gainsborough, Cozens, Girtin, Hearne, Varley, Wheatley, Sandby, Payne, Barrett, La Porte, Daves, Ducros, Zuccarelli, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May 6th, 1808, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1808]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2560. Catalogue of the highly estimable collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish pictures, particularly several rare and magnificent altar pieces : which formerly distinguished the churches in Italy : by Raphael, Primaticcio, Carlo Dolce, Tiepolo, Paul Veronese, Proccaccini, Alessandro Allori, Cigoli, Guercino, Lorenzo Lippi, Le Sueur, Canneletti, Greuze, David, Fugino, Giulio Romano, Schiavone, Schidone, Domenichino, Luini, Titian, Giorgione, Caracci, Garofolo, Carravaggio, Rembrandt, Bergham, Metzu, G. Dow, Fyt, Berkheyde, Velasquez : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, June 10, 1829, and following days, at one o'clock, and by order of the proprietor, J. Webb, Esq. without any reservation : may be viewed three days prior, and catalogues, at 1s. each, had at 73, Bond Street.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 34 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2561. Catalogue of the very celebrated Montcalm Gallery of Pictures, from Montpellier : 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 4, 1849, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1849]
Physical Description:: 31, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2562. The Metal Box Co. Ltd Perivale and Acton Planning and Process Dept. "Xmas Doo" : The Prince of Wales Theatre "Paris by Night" " 16th December : 6:15 PM.

Creator:: Metal Box Company
Date:: [1955]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 25 x 44 cm, folded to 25 x 12 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2563. Matter painting.

Date:: [1960]
Physical Description:: 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2564. The poetical works of Robert Herrick / with a preface by Humbert Wolfe and decorations by Albert Rutherston.

Creator:: Herrick, Robert, 1591–1674
Date:: 1928
Physical Description:: 4 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2565. A catalogue of the extensive and truly magnificent collection of prints : forming altogether an unusual display of the most rare and superior productions of the French, Flemish, German and English engravers ... : and upwards of 1500 pieces by the hand of Wenceslaus Hollar ... : and a capital and rich collection of portraits by and after Sir Anthony Vandyke ... which will be sold by a auction, by Mr. Thos. Dodd ... on Tuesday, the 6th day of February, 1810 and seventeen following days.

Creator:: Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:: [1810]
Physical Description:: x, 93, [4], 102-162, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2566. A catalogue of the capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures formed by the late John Strange, Esq. LL.D. and F.R. A.S. deceased : many years British resident at Venice : collected with infinite taste and judgment, and at the most liberal expence : amongst which are many rare specimens from the earliest era of painting to the present time : in the highest state of preservation : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executors,) on Saturday, March 15, 1800, and two following days (Sunday excepted) at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues (price one shilling each) may be had on the premises : of Messrs. Fryer and Foxhall, Old Cavendish Street : at the Rainbow Coffee House, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1800]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2567. The catalogue of a small but beautiful assemblage of works of art : consisting of mosaic marble tables of incomparable design and workmanship : a pair of matchless mosaic chimney jaumbs, in arabesque, with exquisitely carved agate blocking from the antique : superb Italian and Oriental alabaster vases : porphyry vases : sarcophagus : tripods : granite, porphyry, Sicilian-Jasper, verd-antique : Oriental-Alabaster : Africano and lava or Mount Vesuvius tables : a pair of extraordinary fine Giallo antique columns ; two capital bronze vases, elegantly enriched with basso relievo : bronze figures : scarce coins, mounted in Or-Moulu, surrounding marble pedestals : a few valuable paintings by Corregio, Garofalo, Paolo Panini, Salvator Rosa, Breughel, &c. ; prints, Piranese works, manuscript music, &c. taken on board de Polacre, L'Ardita, prize to his majesty's ship Pallas, Capt. Edmunds, captured of the Isles of Gorgana, and bound from Italy to France : which will be sold by auction (for the benefit of the captors) by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at Mr. Squibb's Room, Saville Passage, on Thursday, April the 15th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:: [1802]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2568. A catalogue of a most valuable, curious and highly interesting collection of Etruscan or Greek vases and antique bronzes, formed at infinite expence, and with indefatigable research, during a course of thirty years, by the late Mr. James Clark, Antiquary of Naples, Dec. : well known for his superior intelligence in the various branches of the antique : in this collection, are some vases of Nola, particularly valuable from their size, variety and curious painting : a few Sicilian and other, of the most beautiful and elegant designs : and many pieces truly deserving the attention of the learned antiquary and curious collector : among the bronzes, are two antique figures in the Egyptian style : particularly fine and well preserved : an antique Balance, and other rare articles : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June the 9th, 1802, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1802
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2569. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1936 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

Creator:: London Transport Board
Date:: 1936
Physical Description:: 1 map : color ; 44 x 60 cm, folded to 16 x cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2570. A catalogue of the collection of pictures, reserved after the death of that celebrated and elegant painter, Romney, as some of the most capital of his productions : by his son, the Rev. John Romney, deceased, in pursuance of whose Will they are now sold : they comprise the ... Picture of Mirth and Melancholy, King Lear, and other historical and poetical subjects : ... portraits of Lady Hamilton and Mrs. Billington : Portrait of Hayley, the last picture painted by Romney : the collection of pictures and studies by old Masters, including fine Heads by Rembrandt, Vandyke, and Dobson : a pair of spirited sketches by Rubens : copies from Titian, &c. : among the books are works of Montfaucon, Picart, the Galleries of Dusseldorf and Crozat : and other book of prints and works of art : also, the small collection of modern pictures of William Dowden, Esq., for who they were mostly executed by the artists : comprising some capital pictures by Morland : a small picture by Wilson, &c., and a few drawings by Morland : also, a pair of small Italian copies of The Belvidere Apollo and The Venus di Medicis : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Christie, at their great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 9th, 1834, and following day at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, Manson, & Christie
Date:: 1834
Physical Description:: pages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2571. A catalogue of the important and highly estimable collection of gallery and cabinet pictures, of the highest class, and quality of art ; uniting the choicest specimens of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, British and French Schools : selected from serveral distinguished galleries in Holland, France and England : among them may be noticed A Virgin and Child, by Raphael ... : a Magdalen by Corregio ... : A landscape and a sea port, by Claude : the Assumption, by Murillo : a Landscape and Cattle, by Berghem : a splendid Fete du Village, and two corps de Garde, by D. Teniers : a grand landscape with a waterfall by Ruysdael : Our Saviour in the Storm, ... by Rembrandt : a fine Calm, by W. Vandevelde : noble portraits, by Rembrandt and Vandyck, &c. &c. : besides other equally meriting a distinct notice, by L. Da Vinci, Seb. Del Piombo, Titian, Carracci, Albano, A. Del Sarto, Sir Joshua Reynolds, N. and G. Poussin, Rubens, A. Vandevelde, Cuyp, J. Ostade, Rembrandt, Caneletti, Wouvermans, Both, Hommima, Teniers, De Koening, Wynants. Sir Thos. Lawrence, Vanderwerf, Dietricy, Weenix, Ferg, Ruysdael, Greuze, Wilson : and will be submitted, without reserve, by the order of Thomas Emmerson, esq., who is quitting London for the vicinity of Bath : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Friday, 6th of June, 1834, and following day, at one for two precisely.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 21, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2572. Catalogue of the very select cabinet of English and Dutch pictures, of Joseph Delafield, Esq., deceased : which (by orders of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 17th, 1842, at half-past two o'clock.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1842]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2573. Catalogue of the very important collection of capital modern water-colour drawings, and pictures, by modern English, Dutch, and Belgian Masters : the property of Sigismund Rucker, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, March 26, 1852, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1852]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2574. Catalogue of water colour drawings, engravings, etc. : including the collections of the late Josiah Taylor , Esq. removed from his late residence at Stockwell : comprising choice engravings and brilliant proofs of the works of the best English and foreign artists : particularly-- Anderloni, Bonasoni, Burnet, Cousins, Doo, Drevet, Earlom, Edelinck, Finden, Gandolfi, Garavaglia, ogarth, Hollar, Houbraken, Massard, Masson, Montagna, Morghen, Muller, Nanteuil, Poilly, Porporati, Rembrandt, Wilkie, etc. : water colour drawings and paintings, by Barclay, Clerisseau, Coney, Correggio, Cotman, Dayes, Desprez, Hamilton, Hastings, Hearne, Kuyp, Mackenzie, Rowlandson, Smirke, Thurston, Wilson, etc. : collection of Vandyke's heads : English portraits to illustrate Granger, etc. : portfolios with and without leaves, etc. etc. etc. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Southgate, Son, and Grimston, at their rooms, 22, Fleet Street, on Friday, July 11th, 1834, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Southgate, Son and Grimston
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: 24 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2575. Exhibition of engravings / by living British artists ; associated under the patronage of His Majesty ...

Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [2], ii, 24, [2] p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2576. Pertelote, a sequel to Chanticleer : being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, October 1936-1943, April / foreword & notes by the partners ; illustrations from the books.

Date:: 1943
Physical Description:: 51, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2577. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite / a new translation by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; with ten engravings by Mark Severin.

Date:: 1948
Physical Description:: 35, [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2578. English architecture, or, The publick buildings of London and Westminster : with plans of the streets and squares, represented in one hundred and twenty-three folio plates : with a succinct review of their history, and a candid examination of their perfections and defects.

Date:: [ 1758?]
Physical Description:: [6], 112, [4] pages, [123] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 46 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2579. Practical lessons in watercolour painting / by N.E. Green ; in six parts, (each part containing a subject in four states).

Creator:: Green, N. E. (Nathaniel Everett), 1823–1899
Date:: [1865]
Physical Description:: 6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2580. Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [170] pages 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2581. Maps, charts, atlases, and geographical works published by Samuel Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Majesty, No. 10, Soho-Square, London,

Date:: [1839?]
Physical Description:: 16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2582. St. Paul's : the roadway round the cathedral is 660 yards in length, with an average breadth of about 35 feet.

Date:: 1852
Physical Description:: 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 19.2 x 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay.

2583. A catalogue of Italian and Flemish pictures of George Manley, Esq. decd. : collected with great judgement, and at a liberal expence, during a residence of several years upon the Continent : the whole in the highest state of preservation : consisting of the works of Guido, Titian, Guercino, S. Rosa, Schidone, P. Veronese, Poussin, Vandyck, Prete Genoese, Artois, &c &c. : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Saturday, March, 29th, 1794, at twelve o'clock : NB the whole to be sold without reserve : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1794]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2584. A catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, drawings, copper plates, &c., the property, and principally the works of that esteemed and excellent artist Mr. Gainsborough Dupont, dec. : removed from his late dwelling house in Fitzroy Street, amongst which are included several of the most capital and fine productions of his late uncle Mr. Gainsborough, of Pall Mall, dec. : comprising an assemblage of finished and unfinished portraits of many persons of distinction, together with a selection of cabinet pictures, the works of the old esteemed masters : also, a grand selection of the views in India, by the late Ingenious artist Mr. Hodges : -- Portraits by Kettle, &c. the property of Warren Hastings, Esq. brought from his house in Park Lane : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Monday, April 10th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale : catalogues may be had as above, and at no. 32, Great Winchester Street,

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

2585. A catalogue of all the valuable, beautiful and highly-finished miniatures, in fancy subjects and portraits : the performances of that celebrated and lamented artist, the late Samuel Shelley, Esq., Deceased, in rich carved and gilt frames : together with his collection of paintings in oil by ancient and modern masters : including that admirable well-known painting of The Boy with Grapes by Sir Joshua Reynolds, a capital sketch by the same great Master : prints, framed and glazed : books of prints : and books on painting : the various lay figures, easels, plaister casts, choice ivory frames for miniatures, prepared canvas : mahogany painting table : sitting chair : and a diversity of other articles used by him in the prosecution of his pursuit : also, a fine set of large prints of Boydell's Shakespeare-Original subscription : the whole of which, by order of the executors, accompanied (by their consent) with a small selection of original pictures by that admired English artist, George, will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, a Mr. Wigley's Great Room, Spring Gardens, on Wednesday, March 22, 1809, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

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

2586. Catalogue of the very valuable collection of pictures of a high class : formed by that well-known amateur, Frederick Ricketts, Esq. : 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 18, 1850.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: 13, [3] pages ; 23cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2587. Mr. E. T. Reed requests the honor of a visit from [Rt. Hon. J. L. Wharton] and friend to the private view on Thursday the 29th June of his exhibition of "Punch" drawings.

Date:: [approximately 1890]
Physical Description:: 1 invitation : illustrations ; 13 x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2588. A catalogue of a valuable and extensive collection of ancient and modern prints, the entire property of a nobleman of high rank : Part the third : consisting of many extremely rare and curious prints by the engravers of the the early German School, the master of 1466, Martin Schoengauer, Israel van Mecken, &c. &c., the Italian School comprises all the best works of Marc Antonio and his followers Agostino Veneziano, Marco da Ravenna, Giulio Bonasone ... British portraits, chiefly subsequent to Granger, English topography in illustration of Camden's Britannia, which together with the portfolios which contained this collection will be sold by auction / by Mr. Phillips.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1834]
Physical Description:: [4], 187-299, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2589. Catalogue of ten English pictures, of the highest class : the property of James Barker, Esq., of Manchester : which will be sold by auction, bt Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, July 29, 1851.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2590. The order and ceremonies used for and at the solemn interment of the most high, mighty and most noble prince George Duke of Albemarle ... 1670 / collected by Francis Sandford ... and published by His Ma[jes]ties especiall command.

Creator:: Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:: 1670]
Physical Description:: [8] p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 32 x 54 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2591. A catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of topographical prints and drawings in England and Wales, the most extensive ever offered to public sale : which will be sold by auction, on Friday, December 11, 1795, and the three following days, (Sunday excepted) by Leigh and Sotheby, booksellers, at their house in York-Street, Covent-Garden, where catalogues may be had.

Creator:: Leigh and Sotheby
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: [2], 40 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2592. A plurality of worlds : John Glanvill's translation / with a prologue by David Garnett.

Creator:: Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657–1757
Date:: 1929
Physical Description:: ix, [1], 138, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2593. A catalogue of the second part of the valuable and curious collection of fine old porcelane : the property of Mr. Charles Bond, china collector, late of Wardour Street, Soho, deceased : comprising an assemblage of all the Oriental manufactories : fine old Dresden : a few articles of rare scarce black and gold India Japan, &c. &c. : which (by order of the executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, June 5th, 1795, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding the sale : catalogues may be had as above, and a the Rainbow Coffee House.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: 11, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2594. A catalogue of the reserved part of a capital collection of Italian pictures : the property of the late Jacob More, Esq. dec : many years distinguished as an eminent artist, resident at Rome : and selected from some of the first cabinets in Italy : comprising the works of the following much esteemed Masters, viz : M. Angelo, J. Bassiano, Corregio, G. de Notte, L. da Vinci, Mola, Pamegiano, P. Perugino, S. Rosa, Tintoretto, P. Veronse, &c. &c. : a most capital sea-port by Claude : and a landscape by the late Mr. Jacob More : also, by permission are added, a valuable collection of cabinet pictures : containing chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools, in the highest preservation : the property of Mons. Liss, of Antwerp : brought to England on the invasion of Flanders by the French : consisting of the works of the following great Masters, viz. : Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Ostade, Cuyp, A. V. de Velde, W.V. de Velde, Ruysdael, Backuysen, Lingelback, Wynants, Mieres, Weenix, C. du Jardin, Dietrich, Vernet, &c. : also, a most capital portrait, by Vandyck, of the celebrated Govartius, author of the History of the Netherlands : and a beautiful landscape, representing a Summer's Evening, by Claude, a very picturesque and poetical scene : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, (by order of the executors and consignees) at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, February 26th, 1796, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 9 pages ; cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2595. A catalogue of all the valuable drawings, sketches, sea views, and studies, of that celebrated artist Philip James de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A. deceased : oincluding several highly finished figures in colour, being the original designs and portraits for his well-known performances on national subjects ... also a few pictures painted by his ... pupil Mr. Lodder ... models and designs for scenery ... prints, ancient and modern, including several proof engravings, from his own works, capital books of prints, and extensive library of scarce books ... Macklin's Bible and Bowyer's History of England ... Mr. de Loutherbourg's casts for study ... various articles, colours, and materials used by this celebrated artist in the furtherance and prosecution of his art ... : which will be sold by Peter Coxe, in Maddox Street, Hanover Square, on Thursday, the 18th of June, 1812, and following days, at one o'clock precisely : by order of the executrix : may be viewed two days preceding the sale : and catalogues, at one shilling each, then had in Maddox Street : and at No. 33, Throgmorton Street, Royal Exchange.

Creator:: Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:: [1812]
Physical Description:: 32 pages ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2596. A catalogue of the very valuable collection of Italian, Dutch, & Flemish pictures, being a portion of those that lately ornamented Bridgewater House : the private property of Lord F. Leveson Gower : to which are added, by permission, several specimens of great excellence from the collection of a foreign ambassador, consisting of the undoubted productions of Raphael, Andrea Salerno, Baroccio, Puntormo, Salvator Rosa, G. Poussin, Claude, Rembrandt, Ferdinand Bol, Rubens, Van Dyck, Cuyp, Vandevelde, Vander Ulft, Hobbema, Ruysdael, Berghem, Brauwer, Teniers, Wouwermans, John Both and numerous others of high quality : also, several finely executed busts in marble, from the school of Canova : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Thursday the 16th of June, 1831, at one o'clock precisely : to be publickly viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had, at one shilling each.

Creator:: Mr. Stanley (Firm)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2597. Catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of pictures, of Ralph Fletcher, Esq., Deceased, and removed from his residence at Gloucester : also, a few bronzes, and busts, in marble : 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 Saturday, June 28, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie & Manson
Date:: [1851]
Physical Description:: 14, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2598. A catalogue of the third portion of the very valuable collection of engravings of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : comprising his prints after Masters in the Flemish School : the early German engravers, Andrea Mantegna, M. Antonio, G. Bonasone, and Italian etchings by the great Bolognese Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Tuesday, May the 26th, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:: [1829]
Physical Description:: 30 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2599. Isaac Ball : fancy stationer, bookseller, printers, &c. : near the gate, Clapton.

Creator:: Ball, Isaac, active 1845
Date:: [approximately 1845?]
Physical Description:: 1 trade card : engraving ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2600. A catalogue of the materials of the Axe and Gate public house, situate at the corner of Downing Street, Whitehall, and nine houses adjoining : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Creaton, on Monday, the 14th February, 1825, and following day, at twelve o'clock : ... comprising sound stock, brickwork, plaintiling .... flooring boards, stairs, stone paving and coping, and a variety of materials suitable for building or repairs : to be viewed three days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had on the premises : at the office of Woods, Forests and Land revenues, Whitehall Place : and of Mr. Creaton, appraiser and auctioneer, no. 58, Great Tower Street, and 28, Charlotte Terrace, New Cut, Lambeth.

Creator:: Creaton, Mr
Date:: [1825]
Physical Description:: 12 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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2501. Paris's original rag, bone & metal warehouse : the black doll with four faces : 4, Prospect Row, Walworth Road, 2 doors from Hewitt's, Fishmonger.

2505. The courtier's library, or, Catalogus librorum aulicorum incomparabilium et non vendibilium / by John Donne ; edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson ; with a translation.

2506. Memoires for my grand-son / by John Evelyn ; transcribed and furnished with a preface and notes by Geoffrey Keynes.

2507. Catalogue of the works of British artists in the gallery of the British Institution, Pall-Mall : for exhibiton and sale : 1833 / British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom.

2508. The Song of songs : the authorized version / together with a new translation, an introduction and notes by W.O.E. Oesterley ; with engravings on copper by Lettice Sandford.

2509. In defence of woman : a Welsh poem / by Wiliam Cynwal ; translated by Gwyn Williams ; engravings by John Petts.

2510. The Athenians : being correspondence between Thomas Jefferson Hogg and his friends, Thomas Love Peacock, Leigh Hunt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others / edited by Walter Sidney Scott.

2511. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus : a poem attributed to Francis Beaumont / edited by Gwyn Jones ; with ten engravings in colour by John Buckland-Wright.

2513. British Government Building : British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

2516. The Nonesuch century : an appraisal, a personal note and a bibliography of the first hundred books issued by the press, 1923-1934.

2517. The Latin portrait : an anthology / made by G. Rostrevor Hamilton.

2518. His Majesties commission concerning the reparation of the cathedrall church of Saint Paul in London.

2519. International Exhibition : opened May 1st, MDCCCLXII.

2520. All kinds of bird seed sold here.

2524. The labyrinth of the world and the paradise of the heart / translated by Count Lutzow ; illustrations by Dorothea Braby.

2525. The comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing merry tales, humorous poetry, quips, and oddities / by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert A. Beckett, the brothers Mayhew ; with many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists.

2527. The Transport Pavilion, South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain 1951.

2528. A day to remember : an original newspaper.

2532. Bus map central area : number 4 - 1938 : 55 Broadway, S.WQ.1 : Abbey 1234 : compiled and designed by Lt. Col. W. R. Mansfield.

2533. [Postcard depicting the Medieval Court at the Crystal Palace].

2534. Permit granting Caroline Hill permission to visit Thomas Hill, prisoner at Tothill Fields Prison, Westminster.

2536. Amusement Park : the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

2537. [Bookmark, The living rulers of mankind by the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson].

2538. The principles and practice of art / by J.D. Harding ; with illustrations drawn and engraved by the author.

2539. John Fryer of the Bounty : notes on his career / written by his daughter, Mary Ann ; with an introduction and commentary by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve.

2549. The exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours : the eighth : now open at the Great Room, Spring Gardens ...

2550. Circe and Ulysses : the Inner Temple masque presented by the gentlemen there January 13, 1614 / written by William Browne of Tavistock and now edited, with an essay on William Browne and the English masque, by Gwyn Jones ; seven wood-engravings by Mark Severin.

2551. The epicure's anthology / collected by Nancy Quennell ; with an essay on the epicure and the epicurean by A.J.A. Symons ; and decorations by Osbert Lancaster.

2552. The complete works of William Wycherley / edited by Montague Summers.

2553. Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller, Finsbury-Square, London / written by himself ; in forty-seven letters to a friend.

2554. Reprinted pieces : The uncommercial traveller and other stories.

2561. Catalogue of the very celebrated Montcalm Gallery of Pictures, from Montpellier : 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 4, 1849, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

2562. The Metal Box Co. Ltd Perivale and Acton Planning and Process Dept. "Xmas Doo" : The Prince of Wales Theatre "Paris by Night" " 16th December : 6:15 PM.

2563. Matter painting.

2564. The poetical works of Robert Herrick / with a preface by Humbert Wolfe and decorations by Albert Rutherston.

2569. Trolleybus & tram map : issued free, number 2 1936 / London Transport ; designed by Lt. Colonel W. R. Mansfield, M.I. Mech E., M. Inst. T., etc.

2575. Exhibition of engravings / by living British artists ; associated under the patronage of His Majesty ...

2576. Pertelote, a sequel to Chanticleer : being a bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, October 1936-1943, April / foreword & notes by the partners ; illustrations from the books.

2577. The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite / a new translation by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; with ten engravings by Mark Severin.

2578. English architecture, or, The publick buildings of London and Westminster : with plans of the streets and squares, represented in one hundred and twenty-three folio plates : with a succinct review of their history, and a candid examination of their perfections and defects.

2579. Practical lessons in watercolour painting / by N.E. Green ; in six parts, (each part containing a subject in four states).

2581. Maps, charts, atlases, and geographical works published by Samuel Arrowsmith, Hydrographer to His Majesty, No. 10, Soho-Square, London,

2582. St. Paul's : the roadway round the cathedral is 660 yards in length, with an average breadth of about 35 feet.

2586. Catalogue of the very valuable collection of pictures of a high class : formed by that well-known amateur, Frederick Ricketts, Esq. : 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 18, 1850.

2587. Mr. E. T. Reed requests the honor of a visit from [Rt. Hon. J. L. Wharton] and friend to the private view on Thursday the 29th June of his exhibition of "Punch" drawings.

2589. Catalogue of ten English pictures, of the highest class : the property of James Barker, Esq., of Manchester : which will be sold by auction, bt Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, July 29, 1851.

2590. The order and ceremonies used for and at the solemn interment of the most high, mighty and most noble prince George Duke of Albemarle ... 1670 / collected by Francis Sandford ... and published by His Ma[jes]ties especiall command.

2592. A plurality of worlds : John Glanvill's translation / with a prologue by David Garnett.

2599. Isaac Ball : fancy stationer, bookseller, printers, &c. : near the gate, Clapton.