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2701. A catalogue of the capital, well-known, and truly valuable collection of antique statues, bustos, Ægyptian, and other vases, bas-reliefs, &c. : (including a few capital pictures reserved from the late valuable collection), the property of a Noble Earl, deceased : (not less distinguished for his exquisite taste and judgement in the Fine Arts, than for his liberality in collecting) : this valuable assemblage, a great part of which was formed during his travels and residence in Italy, comprises : a torso of a Venus, of exquisite antique sculpture, from the celebrated collection of Baron Storch : a curious statue of the Diana of Ephesus, (mentioned by Montfaucon) : a capital group of Pan and Apollo, size of life : a curious and beautiful, cumbent figure of a sleeping hermaphrodite : an elegant copy of the Apollo of the Belvidere, and the Venus de Medicis, by Mr. Wilton : an Ægyptian vase of Porphyry : a ditto of granite, from the Bath of Augustus : a mummy, in fine preservation : and numerous rare and curious articles : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at Roehampton, on Tuesday, April the 7th, 1801, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed ten days preceding the sale, with tickets only, to had of Mr. Christie, in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
8 26 cmpages ; cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2702. A catalogue of an elegant and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch cabinet pictures : formed by a Gentleman on the Continent, at a considerable expence : recently consigned to a respectable Mercantile House in the City : among which will be found, a spirited portrait by Rembrandt : a Sea Port, a charming picture, Claude : an Interior, singularly fine, by R. De Hooge : a Capital Picture by Huchenburg of a Battle between the Austrians and Turks, commanded by Prince Eugene before Belgrade, and various Cabinet Gems, several of which are engraved, viz. : Poussin, Le Brun, Seb. Bourdon, Rubens, V. Uden, Teniers, Rembrandt, G. Dow, A. Osade, Berchem, Wouvermans, W. V. de Velde, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Vander Heyden, Metzu, C. Bega, Schalken, Backbuysen, Denner, Polemberg, Huchenberg, V. der Neer, De Hooge, Mignon, Callot, Breemberg : also, four capital drawings by Du Cros : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, in his Great Room, Pal Mall, on Friday, May 2, 1806, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2703. A catalogue of a truly valuable assemblage of articles of virtu of William Chinnery, Esq. brought from Gillwell, Essex : consisting principally of a most choice collection of painted Greek vases of the most beautiful shapes and learned designs : including the much celebrated vase representing the Death of Patroclus : and a variety of antique and other interesting marbles : a few antique bustos, some fine bronzes, articles of or-moulu, and curious Oriental and Seve porcelain : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Wednesday, June 3d, 1812, and following day, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, when catalogues may be had of H. C. Litchfield, Esq. Solicitor to the Treasury, No. 5, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's-Inn; and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1812]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2704. Catalogue of the antique and other bronzes ; Greek pottery ; gems, in cameo and intaglio ; some porcelain, and various articles of vertù ; of Thomas Thomas, Esq., deceased : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson ... on Tuesday, June the 11th, 1844 ...

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1844]
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2705. A catalogue of the extensive and capital collection of prints of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bute, deceased, consisting of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English schools, in fine condition : more particularly in the works of Rubens, Van Dyck, Poussin, Visscher, Drevet, Edelinck, and Rembrandt, many of them being proofs before the letters, and with curious variations : likewise several excellent books of prints, and portfolios, elegantly bound in morocco, russia, &c. : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street, and Hart Street, Covent Garden on Monday, March 31st, 1794, and the sixteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
Date:
[1794]
Physical Description:
110, [2] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2706. [Catalogue of portraits of illustrious and eminent persons in history, literature and art : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1846.]

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Creator:
British Institution
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
17 p., 2 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2707. The history of Jack & the bean-stalk / edited and illustrated with six etchings by George Cruikshank.

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Date:
[1854]
Physical Description:
32 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer.

2708. Reverting to type [graphic].

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Date:
77 x 54 cm
Physical Description:
[London] : New North Press, 2010.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Graham Bicknell

2709. The Book Show.

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Date:
2003
Physical Description:
41, [1] pages : illustrations ; 18 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2710. Catalogue of a very large and valuable assemblage of water-colour drawings, including the collection of the late John Capon Clifton, Esq. : the collection of J. Dawson, Esq. ; and several other small collections of the highest class ; and some beautiful modern sculpture : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, March 2, 1866, and following day , at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1866]
Physical Description:
35, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2711. Catalogue of the valuable collection of prints and drawings of the late John North, Esq. of East Acton : consisting of his Pennant's History of London, illustrated, containing an extensive variety of portraits and topography many of which are extremely rare : including numerous topographical drawings in colours, all neatly inlaid on large paper of an uniform size : also, heads of illustrious characters of the present Reign, intended to illustrate Gifford's Life of Mr. Pitt : beautiful original drawings in fixed water colours of subjects from the Old and New Testament, by R. Westall, R.A. : choice of modern engravings by the most celebrated masters, among which are nearly the whole of the works of those eminent artists Messrs. James and Charles Heath, proofs and plates : Last Supper by Raphael Morghen, fine proof; works of Woollett, proofs, &c. &c. : which will sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 96, Pall-Mall, on Wednesday February 2nd, and six following days, Sunday excepted.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
63, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2712. A catalogue of a most valuable and unique collection of ancient stained glass : comprising noble altar pieces, windows for churches, collegiate buildings, and Gothic country residences : also many exquisite cabinet pieces of the finest colouring and richest enamel : the whole collected, at a very great expence, by a gentleman of enlarged information and fine taste, during the early part of the French Revolution, from the suppressed churches and religious houses in Germany, France, and the Netherlands : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Thursday, June, 16, 1808, and the following day : the collection to be viewed two days before the sale : catalogues, one shilling each, to be returned to purchasers.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2713. The exhibition of paintings on glass is now open at the exhibition rooms, no. 20, Lower Brook-Street, Bond-Street

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Date:
1809
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2714. Catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, of the Italian and Dutch schools : the property of a gentleman; the greater part of which were collected on the Continent: consisting of the works Raffaelle, Giorgione, Fra Bartolomeo, Poussin, Garofalo, Cannaletti, Swaneveldt, Potter, Cuyp, Ruisdael, Berghem, Backhuysen, De Hooge, P. Wouvermans, Wynants, Weenix, Netscher, Jan Stein, Terburg, Snyders among which may be especially noted a Holy Family in a landscape by Giorgione, from the Almeraghi collection : a portrait, by Raffaelle, from the Ercolini collection : Christ bearing his cross, by Fra. Bartolomeo : Holy Family, by Garofalo, from King Charles's collection : while those of the Dutch masters are too generally of a good quality to admit of particular enumeration : which will be sold by auction, Mr. Edward Foster, at his gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, the 1st of May, 1833, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days prior to the sale, and catalogues had at Mr. Foster's Offices, 14, Greek Street, Soho Square, and 54, Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:
[1833]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2715. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of pictures, of the Old Masters of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch & Flemish schools : among which are the true works of Murillo, Corregio, Carravagio, S. Rosa, A. Carracci, Garoffalo, Raffaelle, Cuyp, Vander Neer, Rembrandt, Weenix, W. Vander Velde, Issac Ostade, J. Both, Vandyke, Metzy, Snyders, Swaneveldt, Moucheron, J. Ruysdael, A. Ostade, Waterloo, Schalken, Du Jardin. D. Teniers, Backhuyser, F. Douw, &c. &c. : the entire property of Charles O'Neil, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Messrs. E. Foster & Son at the Gallery, No. 54, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 25th of June, 1836, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Edward Foster (Firm)
Date:
[1836]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2716. A catalogue of the important & most valuable portion of the collection of ancient pictures, the property of the late Allan Gilmore, Esq. of Portland Place : formed more than twenty years ago ... for the purpose of Sale ... from the collections of Lucien Buonaparte, Lord Radstock, Sirs W. Drummond and T. Lawrence, Messrs. Hibbert Webb & Turner and many other distinguished collections distributed about that period : amongst those may be mentioned in particular a ... Picture of the Beatification of the Virgin with the twelve apostles, by Raffaelle, for many years in the possession of John Symmons, Esq : Salvator Munci, a ... work by C. Dolci : the Passion of Christ, by Sebastian Del Piombo ... : the Feast at Cana, by P. Veronese : an Italian sea port, and a Pastoral Landscape by Claude : two bacchanalian subjects, by Nicholas Poussin : the Judgement Hall, by Ferrara ... : the Holy Family, treated by Titian, A. Del Sarto & Raffaelle : The Virgin and Child, by Carracci : The Entombment by Vandyck : two pastoral landscapes by Swaneveldt : and many other equally valuable works : besides valuable examples of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, particularly an Interior and Exterior by Jan Steen : Sea Piece by Backhuysen : Landscapes by Cuyp, Berchem, Wynants, and others ... by Wouvermans, Netscher, Vander Werf, De Hoogem Cuyp, S. De Vos, De Hont, P. Neefs, Van Tol, Greuze, Boucher, G. Douw, &c. : portraits by Titian, Giorgione, G. Douw, Velasquez, and Vanderhelst : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, 31st May, & Wednesday, 1st June, 1842 at two precisely each day by order of the executors, without reserve.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2717. Catalogue of a highly interesting and important collection of modern pictures, by disinguished painters of the English School, the property of a Gentleman : among which are capital works by Edwin Landseer, W. Etty, D. Maclise, C. Stanfield, W. Collins, F. R. Lee, T. Sidney Cooper, T. Creswick, Muller, Poole, Herring, P. Nasmyth : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips at his auction rooms, New Bond Street, on Tuesday, the 6th of March, 1849, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Phillips, Mr.
Date:
[1849]
Physical Description:
9, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2718. The linocuts of Cyril Edward Power, 1872-1951.

The linocuts of Cyril Edward Power, 1872-1951.
Creator:
Redfern Gallery
Date:
1989
Physical Description:
32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D.

2719. Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of decorative objects, including the greater portion of the collection of John Bidwell, Esq., sold in consequence of his retirement from the foreign office : also, some fine oriental jars, clocks, &c., the property of a lady of rank : and a small collection of choice porcelain, including three very fine old Sèvres vases, 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 Friday, February 23, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
16 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2720. London : an adventure in town planning.

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Date:
[1951]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2721. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
[4], vi, [1], 8-137, [1] pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2722. A catalogue of a truly capital and valuable collection of drawings, of the late Matthew Duane, Esq; deceased : collected for him, by the late Mr. Hamilton, at Rome : and consists of the undoubted works of the following great Italian Masters, viz. : Raphael, Corregio, Schidoni, A. del Sarto, Titian, P. Veronese, Tintorett, Palma, Carracci, Guido, Guercino, S. Rosa : several fine drawings, framed and glazed : together with a select collection of seventy-two elegant high-finished drawings, by that much esteemed artist Mr. Hussey : being a selection of the most striking efforts of that celebrated Master's genius : which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, On Tuesday, May 1st, 1787, and the following day : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2723. A catalogue of that superb and well known cabinet of drawings of John Barnard, Esq. late of Berkley-Square, deceased : consisting of the choicest works of all the ancient masters, collected at a great expence from the cabinets of Lord Somers, Arundel, and Cholmondley, Sir Peter Lely, Dr. Mead, Holditch, and Uvedale Price, Esqrs. Mr Muilman, and Vander Dussens, of Amsterdam, Mons. Mariette, of Paris, and many others : among which are many exceeding fine and capital, by Raphael, A. Del Sarto, Titian, M. Angelo, Parmegiano, Corregio, P. Veronese, Bassano, Claude Loraine, Poussin, Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, Berghem, Adrian, Will. V. De Vedel, Potter, Du Jardin, Ruysdale, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room, in Leicester-Square, on Friday, Feb. 16, 1787, and the seven following evenings : it is presumed, that a more capital collection of the valuable works of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools, were never offered to the public, or more worthy the attention of the learned connoisseurs.

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Creator:
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
43, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2724. A catalogue of a most valuable and highly curious collection of rare and curious birds, native of Cayenne : being an actual consignment to the French National Museum, including various presents to M. Talleyand and others, taken by a ship of war, on their passage to Europe : the whole in perfect preservation, and forming an interesting assemblage, well deserving the attention of the curious in ornitholoy : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, April the 6th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
6, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2725. A catalogue of a curious collection of stained or painted glass : exhibiting a variety of histories, emblems, portraits, figures, landscapes, coats of arms of several English families, and cities, mosaic and other ornaments, &c. : the production of the late ingenious Mr. Price, of Hatton-Garden, deceased, and of Mr. William Peckitt, of York : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Samuel Paterson, at Essex-House, in Essex-Street, in the Strand, on Thursday, May the 14th 1772, and the following day, to begin each day exactly at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday the 12th and to the time of sale.

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Creator:
Paterson, Samuel, 1728–1802
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2726. A catalogue of the whole of the splendid household furniture, damask table-linen, bed-linen, plated articles, dresden and other china, clocks & Japan screen ... : and the valuable library of books, removed from a mansion in Bruton Street, Berkeley Square recently occupied by a Man of Fashion ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, February 20, 1833, and following days, precisely at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
11 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2727. Catalogue of the exquisite cabinet of pictures, of the Honourable Lady Stuart, deceased : and removed from Whitehall : 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 15th, 1841, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2728. Catalogue of the collection of Italian, French, and English engravings and books of prints of the late Mrs. Mainwaring, of Oteley, near Shrewsbury : comprising the works of Anderloni, Bettelini, Bervic, Desnoyers, Longhi, Massard, R. Morghen, Muller, Porporati, Strange, Wille, &c. ... : among the books of prints are the Musée Français, Galerie de Florence, Forster's British Gallery, Boydell's plates to Shakspeare, &c. &c. : also, the collection of pictures by Old Masters and historical portraits : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, June 12, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2729. Catalogue of the magnificent collection of modern pictures, removed from Manley Hall, Manchester, the property of Sam Mendel, Esq. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, S.W. on Friday, April 23, 1875, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1875]
Physical Description:
30, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2730. Opened by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Nov. 6, 1869 : Blackfriars Bridge ... : Holborn Viaduct, W. Haywood, engineer : W.T. Lawrence, Mayor.

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Date:
[1869?]
Physical Description:
1 drawing : graphite with brown and gray wash, on wove paper ; sheet 10 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2731. Humphrey Jennings, 1907-1950 : paintings : a memorial exhibition : organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

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Date:
[1951]
Physical Description:
16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2732. A catalogue of prints : engraved from the finest paintings of the most eminent masters : in the collection of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Monsgr. le Duc D'Orleans, Monsgr. le Marquis D'Argenson, Monsr. le Comte de Vence, Monsr. le Chevalier de la Rocque ... : the whole collection are printed on grand eagle paper, to be had either in sheets or bound fit for gentlemen's libraries.

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Creator:
Major, Thomas, 1720–1799
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 38 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2733. To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled / the humble petition of Joshua Price, glass painter.

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Creator:
Price, Joshua
Date:
[1707?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2734. Tapster's tapestry / by A.E Coppard ; engravings by Gwenda Morgan.

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Creator:
Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878–1957
Date:
1938
Physical Description:
[2], 5-58, [2] pages : illustrations. ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2735. Lessons for beginners in the fine art / by R. Ackermann.

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Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[10] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2736. Public offices and metropolitan improvements / by Alex. James B. Beresford Hope ...

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Creator:
Beresford Hope, A. J. B. (Alexander James Beresford), 1820–1887
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
42, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2737. The Golden Cockerel Greek anthology : a selection of the poems / edited, with translations into English verse and an introduction, by F.L. Lucas, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge ; line engravings on zinc by Lettice Sandford.

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Date:
1937
Physical Description:
81, [1] pages : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2738. The book of Jonah taken from the authorized version of King James I / with engravings on wood by David Jones.

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Date:
1926
Physical Description:
15, [2] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2739. Rob and Nick Carter : postcards from Vegas / [essay text, Alastair Sooke].

Rob and Nick Carter : postcards from Vegas / [essay text, Alastair Sooke].
Creator:
Carter, Rob, 1968–
Date:
2011
Physical Description:
[44] pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2740. Festival of Britain tea caddy spoon.

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Date:
1951
Physical Description:
1 spoon : chrome? ; 8.5 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2741. A catalogue of the entire collection of sketches, drawings and paintings, executed by the late William Hamilton, Esq. R.A. : including a variety of beautiful sketches and drawings, by Zucchi, Clerisseau, and other eminent Masters : and a few drawing by Thomas Lawrence, Esq., R.A. : also a great numbers of capital historical and other prints, from ancient and modern Masters : a compleat copy of the Herculaneum, imp folio -- Crozat's collection -- the Venetian School -- Museum Florentinum -- the Vatican of Raffaelle -- Piraneli's etchings -- three perfect copies of (with proof impressions of the plates) of Thomson's Seasons, from designs by Mr. Hamilton, published by Mr. Tomkins -- the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, and many other very valuable books of prints : the whole of the genuine collection, at once highly interesting to the connoisseur and artist, will be sold by auction, without reserve, by the authority of the executors, by Mr. Harry Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 17th of May, 1802, and five following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2742. A catalogue of the genuine, extensive, and valuable collection of chiefly Flemish and Dutch pictures : the property of the late Alexander Dalrymple, Esq, hydrographer to the Admiralty, and East India Company, deceased : brought from his late residence, High Street, Maryle-Bone : including a numerous assemblage of sea pieces : and interesting marine subjects, by the most esteemed Masters of the Dutch School : and various other cabinet pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, 17th March, 1809, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

2743. Catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, lately returned from New York, in America : including many of the finest productions of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, and English schools, particulary a landscape, by Hobbima : Virgin of the rocks, L. da Vinci : View in Holland, by Ruysdael : Sea port, by Lingleback : Landscape, by K. du Jardin, &c. &c. which by direction of the assignees, will be sold without the least reservation.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1831]
Physical Description:
20 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2744. 20th annual dinner : Christmas 1952.

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Creator:
Metal Box Company
Date:
1952
Physical Description:
[8] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2745. A catalogue of the entire and valuable library (with the exception of the department of British topography, bequeathed to the Bodleian Library) of that eminent antiquary, Richard Gough, Esq. deceased : which will be sold by Leigh and S. Sotheby, booksellers, at their house, No. 145, Strand, opposite Catherine Street, on Thursday, April 5, 1810, and nineteen following days (Sundays and Good Friday excepted) at 12 o'clock.

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Creator:
Leigh and Sotheby
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
xviii, 209, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2746. A glance at the Temple Church.

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Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2747. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, Dutch, & Flemish Pictures : the property of a Man of Fashion : brought from his seat in the country : among which will be found the undoubted works of the following esteemed Masters : viz. Guido, Raphael, J. de Belino, Parmegiano, Da Vinci, Guerchino, P. Veronses, Domenichino, Coregia, C. Marattie, C. Cignani, S. Concha, Schidonie, Rubens, Vandyke, Rottenhamer, Palembergh, Eliherimer, D. Vlieger, Vandevelde, Eckhout, Breughel, Schovaerts, Van Goen, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, a his room in Leicester-Square, on Thursday the 22d of May, 1788, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed and catalogues had on Tuesday.

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Creator:
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2748. Catalogue of a collection of pictures of great masters of all the schools : the greater part collected by the late John Duke of Argyll : which will be sold by auction, (under the direction of Mr. T. Philipe,) by Mr. H. Phillip's : at his Great Room, no. 67, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 25th of May, 1798, and following day, at one o'clock : may be viewed and catalogues had.

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

2749. A catalogue of a capital, genuine and highly valuable collection of Italian pictures of the very distinguished class, recently consigned from Italy : comprising the following distinguished chef d'œuvres, selected and purchased at a most liberal expence, from among the treasures of the Barbernini Palace, viz. : the daughter of Herodias with the head of St. John the Baptist, Leo. da Vinci, a dignified and grateful composition, in the finest style of that sublime painter, and mentioned by Vasari : in the highest preservation-- Christ bound, Titian an exquisite picture of the Master : A Magdalen in the Desert, Guido, a beautiful picture, particularly noticed by the Count Malvaste, in his Lives of the Painters, capital : a Female at her Toilet, Giogione : a portrait, V. Dyck : and others, by the following great Masers : Titian, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Baroccio, Guercion, Guido, S. De Pesaro, G. Cagnacci, C. Dolce, Morone, V. Dyck, Claude, Both, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 30th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2750. A catalogue of the matchless collection of Dutch and Flemish pictures of his late royal highness the Duke de Berri : which formed the celebrated cabinet of l'Elysée Bourbon : and exhibiting for sale by private contract, at Messrs. Chrisitie, Manson, and Christie's smaller room, King Street, St. James's Square.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie, Manson, & Christie
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
50 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2751. Stadium : British Empire Exhibition, Wembley.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1924]
Physical Description:
1 postcard : tinted ; 9 x 14 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2752. Catalogue of a collection of drawings and pictures, the property of Mr. Thomas Miller ... : amongst which will be found good specimens of Teniers, Cuyp, Wouvermans, Wynants, Lawrence, Armitage, Lance, Armfield, Taylor, Stanfield, Salvator Rosa, Carlo Maratti, Heemskirk, Van Goyen, Northcote, Corbould, Niemann, Hilder, Noble, Rippingille, Quentin Matsys Guercino, Morland, Snyders, Kidd, Winterhalter, Jackson, Ryder, Collins, Muller : also, a fine head of Sir Thomas Lawrence, painted shortly before his death by Jackson, R.A. : and the paintings, in silica colours, exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in 1851, by Mr. Miller, and which received honorable mention from the Royal Commission : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, July 12, 1853, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
13, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2753. Catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of specimens of pottery and porcelain, formed by that well-known connoisseur, C.W. Reynolds, Esq. ; comprising more than one thousand specimens of Italian, Spanish, German, Turkish, Persian, French, Danish, Dutch, Chinese, and English porcelain and faience, including many fine pieces of great beauty and rarity, and a great quantity of silver toys : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, May 29, 1871 and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
54 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2754. Candide, or, Optimism / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire ; translated from the French by Richard Aldington ; with an introduction by Paul Morand ; and twenty illustrations in colour by Sylvain Sauvage.

No cover image available
Creator:
Voltaire, 1694–1778
Date:
1939
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 147 [1] pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2755. Blake's pencil drawings : second series / edited by Geoffrey Keynes for the Nonesuch Press.

No cover image available
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
1956
Physical Description:
xi, [115] pages, [56] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2756. Pencil drawings by William Blake / edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

No cover image available
Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
xvi, [2] pages, 82 leaves, [82] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2757. British water-colours / by Graham Reynolds.

No cover image available
Creator:
Reynolds, Graham
Physical Description:
56 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2758. Crowns & diamonds : the making of the Crown Jewels ...

No cover image available
Date:
1996?
Physical Description:
1 leaflet ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2759. The Victoria and Albert Museum / text by the curators ; introduction by the Director.

The Victoria and Albert Museum / text by the curators ; introduction by the Director.
Date:
c1991
Physical Description:
160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2760. Cremorne and the later London gardens, by Warwick Wroth. With twenty-five illustrations.

No cover image available
Creator:
Wroth, Warwick William, 1858–1911
Date:
1907
Physical Description:
xii, 102 p. illus. 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2761. The Westminster Retable : history, technique, conservation / edited by Paul Binski and Ann Massing with the assistance of Marie Louise Sauerberg.

No cover image available
Date:
2009
Physical Description:
464 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2762. Town planning in London : the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries / Donald J. Olsen.

Town planning in London : the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries / Donald J. Olsen.
Creator:
Olsen, Donald J
Date:
c1982
Physical Description:
xxv, 245 p., [45] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2763. The stage of drawing : gesture and act : selected from the Tate Collection / selected by Avis Newman, curated by Catherine de Zegher, organized by the Drawing Center [and] Tate.

The stage of drawing : gesture and act : selected from the Tate Collection / selected by Avis Newman, curated by Catherine de Zegher, organized by the Drawing Center [and] Tate.
Date:
c2003
Physical Description:
284 p., 148 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2764. Bygone pleasures of London.

No cover image available
Creator:
Scott, W. S. (Walter Sidney), 1900–
Date:
[1948]
Physical Description:
127 p. illus. 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2765. Mr. Gay's London : with extracts from the proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the city of London and county of Middlesex in the years 1732 and 1733 / by A. P. Herbert.

No cover image available
Creator:
Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick), 1890–1971
Date:
[1949]
Physical Description:
136 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2766. A private view : David Wolfers and the New Grafton Gallery / Julian Halsby.

No cover image available
Creator:
Halsby, Julian
Date:
2002
Physical Description:
112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2767. The British sculptor as a personality in the second half of the 20th century / Greg Salter.

No cover image available
Creator:
Salter, Greg
Date:
[2010]
Physical Description:
[8] p. : ill.
Collection:
Reference Library

2768. Pictures and drawings; text with historical notes and illustrations.

No cover image available
Creator:
Wallace Collection (London, England)
Date:
1968
Physical Description:
xxxii, 471 p. illus., plan, ports. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2769. Good bye to London : radical art & politics in the 70's.

Good bye to London : radical art & politics in the 70's.
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
207 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2770. Genius and ambition : the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1768-1918.

No cover image available
Creator:
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Date:
©2014
Physical Description:
208 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

2771. Under the hammer : the auctions and auctioneers of London / [by] Jeremy Cooper.

Under the hammer : the auctions and auctioneers of London / [by] Jeremy Cooper.
Creator:
Cooper, Jeremy, 1946–
Date:
1977
Physical Description:
248 p., leaf of plate, [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2772. Modernists & mavericks : Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London painters / Martin Gayford.

Modernists & mavericks : Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London painters / Martin Gayford.
Creator:
Gayford, Martin, 1952–
Date:
2018
Physical Description:
352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; cm
Collection:
Reference Library

2773. The long front of culture : the Independent Group and exhibition design / Kevin Lotery.

The long front of culture : the Independent Group and exhibition design / Kevin Lotery.
Creator:
Lotery, Kevin
Date:
[2020]
Physical Description:
xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

2774. Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ... by Laurence Binyon ...

No cover image available
Creator:
British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings
Date:
1898-1907
Physical Description:
4 v. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2775. The pleasure haunts of London during four centuries / by E. Beresford Chancellor.

No cover image available
Creator:
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868–1937
Date:
1925
Physical Description:
ix, 466 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2776. The earlier Italian schools, by Martin Davies.

No cover image available
Creator:
National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:
1961
Physical Description:
623 p. 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2777. Numismata Londinensia. Medals struck by the Corporation of London to commemorate important municipal events 1831 to 1893 / With descriptive notices by Charles Welch. Prepared by authority of the Corporation of London, under the direction of the Library Committee.

No cover image available
Creator:
Welch, Charles, 1848–1924
Date:
1894
Physical Description:
xi, 169 p. : XIV plates. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2778. The Ham House kitchen / by Caroline Davidson.

The Ham House kitchen / by Caroline Davidson.
Creator:
Davidson, Caroline
Date:
1987
Physical Description:
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2779. Catalogue of paintings at the Theatre Museum, London / Geoffrey Ashton ; edited by James Fowler.

Catalogue of paintings at the Theatre Museum, London / Geoffrey Ashton ; edited by James Fowler.
Creator:
Ashton, Geoffrey
Date:
1992
Physical Description:
211 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2780. The Wilton diptych in the National Gallery, London. [English school, XIV century] With an introd. and 17 illus.

No cover image available
Creator:
Bodkin, Thomas
Physical Description:
24 p. illus. 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2781. Kensington Palace historically and critically described and illustrated : being a guide to the state rooms with a catalogue of the pictures / by Ernest Law.

No cover image available
Creator:
Law, Ernest Philip Alphonse, 1854–1930
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
80 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2782. Bulletin / Victoria and Albert Museum.

No cover image available
Creator:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Date:
1965-1968
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2783. The galleries book : 33 contemporary fine art galleries in London ...

No cover image available
Date:
2002
Physical Description:
[80] p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2784. The stones of London : a descriptive guide to the principal stones ised in London, with a brief non-technical account of their charteristic features / by J. Vincent Elsden and J. Allen Howe.

No cover image available
Creator:
Elsden, J. V. (J. Vincent)
Date:
1923
Physical Description:
[10], 205 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2785. This wooden 'O' : Shakespeare's globe reborn / Barry Day.

This wooden 'O' : Shakespeare's globe reborn / Barry Day.
Creator:
Day, Barry
Date:
1996
Physical Description:
xv, 328 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2786. Portrait sculpture : a catalogue of the British Museum collection, c. 1675-1975 / Aileen Dawson.

Portrait sculpture : a catalogue of the British Museum collection, c. 1675-1975 / Aileen Dawson.
Creator:
Dawson, Aileen
Date:
1999
Physical Description:
247 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2787. The ceiling decoration of the Banqueting Hall / by Gregory Martin ; edited by Arnout Balis.

No cover image available
Creator:
Martin, Gregory
Date:
c2005
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2788. Guildhall Art Gallery / Elizabeth Scott.

Guildhall Art Gallery / Elizabeth Scott.
Creator:
Scott, Elizabeth
Date:
2020
Physical Description:
80 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2789. Silver in Tudor and early Stuart England : a social history and catalogue of the national collection, 1480-1660 / Philippa Glanville.

Silver in Tudor and early Stuart England : a social history and catalogue of the national collection, 1480-1660 / Philippa Glanville.
Creator:
Glanville, Philippa
Date:
1990
Physical Description:
528 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2790. Early London theatres. <In the fields.> By T. Fairman Ordish ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Ordish, T. Fairman (Thomas Fairman), 1855–1924
Date:
1894
Physical Description:
2 p. l., [vii]-xvi, 298 p. illus. (incl. facsims.) double plans, diagrs. 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2791. Duchess of Cork Street : the autobiography of an art dealer / Lillian Browse.

No cover image available
Creator:
Browse, Lillian
Date:
c1999
Physical Description:
viii, 190 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2792. Piccadilly in three centuries, with some account of Berkeley square and the Haymarket, by Arthur Irwin Dasent.

No cover image available
Creator:
Dasent, Arthur Irwin, 1859–1939
Date:
1920
Physical Description:
ix p., 318 p., 1 l. front., plates, ports., facsim. 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2793. The golden age of couture : Paris and London, 1947-57 / edited by Claire Wilcox.

No cover image available
Date:
2007
Physical Description:
224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2794. Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures [in] the National Gallery : with biographical notices of the deceased painters : British and modern schools.

No cover image available
Creator:
National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:
1890
Physical Description:
215 p. : plan ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2795. National Gallery illustrations ...

No cover image available
Creator:
National Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:
1936-37
Physical Description:
3 v. of plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2796. 100 treasures from the city.

No cover image available
Date:
1968]
Physical Description:
[20] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2797. The national collection of watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum on colour microfiche [microform] / introduced by Michael Kauffmann.

The national collection of watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum on colour microfiche [microform] / introduced by Michael Kauffmann.
Creator:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
2 cases (8 p., 82 microfiches (11 x 15)) : chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2798. Catalogue of pictures, works of art and historical documents and relics ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1965
Physical Description:
20 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

2799. Catalogue of the magnificent collection of printed books, the property of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ashburnham first[-third] portion / which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Date:
1897-1898
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 1 : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

2800. London, the new scene; an exhibition organized by Walker Art Center in association with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and in collaboration with the British Council.

No cover image available
Creator:
Walker Art Center
Date:
1965]
Physical Description:
72 p. illus. (part col.) ports. 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library