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1. An historical account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire, the seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq. : with a catalogue of his celebrated collection of pictures dedicated to the patrons of the British Institution, and embracing a concise historical essay on the fine arts : with a brief account of the different schools, and a review of the progressive state of the arts in England : also biographical sketches of the artists, whose works constitute this collection / by John Britton ; embellished with a view and plan of the house.

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Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: [4], 108 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

2. The ducal estate of Stowe, near Buckingham : the historical seat of the dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the late Comte de Paris : Messrs. Jackson Stops will sell by auction, at Stowe house, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock, the free hold of the historic mansion and estate, extending to about 1,400 acres, including the world famous grounds, and temples, surrounding park lands, and the picturesque village of Dadford : the estate will be first offered as a whole, and, and if not then sold, in 67 lots, including 24 first pasture farms and small holdings, chiefly with vacant possession : houses and freehold ground rents, at or near the town of Buckingham : on the eighteen days following (from July 5th to July 28th, excluding Saturdays at 11 o'clock precisely each day) will be sold the contents of the mansion, including the supremely valuable collection of heirloom pictures, tapestries and historic furniture, by the world's greatest masters, superb statuary and metal work, important collection of rare china, porcelain, an immense assortment of other objets d'art, the contents of the magnificent library, fine collection of historic letters and manuscripts, the valuable gold plate, carvings and panellings by Grinling Gibbons : famous classic temples and other buildings and bridges luxuriously built to designs by famous architects.

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Date:: [1921]
Physical Description:: 232 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

3. Catalogue of the extensive, genuine, and highly valuable collection of pictures / late the property of the Hon. John Clerk of Eldin ; ... also the superb and entire collection of engravings, painters' etchings, and original drawings by the greatest masters : and a splendid and rare assemblage of ancient china, bronzes, terra-cottas, casts from the antique, coins, &c. &c. : which will be unreservedly sold by auction by Messrs Thomas Winstanley & Sons (of Liverpool), at No. 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, on ... the 14th day of March 1833, and thirteen following days ...

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Creator:: Eldin, John Clerk, Lord, 1757–1832
Date:: [1833]
Physical Description:: [6], 2, 32, [2], 33-103, 11 pages, [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 6 illustrations (engravings) ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts