A catalogue of a most valuable and unique collection of ancient stained glass : comprising noble altar pieces, windows for churches, collegiate buildings, & Gothic country residences : also many exquisite cabinet pieces, of the finest colouring and richest enamel, purchased on the continent : besides various grand and fine subjects, which compose this collection, is a magnificent window, 17 feet high, from the Great Church at Rouen, representing the Last Judgment : the composition of the sublimest cast : the figure numerous and elaborately finished, and the colours most richly splendid and varied : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, London : on Thursday, May 18, and the following day.

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Creator:: Christie, James, 1773–1831
Title(s):: A catalogue of a most valuable and unique collection of ancient stained glass : comprising noble altar pieces, windows for churches, collegiate buildings, & Gothic country residences : also many exquisite cabinet pieces, of the finest colouring and richest enamel, purchased on the continent : besides various grand and fine subjects, which compose this collection, is a magnificent window, 17 feet high, from the Great Church at Rouen, representing the Last Judgment : the composition of the sublimest cast : the figure numerous and elaborately finished, and the colours most richly splendid and varied : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, London : on Thursday, May 18, and the following day.
Published/Created:: [London] : [Mr. Christie], [1808]
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 17 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 5 no.11 Oversize
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13526768
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Date of sale: May 18th-19th, [1808]
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 11 of 42 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick; signed in manuscript: William Upcott, London Institution, 1823.
Subject Terms:: Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
London Institution -- Ownership.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
Stained glass windows -- Catalogs.
Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:: Auction catalogs.
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