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1. Descriptive catalogue of the original charters, royal grants, and donations, many with the seals, in fine preservation, monastic chartulary, official, manorial, court baron, court leet, and rent rolls, registers, and other documents, constituting the muniments of Battle Abbey... : comprising also a great mass of papers relating to the family of Browne, ennobled as the Lords Viscount Montague...with various others relating to the Sidneys, Earls of Leicester, and the whole of the Webster family evidences etc...it is presumed no collection of manuscripts of equal importance, in a national point of view, has ever been offered for sale... / on sale by Thomas Thorpe, no. 38, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London.

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Creator:
Thorpe, Thomas, 1791–1851
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xii, 221, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The catalogue of the very valuable museum, of that intelligent and well-known collector, the late William Smith, Esq. of Boston, in Lincolnshire : removed to London, to be sold, pursuant to his will : comprising manuscripts and missalls, on vellum, richly illuminated : cameos : intaglios : gems : medals : miniatures : vases : bronzes : large China jars : pagodas : beautiful model of a man of war, &c. &c. : small, but valuable library of books, in French, English, Spanish and Italian : a selection of admirable paintings, the works of the following Masters : Lionardo Da Vinci, Titian, Rubens, Le' Seur, Cuyp, Vander Heyden, Weenix, Teniers, Mieris, Canaletti, Vander Werf, Breughal, Dietrechi, Frank Hals, Rottenhamer, &c. &c. : including those exquisite pictures of flowers and fruit, companions, painted by Van Husum : for some time exhibited at the European Museum, universally admires, and ae matchless in beauty and preservation : and, will be sold by auction Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at Mr. Squibb's Great Rooms, Saville Row, on Tuesday, February 25, 1800, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed three days preceding the sale, except Sunday) when catalogues (price one shilling, to be returned to purchasers) may be had at the place of sale, and of Messs. Peter Coxe, Burell and Foster, Throgmorton Street.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
20 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
xxiv, 250 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

4. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of Oriental manuscripts : the property of a Gentleman, late in the East India Company's Service, and collected by him at great expence in Bengal : consisting of the most celebrated poetical and some are historical works in the Persian language, richly illuminated and embellished with miniatures : specimens of calligraphy, and books of high-finished miniature paintings, illustrating the mythology, the modes of music, and the costume of India : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday the 9th March, 1809, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1809]
Physical Description:
8, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Catalogue of a singularly curious and valuable selection from the library of a gentleman : including three extradordinary specimens of block-printing ; books printed in the fifteenth century ; books printed on vellum ; fine copies of works from the presses of Caxton, Machlinia, Wynkyn de Worde, Pynson, Julian Notary, Verard, & ... also a most extensive collection relating to the rise and progress of the Reformation in England. Likewise, several manuscripts on vellum ... which will be sold by Mr Sotheby at his house, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday the 9th of June, 1826, and seven following days (Sunday excepted).

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1826]
Physical Description:
106, [2] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Catalogue of the celebrated collection of works of art and vertu, known as "The Vienna Museum" : the property of Messrs. Löwenstein Brothers, of Frankfort-on-the-Maine which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, March 12, 1860, and nine following days (Saturdays & Sundays excepted) at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1860]
Physical Description:
90, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A catalogue of the very extensive and valuable oriental museum, comprising mss., sculptures, bronzes, articles of female dress and ornament, weapons, and natural history, which was formed at great expense by the late General Charles Stuart, of Bengal; ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie ... on Friday, June the 11th, and following day, and on Monday, June the 14th, 1830, and following day, at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's offices, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
59, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum in bibliotheca d. Thomæ Phillipps, Bart. : A. D. 1837 [-1871].

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Creator:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872
Date:
1837 [-1871]
Physical Description:
4 p. ., 436 (i. e., 443), [70] p. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of rare and valuable books, the property of Messrs. G. and W. Nicol : including Biblia Sacra Latina ... Livii Historia ... / which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, No. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, July 18, and three following days, 1825.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1825]
Physical Description:
38 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum, qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britanniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae asservantur / nunc primum editi a Gustavo Haenel.

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Creator:
Haenel, Gustav Friedrich, 1792–1878
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
x, [2], [1] p., 1238 columns ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts