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Subject Terms Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688.

1. A catalogue of the extensive and choice collection of prints, formed by the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly : in this valuable collection is comprised the most estimable productions of every engraver of distinguished talents, from the origin of the art to the present time : and including some of the rarest and finest specimens of the ancient German artists, also an extensive and very choice collection of etchings, by the most eminent Flemish painters; and nearly the entire works of Hogarth, Hollar, Bartozolli, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Cornelius Vischer, Jonas Suyderhoef, Gerard Edlinck, Nantuieul, Masson, Mellan, Drevet, &c. &c. : and a matchless collection of the works of John George Wille, in proofs and variations : a very valuable and extensive collection of British Portraits, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, and continuing in progression to the great Epoch : comprising the rarest portraits by Faithorne, Glover, Hollar, Loggan, Marshall, Passe, Vandrebanc, &c. : also, a large portion in the present reign from the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds &c. : together with a collection of prints from the paintings of Vandycke, in proofs and variations, in four imperial volumes : Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by upwards of 2820 specimens, many of extraordinary curiosity and rarity : a few books connected with the fine arts : splendid gallery works & books of prints, and several superb portfolios with leaves : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas Dodd, at no. 42, Old Bond Street, (four doors from Piccadilly,) on Wednesday, May 15, 1816, & twenty-seven following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock each day.

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Creator:: Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:: [1816]
Physical Description:: 191, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts