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1. A catalogue of the collection of rare and estimable original drawings, antient & modern prints, and books of prints : which has been formed during the last thirty years by selections from the most renowned cabinets and collections in France, Italy, and England, and materially assisted by the great events which have occurred during that period on the continent : comprising fine productions of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French & British schools by Marc Antonio, Bonasone, Rembrandt, Sharpe, Wierix, Desnoyers, Goltzius, Earlom, Bartolozzi, Schiavonetti, Laugier, Browne, Heath, Strange, Woollett &c. &c. &c. : many of which are proofs, and all fine impressions : some choice specimens by Raphael Morghen : fine portraits and topographical prints : a numerous collection of English and foreign vignettes : among the books of prints are some curious and rare : also, a collection of prints, drawings, and books of prints, of a nobleman, who purchased them last season and did not pay for, or clear them : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Room, 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, 1st of March, 1824, & three following days, at one o'clock : may now be viewed, and catalogues (at 1s. each) had at Mr. Phillip's, New Bond Street.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A catalogue of a valuable collection of ancient and modern prints, beautiful high-finished drawings, coloured etchings, &c. elegantly framed and glazed : comprising a capital proof impression of the Descent from the Cross, after Rubens : high-finished drawings, by Clevely, Serres, and Atkins : two views of the source of the Rivers Arr and Rhone : fine impressions of the Death of Wolfe : Battles of the Boynes and La Hogue : the Resurrection, after Peters, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Monday, January the 19th, 1795, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of the superlative collection of cabinet pictures and miniatures, beautiful Roman missals, most superbly illuminated, a few bronzes, carvings in ivory, specimens of stained glass from the earliest periods of the art, drawings, books of prints and port folios, a beautiful impression Macklin's Bible and a small library of books : the property of, and selected with equal taste and judgment by, the late John Edward Breen, Esq., deceased, of Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street : which will be peremptorily sold by auction, by Mess. Skinner, Dyke, & Co. on Tuesday the 28th of May, 1805, and four following days, at twelve o'clock, at the Great Room, No. 25, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, near Bond Street, by order of the executors and trustees : among the pictures are a cabinet jewel of a Virgin and Child by Raphael : a Head of the Virgin by Carlo Dolci, from Lord Godophin's collection : the Virgin Child, St John and Angel by L. D'Vinci ... the Adoration of the Magi by N. Poussin : a portrait by Denner ... : the Marriage of St. Catharine by Titian : the Birth of Adonis by Albano ... : cabinet landscape by Claude : a ditto by Wynants, and many others, in the most perfect preservation, by the following esteemed Masters : Correggio, P. Cortona, Solimena, Sal Rosa, Carracci, Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Van Huysum, Phillippo Laura, Teniers, Claude, Paul Brill, Poelemburgh, Ostade, Wouvermans, Vanderwerff, T. Mieris, G. Douw, Pynaker, Breughel, &c. : in the collection of miniatures are the works of Petitot, Zinck, Cooper, Oliver, Hoskins, Hilliard, Holbein, Rosalba, &c.

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Creator:
Skinner, Dyke & Skinner (London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Catalogue of the very choice collection of works of art of Francis Broderip, Esq., deceased : comprising pictures, drawings, miniatures, engravings, sculpture, bronzes, and objects of art and vertu : 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 Tuesday, February 6, 1872, and eight following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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

5. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, and fine prints by Wollett and others, framed and glazed : the property of Joseph Hunt, Esq. at his Villa, at Lee, near Blackheath, Kent, among which are particularly valuable : a noble landscape, View In Norway by Everdingen : Charles I, with attendant, V. Dyck : a capital allegorical picture, by Le Sueur : a battle piece, V. Der Meulen : View in Holland, Ruysdael : many good portraits and sea pieces : and specimens of A. Del Sarto, F. Bolognese, C. Cignani, Marratti, L. Giordano, Borgognone, N. Poussin, Rubens, V. Der Neer, Canaletti, Fyt, Storck, Greffier, Gerg : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, July the 2d, 1810, punctually at one o'clock

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a capital, well chosen collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : also, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed, late the property of a gentleman, deceased, brought from his seat, in the county of Bucks. : comprising many fine works of the following esteemed masters, viz. : Raphael, Dominichino, Wouvermans, Waterloo, Tintoretto, Valasquez, Teniers, Mieris, Bassan, Murillo, Backhuysen, Watteau, Caracci, Rubens, Ostade, J. Steen, Guido, Rembrandt, Both, Zuccherelli. : particularly a Village Festival, A. Ostade : a Grand Landscape, H. Caracci : the small study for the renowned picture at the Louvre, by L. Spado : a landscape, Both : The Windmills, Rembrandt : a sea piece, Backhuysen, from the Duc de Praslin's collection : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 1st, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Catalogue des diverses curiosités provenant du cabinet de feu M. de La Tour Daigues ... : consistant en tableaux, dessins, estampes des plus grand maîtres, & quelques bijoux : dont la vent s'en fera le jeudi 15 mai 1777, & jours suivans, de relevée, dans une salle des Grands-Augustins / par F. Basan.

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Creator:
Basan, François, 1723–1797
Date:
MDCCLXXVII [1777]
Physical Description:
67, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of a very beautiful collection of the etchings by Rembrandt : the property of the late Right Hon. Reginald Pole Carew, consisting of his various works, scriptural, fancy, landscapes and portraits, including the hundred guilder print, Raising of Lazarus ; Christ before Pilate ; Advocate tolling ; Burgomaster Six : and other celebrated works : the whole in the most desirable condition, and many of them in early and curious states, collected with great judgment out of the Barnard, Hibbert, Haring, and Bute collections: with some original drawings by Rembrandt : etchings by his scholars ; portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Wheatley, at his Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, May 13, 1835, and two following days.

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Creator:
Wheatley, Benjamin, -1837
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
[4], 30, [2] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Catalogue of the whole of the remaining works of that highly distinguished artist, Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., deceased, including the original sketches and drawings made during his various tours, among which are those made during his journey, in 1824, in France, Switzerland, and Italy ; 1828, at St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall ; 1830, in Germany, the Tyrol, and Italy ; 1837, on the Moselle ; 1838 and 1839, in Switzerland and Italy, including the series of drawings made during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Christmas, 1838 ; 1843, tour in Holland ; the drawings made between 1847 and 1851, at Hampstead, Dover, and in Wales ; 1851, tour in the South of France and North of Spain and Pyrenees ; 1856, in Ireland : also, the contents of the studio, consisting of armour and arms, bronzes, costumes, a large collection of models of boats of different countries, Rembrandt etchings and engravings, pictures by Le Poitevin, Constable, and Bright ; and water-colour drawings by Sir E. Landseer, R.A., Sir A.W. Callcott, Sir D. Wilkie, C.R. Leslie, R.A., D. Cox, Müller, Bonington : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their great rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May 8, 1868, and five following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1868]
Physical Description:
58 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of the superb furniture, designed and executed in the first style of elegance and fashion, by one of the principal manufacturers in London : noble pier & chimney glasses : splendid cut glass lustres & chandeliers ... grand and cabinet pianofortes ... church organ, by Green : and a barrel chamber organ ... range of mahognay library wing bookcases ... candelabras, girandoles, etc. : ... service of silver and gilt plate, near nine thousand ounces : cellars of fine old wines, about 250 dozen : ... damask linen : ... china and rich cut glass, of all descriptions : valuable library of books ... : curious and unique manuscripts on vellum ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Robins, of Warwick House, Regent Street, at the magnificent mansion, Attingham Hall, near Shrewsbury, on Monday, the 30th of July, 1827, and fifteen following days ... : by order of the Right Honourable Lord Berwick.

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Creator:
Robins, George Henry, 1777–1847
Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
203, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of a small part of the valuable collection of pictures of the Countess De Grey, deceased, and the household furniture, pier glasses, &c. at Her Ladyship's late residence, St. James's Square : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, on the premises, on Wednesday, July 3m 1833, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1833]
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of modern drawings : framed and glazed, and in portfolios : modern prints :a few fine Dutch etchings : and some pictures : the property of the late Mr. T. Sheldrake, Senr.. (of the Strand) Deceased : the drawings comprise some of the finest ppecimens of the following celebrated and admired Masters, viz. : Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Mortimer, Worlidge, Benwell, Wheatly, Gainsborough, Barrett, Marlow, Gilpin, P. Sandby, Hearne, Meye, Greffe, Hills, Serres, Pillement, Chatelain, &c. &c. : also many fine iImpressions by Bartolozzi, Weston, Collier, Sharp, &c. : a number of fine etchings of cattle, &c. by V. de Velde, Potter, Jardin, Bergehm : a large collection of drawings by Hearnel : and a few fine pictures by Ruysdael, Lingelback, Wilson, Barrett, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February 21, 1800, and following Day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of a pleasing collection of drawing, by the most celebrated modern Masters : including the works of Girton, Gainsborough, Pocock, Anderson, La Porte, Dayes, Rooker, Cozens, Oben, &c. : likewise, thirty-six most beautiful, exquisitely-finished copies, in water colors, from paintings in Herculaneum, a unique set, lately bought from the Continent : also, a complete set of the large Shakspeare proof prints, framed and glazed, which composed the 57th prize in the Shakspeare Lottery : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 8th, 1805, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1805]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A catalogue of all the remaining property hitherto unoffered for sale, belonging to that very ingenious and celebrated artist, Guy Head, Esq. Deceased : consisting of a variety of original works and admirable copies from the Old Masters by his own hand : particularly of the celebrated Danæ by Titian, in the Capo Di Monte Gallery ... and other works : two small landscapes by Wilson : an extensive collection of original drawings, by Head, Ducrous, Kniep, Keiserman, and other Masters : which embrace the most beautiful scenery in and about Rome, Tivoli, and the environs, Naples, Sicily, and the Mediterranean : valuable prints ... : a set of twenty-four interior views of the Museo Clementino by Feoli : engravings by Cardon, Dunego, Morghen, &c. : capital books of prints including Albinus's Anatomical Tables, 1 vol. : Anatomia del disegno, 1 vol. : Le 'Antichita romane D'Albano, del Campo Marzio, &c. D'Piranesi, 4 vols : Il Museu Pio Clementino, 3 vols. : Les Ruines des Monuments de la Grece, 2 vols : Hamilton's Vases by Tischbein, 3 vols. : di Museo Capitolino, 3 vols : Mosaize Hisoire der Hebreeuwse Kerke, 4 vols. : Galleria Farnese di Annibale Caracci, 1 vol. : ... copy of Raphael's Bible : 1 Costumi Antichi Egiziani, &c. 1 vol. ... Costumes les Theatres Anciennes que Modernes, 2 vols. ... : and other scarce and valuable works : cork models of the Coloseum & Temples of Vesta & Minerva Medico : casts of medals and gems : a pair of black Etruscan vases : and a Patera : bronze heads : upwards of ninety lots of ultramarine : near twenty lots of Chinese Vermillion and other colours : drawing paper, drawing boards, port folios, and various other articles : which will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, at the auction mart, near the Bank of England, on Wednesday, the 11th of April, 1810, and two following days, at one o'clock, precisely, (by order of the administratrix.)

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
22 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A catalogue of the valuable collection of engravings, the property of the late John Hoppner, Esq. R.A., sold by order of the executors : consisting of a very choice series of portraits after Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : ... nearly complete set of the engravings from Mr. Hoppner's own works : Dutch etchings, works of the old masters, &c. : copper plates, with duplicate impressions, amongst which is an unpublished one of the late Mr. Pitt : books, and sets of prints, &c. : also the engravings of the late Rev. Dr. Willis ... comprising scarce British & foreign portraits, specimens of the Italian and German Masters : drawings, capital modern productions of Raphael Morghen, Wille, Strange, Wollett, &c. ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Thursday, 22d May 1820, and three following days at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
40 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A catalogue of a collection of upwards of four hundred original drawings, by Stothard, Burney, Smirke, Corbould, Van Assen, &c. : being designs for various works, published by Mr. Harrison, bookseller, of Pater-Noster-Row, (a bankrupt) : and which, by order of the assignees, will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his Great Room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, June 2, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday, till the sale, and catalogues then had.

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Creator:
King, Thomas
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A catalogue of the ancient and modern engravings, drawings, books of prints, library, paintings, philosophical apparatus, &c. of the Rev. James Winfield, deceased : which will be sold by auction, at his late residence, in Northgate-street, Chester, on the 23d of April, and the eight following days, by Mr. Broster.

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Creator:
Broster, P. (Peter)
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
37, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A catalogue of a most capital, valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : also, some high finished drawings by the most celebrated modern masters, the whole selected with great taste, being the genuine property of a man of fashion : amongst which are the works of the following masters : Titian, P. Veronese, A. Carracci, Guido, Canneletto, Poussin, Rubens, Van Dyck, Teniers, Brughel, Rembrandt, Berghem, Cup, C. du Jardin, Both, Mucheron, Le Duc, Barret, Cipriani, Marlow, P. Sandby, Angelica, Wilson, Bartolozzi, &c. : likewise a remarkably fine landscape, by Wynants, the figures by Adrian Vandevelde : a group of cattle in a landscape, by Loutherbourg, presumed one of the best performances of that master : and several others truly worthy the attention of the curious : which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie and Ansell, at their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall, on Friday, January 23d, 1784, and the following day : to be publickly viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding, and to the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Date:
[1784]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Catalogue of the very choice cabinet of ancient & modern pictures, formed with great taste and judgement during the last fifty years by Charles Cope, Esq., deceased ; also, splendid works of Sir J. Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Turner : and several other fine works from different private sources : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 8, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.

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

20. A catalogue of the cabinet of antient drawings, the private collection of Mr. A. C. De Poggi : consisting of a most valuable and chosen collection of the works of Raffaelle, Michel-Angelo, Coreggio, Titiano, Giulio Romano, Leonardo da Vinci, Frate Bartolomeo, Andrea Del Sarto, Parmegiano, The Three Caracci, Nicolo Poussin, Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and other great masters : together with a few cabinet pictures, antique gems, and a choice set of the views in Ireland and Wales, painted in body colours by Paul Sandby, R.A. &c. &c. &c. : and the two capital well-known pictures by R. Clevely, esq. marine painter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, commemorating the celebrated victory by Earl Howe on the first of June : which will be sold by auction, (without reserve) by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond Street, on Wednesday, April 22d 1801, and three following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
19 [1] pages ; 28cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of the very valuable and extensive collection of original drawings, by the most distinguished Masters of the Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Schools : the greater part of which formerly enriched the Cabinets of King Charles the First, Sir P. Lely, the two Richardsons, Thos. Hudson, Sir Josh. Reynolds, Count Daylus, Mr. Udney, Count Caylus, Count Goudt, Paul Sandby, Benjamin West, Richard Conway, Mr. Mariette, and Dr. Peart : ... the entire property of William Mayor, Esq. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at his rooms, 21, Old Bond Street, on Monday May 31st, 1830, & three following days, at twelve o'clock, in consequence of the proprietor going abroad.

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Creator:
Stanley, George (Auctioneer)
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
39, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A catalogue of a highly interesting and valuable collection of engravings and cabinet pictures, the property of an eminent collector : comprising some of the best productions of the different schools, several of them not mentioned in Bartsch : by Pollajuilo, Marc Antonio, Van Meckenem, &c. : Painters' etchings : a large collection of the works of Nanteuil : numerous portraits, English and foreign, by Hollar, Faithorne, Passe, Earlom, Hogarth, Sherwin, Woollett, Worledge, Bartolozzi, Heath, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard, at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, Feb. 1, 1828, and four following days, (Sunday excepted,) at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Stewart, Wheatley, & Adlard
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
29, [1] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Catalogue of an extensive collection of valuable engravings from the works of the Old Italian, German, French, Dutch, and Flemish Masters : numerous specimens of the works of engravers from the earliest period to the present time : collected for the illustration of Pilkington's Dictionary of Engravers : a few English prints, foreign and British portraits : drawings, portfolios : also the plates and copyright of Ottlety's Italian School of Design and Ottley's Florentine School of Design : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Foster and Son at the Gallery, 54, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June 26th, Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th June, 1847, at one precisely each day : on Wednesday 30th, the collection of ancient Italian pictures : the whole being the property of the late Warner Ottley, Esq. by order of the executors.

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Creator:
Foster and Son (London, England)
Date:
[1847]
Physical Description:
34 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Catalogue of the small but highly important collection of motion pictures of that well-known amateur, George Young, Esq. : and of several other English pictures, of the highest class, from different private collections : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 19, 1866, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1866]
Physical Description:
22. [2] 23 cmpages ; cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A catalogue of the capital collection of pictures, pketches, and high-finished drawings, the property of the late much esteemed artist, John Baptiste Cipriani Esq. deceased : consisting of a few finished pictures, and many of his sketches in oil : a small collection of old Masters, among which is a Magdalen by A. Furini, remarkably fine : a high-finished Portrait of Prince Rupert by Verelst : a capital Head of Vasari by Himself : Marc Anthony and Cleopatry by A. Veronese : a numerous collection of high finished drawings, sketches, &c. that inestimable high finish-finished Drawing of the Diploma, done for the Royal Academy : a finished drawing in colors of the Death of Dido : and many of his large cartoons &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall on Wednesday March the 22d, 1786 and three following days : to be publickly viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

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

26. A catalogue of all the valuable copper plates, with their etchings, proofs, and impressions : an assemblage of original drawings, finished in the finest stile of the several admired Masters : viz. Cipriani, Morland, Wheatley, Angelica, Benwel, Bellange, Westall, Hamilton, &c. &c. &c. : a few pictures and many capital prints, framed and glazed : French and English printing paper, &c.: being the entire stock of Mrs. Diemar, Printseller and Publisher of the Strand : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1799 : to begin precisely at twelve o'clock, on account of the number of lots : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had a the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : at Mrs. Diemar's Strand : and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A catalogue of a valuable assemblage of pictures, drawings and studies by that ingenious and very admired artist, R. Freebairn, Esq. Dec. : consisting of two grand landscapes, composed in fine classic taste, sundry sketch books, copper plate and impressions, &c. : also a few high finished drawings and pictures, of R. Cleveley, Esq. Dec. : the valuable collection of crayon paintings, miniatures, pictures in oil, &c. of Ozias Humphreys, Esq. R.A. Dec. : among the pictures are an original picture, Head of Christ, by Fra: Bartolomeo : a portrait of Pope Paul the IIId by Titian : and several copies of celebrated pictures made by Mr. Humphreys during the course of his studies in Italy : also a few valuable reserved sketches and finished pictures, by that much admired artist, George Romney, Esq. Dec. : among the finished pictures are, Sir Isaac Newton contemplating the Phenomena of the Prism : Ophelia : Titania : and Dying Damsel : and a few fine Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 2th, 1810, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. A catalogue of a superb assemblage of ornamental Parisian furniture and porcelain : a few drawings and miniatures, and three cabinets of conchology : of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, no. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, April the 5th, 1827, and three following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
22 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A catalogue of the very curious and valuable museum : consisting of rare Oriental china, natural history, antiquities, coins : among which is a genuine Queen Anne's farthing ... cameo's, intaglios, sculpture, miniatures by Zincke and Petitot : books, rare bibles and books of common prayer, by Field, Newcomb and Bill : and choice cabinet of high finished Flemish and Dutch pictures, of the late Clement Bellamy, Esq. Dec. at his late residence, no. 11, Church Court, Kensington : among the pictures are exquisite specimens by Schiavone, Marratti, Holbein, Rubens, Teniers, P. Neefs, Brughel, Cuyp, Ostade, Ruysdael, J. Steen, V. Der Heyde, Terburg, Poelemberg, Breemberg, Stork, De Heusch, Dietrich, Vernet, Zuccarelli, Canaletti, and Morland : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Tuesday, June 1th, 1810, at one o'clock, precisely, by order of the executors.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. A catalogue of a valuable collection of original drawings, by the greatest Masters of all the schools : particularly the Dutch and Italian, and abounding in choice specimens of the most celebrated artists : the property of a nobleman : also, a few prints, and books of prints, including a capital collection of the works of Jac. Callot ... : with the portfolios that contained the collection, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby, at his new and more extensive premises, no. 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Tuesday, the 8th day of June, 1819, and four following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby, Samuel, 1771–1842
Date:
[1819]
Physical Description:
[2], 37, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Catalogue of the entire and very choice cabinet of engravings & etchings, the property of a collector : comprising the works of the most eminent Masters of the Ancient and Modern Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, French and English Schools : also containing many most interesting British Historical Portraits, the whole being of the very highest order, both as regards impression and condition : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts, at their house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, the 23rd of May, 1853, and five following days.

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Creator:
S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)
Date:
1853
Physical Description:
74 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The catalogue of a select and valuable collection of capital drawings, by Guercino, Ganisborough, Cipriani, and other favorite Masters : the property of the late most noble The Marquis of Lansdowne : which (by order by his executors) will be sold by auction, by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Fosters, (without reserve) on the premises, Lansdown House, Berkley Square, on Tuesday, March 25th, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A catalogue of the valuable and highly interesting collection of studies in oils and water-colours made by Joseph West, Esq. during a visit to the Continent : comprising finished pictures and drawings in water colours, and pencil sketches, from the most celebrated works of the great masters in Rome, Florence, Venice, Paris, and in the first galleries in this country ; forming a beautiful series in which the colouring and spirit of the originals have been admirably preserved : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Christie, at their Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, June the 6th, 1834, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson, & Christie
Date:
[1834]
Physical Description:
11 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Catalogue of the unrivalled collection of water-colour drawings, formed by William Quilter, esq., (who is leaving his residence at Norwood) : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, April 8, 1875, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
1875
Physical Description:
53, [4] pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A catalogue of a collection of modern pictures & drawings, chiefly consisting of the works and property of Mr. Serres, Junior, marine painter to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence going to Italy : to which are added, some by the most admired and esteemed masters, viz. : West, Barret, Wheatley, Ibberson, Morland, Rathbone, Ashford, Pether, Schweickhardt, Reinagle, De Bruyn, Carver, Bourgeois, Sandby, Payne, De Roye, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood at his room in Leicester-Square on Thursday the 22d of April, 1790, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday, preceding the sale.

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Creator:
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A catalogue of the genuine and well-known collection of large and other pictures, brought from Buckingham-House : amongst the collection are the following masters, Ann. Carracci, Raphael, Fetti, Castiglione, Tintoret, Rembrandt, Parmegiano, Val. Castelli, Holbein, Car. Maretti, Calabresse, Salviati, and the remarkable fine picture of Endimion Porter's family, by Vandyke : likewise the fine drawings by Titian, Raphael, Palma, Rubens, &c. framed and glazed : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Prestage, at his Great Room the End of Savile-Row, next Conduit-street, Hanover-square, the 24th and 25th of Feb. 1763.

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Creator:
Prestage, John, -1767
Date:
[1763]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A catalogue of the first part of the valuable collection of original drawings, by distinguished modern artists : the property of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, deceased : comprising admirable specimens by Gainsborough, Wilson, the celebrated Brown of Rome, Cipriani, Wheatley, Fuselli, Flaxman, Stothard, Cosway, William Locke, Esq. and others, also by Sir Thomas Lawrence : and fine chalk drawings, from antique statues in the Louvre, by the most eminent French artists, from which the plates in the Musee Napoleon were engraved : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of May, 1830, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
18, [2] pages. ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A catalogue of a most capital collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures, by the most esteemed Masters, in the highest state of preservation : also a valuable selection of capital high-finished drawings, remarkable fine prints, books of prints and bronzes : small but well-chosen library of books in elegant and uniform bindings : a number of fine casts in plaster from the rarest subjects of the antique : capital models, a great variety of drawing implements : mathematical and musical instruments : a quantity of choice music : also all the elegant household furniture : fine china : a fine-toned piano forte by Longman and Broderip : a modern chaise and harness : and a great variety of curious and valuable effects : the property of John Alexander Gress, Esq. deceased, eminently and most deservedly distinguished for his knowledge in the fine arts, at his late house, No. 24, on the west side of Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Tavistock Street, Bedford Square : which will be sold by auction (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Monday, April 7th, 1794, and five following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed Frida and Saturday preceding the sale.--catalogues may be had on the premises : at the Rainbow Coffee House : and in Pall Mall : also, at one o'clock, on the first day's sale, will be sold, the valuable lease of the premises--particulars may be had : N.B. the first and second days sale, will consist of prints, books of prints, &c. : third and fourth days, the drawings, drawing implements, models, &c. : fifth day, the capital collection of pictures, and library of books : sixth day, all the houshold furniture, china, musical instruments, &c.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1794]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A catalogue of the very valuable and entire collection of drawings and paintings in oil, of Sir Robert Ainslie, Bart. : the whole of which were executed by that ingenious artist, Mayer, for Sir Robert Ainslie, during his travels in the Levant, his residence at Constantinople, and his return from thence to England : of this extensive collection, a few drawings have been executed (by permission of the proprietor), but the greater part will be found particularly interesting, being views of celebrated spots and remains of antiquity, unnoticed by intelligent writers and picturesque tourists : together with the complete itinerary, in a series of views through the little frequented countries of Bulgaria and Wallachia, from Constantinople to the Austrian Frontiers : also, a few marbles : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, 10th March, 1809, and following day.

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

40. Catalogue of the very choice collection of pictures, of the highest class : the property of William Theobald Esq., deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 10, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A catalogue of a valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch pictures, a few drawings and prints, framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman, deceased : brought from his seat in the country : comprising the works of P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Giorgione, Bassan, Caracci, Dominichino, Albano, Guercino, C. Maratti, Rubens, Vandyck, De Vox, Teniers, Vanderneer, Zucherelli, Wilson : also, two capital landscapes, by that esteemed Master, Casanova : which will be sold by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 26, 1805, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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

42. Catalogue of a collection of prints, comprising the productions of Woollett, Strange, Hogarth, Sharp, Caronna, Forster, Massard, &c. &c. : the works of Rubens and Vandyke, in portraits & historical subjects : British portraits by Faithorne, Loggan, Pass, Marshall, Hollar, Sherwin, Elstracke, Weirix, &c. : several of which are of extremem rarity and in choice condition, having been preserved in a Heir Loom for upwards of a century : together with several books of prints, albums, and scrap books, splendidly bound, and sundry miscellanies in art : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Dodd, at his rooms, No. 1, Leicester Square, on Tuesday, the 5th of February, 1828, and following evening at six o'clock.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. 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

44. A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. : consisting of a few original Italian and Flemish pictures, and capital drawings by Polidore and other Italian masters : amongst the above, are an Ascension by Giuseppe D'Arpino : a Fine landscape and Cattle by Cuyp : Views in Venice by Canaletti : and elegant Ialian landscapes by Zuccarelli : also, a collection of fine copies from the paintings at Herculaneum and Pompeii, and from those in the museum of His Sicilian Majesty, at Portici, by the celebrated Calabrese painter, Don Fr. Candido : excellent copies from Pictures in the Royal Collection at Naples, after Corregio, Schidoni, A. Sacchi, Parmegiano, &c. &c. : views of the Eruptions of Vesuvius : and of the Costume of Naples, by Fabris and Jackert : portrait of the Chev. Mengs, by himself : and an original ditto of Mad. Pampadour : architecture by Joli, &c. / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, April 17, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A catalogue of a capital and valuable collection of highly finished modern drawings, elegantly framed and glazed : a few pleasing pictures : remarkably-fine proof prints : beautiful miniature drawings of English birds : views of Pompeii, &c. &c. &c. : a beautiful statue of a Shifting Venus, small whole length : a most superb and extensive table, desert, tea and coffee service, of beautiful Dresden porcelain : a collection of fine old colored and Blue Japan : a valuable gold repeating watch by Vulliamy : and several rare and curious articles : the property of the Rev. W. Stevens, D. D. deceased, eminently distinguished for his refined taste in the polite arts : the drawings consist of chef d'oeuvres of the following esteemed and admired Masters, viz. : Zuccarelli, M. Ricci, Goupy, Rosalby, Pococke, Clerisseau, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Barnett, P. Sandby, Wilson, Cozens, Taverner, &c. : also three capital drawings, in bistre, fancy subjects, by Mr. West : which (by order of the executrix) will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, November 28th, 1800, at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
7, [2] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Catalogue of a very valuable collection of prints and drawings : part the first. consisting of the Dutch, Flemish, German, and a portion of the Italian schools : including a valuable series of etchings, by the early Dutch and Italian Painters : in the former are included the works of Both, Berghem, Ostade, Swanevelt, Waterloo, &c. : a large collection of etchings by Rembrandt ... : capital impressions of the works of Cornelius Visscher and Jonas Suyderhoef : works of Rubens and Vandyck : specimens of the early German engravers, by Beham, Aldegraver, Lucas Van Leyden, Duvet, the Hopfers, and ... Albert Durer : works of Julio Bonasone ... portraits, and curious historical and other prints, by the early English engravers : also, the valuable collection of Dutch, and Flemish drawings ... : particularly of Ostade, Rembrandt, Rubens, and V. Dyck : the whole have been purchased during the last ten years, at the dispersion of the most celebrated cabinets : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son, at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Friday the 18th, Saturday 19th, Monday 21st, and Tuesday the 22d of December, 1829, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
43, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Catalogue of modern pictures and water-colour drawings, the property of Joseph Craven, Esq., deceased, late of Clapham Park, and Tenby : of John Baines, Esq., deceased, late of Leicester : and of W.E.J. Roffey, Esq., deceased, late of Bloomsbury Square, etc., etc. : 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 Saturday, February 5, 1876 at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1876]
Physical Description:
23, [1], [8], [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. A catalogue of the well known valuable and truly capital collection of pictures, forming an assemblage of the great and most admired masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools : particularly Raphael, Titian, Giorgione, Carravagio, Spagniolet, Sal. Rosa, Han. Carrache, Dominichino, Murillo, And. Sacchi, Carlo Dolci, Albano, Nic. Poussin, Claude, Le Suere, Le Nain, Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Rembrandt, Wouvermans, Chef V.D. Werff, Cuyp, Jan Steen, &c. : also, a most capital Madona, with the Bambino, Raphael : the chess-players, by Titian ; Venus and Adonis, a chef d'œuvre, N. Poussin : a sea port, Claude : the interment of a cardinal, by Van Eyke, a picture of great antiquity : Jason with the dragon, by Sal. Rosa, a most extraordinary and capital performance : a selection of original portraits of the most celebrated artists and authors ; miniatures, bronzes of the first class, &c. &c. formed by the late Earl of Besborough, deceased, not less distinguished for his exquisite taste, than for his liberality in collecting : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Thursday, February 5, 1801, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
21, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A catalogue of a particularly choice collection of engraved British portraits : including some of the rarest works of Elstracke, Pass, Faithorne, Loggan, White, Smith, Becket &c. &c. : ... collection of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar ... particularly the rare set of shells, with eleven not mentioned by Vertue : to which are added, a few choice productions of Woollett, Wille, Goodall, Finden, &c. ... : works of Sir Joshua Reynolds : set of Bunbury's works, collected by the late Mr. Bretherton ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son at their house, Wellington Street, Strand, on Wednesday, the 26th of May, 1830, and two following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Sotheby and Son
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
33, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. A catalogue of a valuable collection of undoubted original drawings and pictures, by the most esteemed ancient and modern Masters : amongst the later are the best productions from the pencils of Gainsborough, Wheatley, Barret, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Cooper, Mortimer, Peters, Cozens, Rowlandson, Smith, Catton, Jun., Moreland, Serres, Angelica, Payne, Gilpin, Lambert, Walton, Northcote, &c. : also a scarce and valuable collection of prints, books of prints, & drawings, by Raphael, and many old Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room in Leicester-Square on Thursday the 19th of March, 1789, and the two following days at twelve o'clock, precisely : to be viewed two days preceding the sale.

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Creator:
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:
[1789]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A catalogue of a collection of prints, etchings, sketches and drawings, loose and framed : the genuine property of Dr. Monro, whose taste in the Fine Arts is too well known to need any encomium : in this collection will be found specimens of the most admired modern masters, viz : Wilson, Gainsborough, Barret, Cozens, Clerisseau, Canaletti, Hearne, Wheatley, Turner, Girtin, La Porte, Dayes : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 23, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A catalogue of the extensive and truly valuable collection of fine engravings, drawings and books of prints, of a liberal and enlightened collector : comprising a rare assemblage of specimens by M. Antonio Bonasoni, and other early Masters of the Italian : and by Mr. Schon and others of the early German School : ... etchings by Rembrandt ... : prints by the great French and Flemish engravers ... : and proofs and impressions by Woollett, Strange, Sharpe, Wille, R. Morghen, and other modern artists : ... fine and large assemblage of ancient and modern drawings : ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie ... on Friday, April the 12th, 1822, and 5 following days ... and on Monday the 22d of April, and two following days : precisely at one o'clock each day.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
91, [1] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. A catalogue of the valuable and extensive collection of loose prints & etchings, by old Masters : being the entire collection (the Artist's Prints only excepted) of the late John Hoppner, Esq. R.A. Deceased : together with the Mahogany and other presses which contained them : also a valuable assemblage of about seventy original chalk drawings and landscapes, by that distinguished artist, and a few framed and glazed, by Gainsborough, J. Smith, and Daniell : and about twenty capital pictures, viz : the original portrait of Sir Theo. Mayern, by Rubens, from the Lansdown Collection : and others by Titian, Giorgeone, Tintoretto, P. Veronese, V. Dyck, F. Hals, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Wilson : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday the 18th of May, 1810, and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Catalogue of the magnificent contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the earls of Shrewsbury : which (by order of the executors of the late Right Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at the Towers, on Monday, July 6, 1857, and twenty-nine following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
iv, 218 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

55. A catalogue of a capital assemblage of high-finished drawings, and some few pictures by eminent modern artists : collected by a Gentleman of the most approved taste in the fine arts : consisting of the works of the following masters -- Hamilton, Barrett, La Porte, P. Sandby, Clerisseau, Ibbetson, Wheatley, Zucchi, Malton, &c. &c. : the whole forming one of the most interesting collections of modern art : amongst them is a complete set of drawings, by Malton, of the works of the late Sir Robert Taylor, and a variety of subjects adapted for engraving : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Sharp, and Harper, at the Great Room in Pall Mall, next Cumberland House, on Friday, May 19th, 1797, and following day, at twelve o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had in Pall Mall, and at no. 32, Winchester Street.

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Creator:
Christie, Sharp and Harper, e publisher
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A catalogue of a small and elegant collection of pleasing cabinet pictures, chiefly of the Dutch School : and an assemblage of high finished modern drawings, framed and glazed, the property of an Amateur : the pictures comprise specimens of Sasso Ferrato, Teniers, Wouvermans, A. V. De Velde, Ostade, Dusart, Mieris, J. Steen, Gonzalles, Bredael, Ferg, Polembemg, Breemberg, Le Nain, Gainsborough, Peers, and Schweickhardt : the drawings by Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Hamilton, Ganisborough, Girtin, Sandby, Wheatley, Westall, and Meyer : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, March the 26th, 1808, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
8, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The catalogue of all the genuine and valuable collection of ancient and modern paintings of the late John Francis Rigaud, Esq. R.A. : including a head by Raphael-a study from nature : a head of Christ, by Corregio : and all his own interesting and excellently accomplished performances : among which are, the finished designs for the Sampson, his justly celebrated academic picture, and the smaller picture for the engraving : the Exposure of Moses : the Portrait of Captain Brant, the American chief : Jupiter and Calista : the allegorical design for the literary fund : and other equally esteemed performances : the plate of the Sampson engraved by Bartolozzi, and the Portrait of Mallet du Pan, engraved by Heath : with all the remaining impression : and various valuable drawings, studies, prints, books of prints, easels, colors, porphyry grinding stone, plaster casts, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe at the Great Room, no. 20, Lower Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, on Wednesday, the 3d of April, and following day at one o'clock precisely, by order of the administrator: may be viewed three days preceding the sale: when catalogues, at one shilling each, may be had at the Room, and of Mr. Coxe, 33 Throgmorton Street.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1811]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A catalogue of a small and very select library of books, and collection of drawings and prints in the portfolio, the property of a gentleman, and removed from the country ... : also, an assemblage of drawings by old masters, etchings by Rembrandt and other painters, and some modern prints / which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, June 13th, 1833, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1833]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Vente après le décès de Madame la Duchesse de Caumont-La-Force des meubles tableaux, curiosités, objects d'art de Chateau De Creteil : a Cretell les dimanche 31 mai, lundi, Mardi et mercredi 3 Juin 1868 a midi : par le ministère du M. Chesnel, Greiffier de la Justice de Paix du Canton de Charenton, remplissanont les fonctions de Commissaire-Priseur, demeurant à Charenton, rue Gabrielle, no. 23.

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Date:
[1868]
Physical Description:
34, [2] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural & artificial curiosities, prints and paintings in the extensive Museums, of Mr. John Boulter : which will sold by auction, on the premises of William Seaman, on Wednesday, 12th of September, 1804, and following days : which may be viewed on Friday, Sept. 7th, and following day, from ten to four o'clock.

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Creator:
Seaman, William (Auctioneer)
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
44 pages ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. A catalogue of a select part of the capital, valuable, and genuine collection of pictures, the property of the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. : purchased by him with great taste and at liberal expence, from several distinguished Cabinets in this country, and during thirty-seven years' residence as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples : consisting of the works of the great and admired masters in the Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish and Dutch schools, viz. Leon. da Vinci, Parmigiano, Polidoro, Garofalo, Titian, Giogione, P. Veronese, Tintoretto, Schiavoni, Carracci, Schidoni, Guido, Cagnacci, L. Giordano, Velaquez, S. Rosa, Vernet, Rubens, V. Dyck, Jordaens, Teniers, Berghem, V. de Velde, Wouvermans : particularly a small portrait, an exquisite cabinet pictue, by Leon. da Vinci, formerly in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, and Lady E. Germaine : a Madona and Child, by Parmegiano : and St. Sebastian, a noble composition, by V. Dyck : also, a small, but most capital assemblage of antique bustos, bas-reliefs, and other valuable marbles, particularly a bust of Nero, in Porphyry : an exquisite bas-relief of Bacchus, and the Godess Meta : and an Egyptian Lion in Basalt : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, March 27th, 1801, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. A catalogue of the capital and valuable books of genuine sketches, studies, and designs from nature, books of prints, architecture, musical instruments, and two laymen, of the late celebrated artist, Thos. Gainsborogh, Esq. Decd. : to which are added a most valuable and beautiful collection of prints and books of prints, by A. Durer, Waterloo, &c. : two works of Sir Robert Strange, an unique copy : the works of Watteau : many exquisite drawings by La Porte, Barret, Page, Dayes, &c. : prints framed and glazed : a pair of busts of Voltaire and Rousseau : a capital pair of eighteen-inch globes by Adams, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 11th, 1799, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. 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

64. A catalogue of a superb and capital collection of pictures : comprising works of the most distinguished Masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, Venetian and Dutch Schools : the greater part of the Imperial Exhibition, and to the many capital pictures still remaining are added : The Virgin and Child by Corregio : a fine warm coloured Landscape by Both : the Inside of a Room, clear and Transparent, by Teniers : and a beautiful Cabinet Picture by Vernet, &c, &c. &c : also, an elaborate model of the celebrated Voltaire, a very striking Similitude : likewise a collection of scarce and curious exotic insects, containing specimens of most of the different genera, among which are Scarabeus Atlas male and female : Papilio Priam : some curious Mantes, and others equally rare : selected by a Gentleman in Holland, and other natural curiosities : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, May the 23d, 1788, and the following day : to be publickly viewed two days preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had as above, and at Mr. Christie's : N.B. The insects, shells, minerals, &c. will be sold on the Monday following

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. A catalogue of the collection of engravings, etchings, and original drawings, and books of prints, of Christian Josi, Esq. Deceased : who was long distinguished for his accurate knowledge of prints, and for his judgment in collection : they comprise ... specimens of M. Antonio : Italian etchings ... of R. Morghen : ... impressions by Audran, Edlinck, and the great French engravers : rarieties by M. Schoen, J. V. Mecheln, the Hopfers, A. Durer, and Penz : the works of Rubens, and V. Dyck : Rembrandt's works .... : ... collection of the works of Hollar ... : Dutch etchings, including Ostade's Concert ... and Backhuysen's large sea-piece : Houbraken's heads, proofs : Ploos Van Amstel's works ... : books of prints : picturesque tours : the Musée Franc̜ois : Mor. Bartsch's Work, L. P. : and among the drawings a most rare subject by P. Potter, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
66 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of engravings, and books of prints, of Christian Josi, Esq. Deceased : comprising select impressions of the works of the great French engravers, : Audran, Edelinck, Drevet, Wille, Beauvarlet, Desnoyers, &c. : painters' etchings in the Italian and Dutch schools : fine proofs and impressions by R. Morghen, &c. &c. : among the books of prints are : the Musée François ... : the Galleries of the Palais Royal and Luxembourg : Van Dyck's portraits, with proofs and variations : the voyages pittoresques de Constantinople et d'Espagne : Denon's Egypt : works on French, and other continental topography : Bartsch, Le Peintre Graveur, L. P. : Brandt's Narren Speelshuit, with original drawings by Merian, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, January the 20th, 1830, and following day, precisely at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. The illustrated catalogue of the valuable collection of pictures and other works of art of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and mediaeval periods : also, a choice collection of coins and medals of the eminent connoisseur, John Watkins Brett Esq., of Hanover Square, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, April 5, 1864, and nine following days : also, on Monday, April 18, 1864, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1864]
Physical Description:
146 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Pictures, prints, drawings & household furniture : a catalogue of the valuable drawings and prints : some pictures, models by Rysbrack : together with the household furniture : comprising beds and beddings : mahogany bedstead : tables : chests of drawers : bureau : chairs : large looking glasses : a quantity of pictures frames, &c. &c. : late he property of Mr. Panton Betew, (deceased) : well known among the collectors as an amateur in the fine arts : among the drawings, will be found originals by Rembrandt, Bergham, Agoslini Caracci, Bloemart, Gravelot, Hayman, Barlow, Sir James Thornhill, Sandby, Wyke, Hollar, Rysbrack, Vandevelde, Serres, Canaleti, Zuccarelli, Chatelain, Van Goyen, Hogarth, Snyders : in the prints are some of Wollett's choicest proofs, in the finest condition possible, viz. :--The dog, the fishery, Macbeth, Ceyx, and Alcyone, cottagers and jocund peasants, some few fine by Wille : portraits and views by Hollar : etchings by Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Both, &c. : in the pictures are, specimens by Wienix, Vander Neer, Wooton, Marco Ricci, Van Goyen, Seymour, Simonini, & : which will be sold by suction, by Mr. King, (by order of the executor,) on the premises, No,. 5, Five-Field Row, Chelsea, on Wednesday, June 12, 1799, and two following days, at 12 o'clock : to be viewed on Monday preceding, and catalogues then had at the place of sale, and no. 38, King-Street, Covent-Garden.

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Creator:
King, Thomas
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Catalogue of the very important collection of pictures by the greatest English artists, formed by a Gentleman, deceased : comprising ... works of Etty, ... "The Graces", "The Coral Fishers", "To arms, ye brave," &c. &c. and ... specimens of the following esteemed painters : Briggs, Sir A. Callcott, R. A. Collins, T. Sidney Cooper, E. A. Goodall, F. Goodall, Hancock, Herring, E. Landseer, R.A., Linnell, Martin, Morland, Müller, R. Redgrave, Turner, R.A., Sir D. Wilkie, Witherington,R.A., Woolmer : also, some pictures by Old Masters, in the Italian and Dutch Schools : which (by order of the administrators) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Friday, July 13, 1849, and following day, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1849]
Physical Description:
27, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. A catalogue of the third and last portion of a highly interesting and valuable collection of painters' etchings and engravings, formed during a period of many years, with great industry and judgment, by Mons. Robert-Dumesnil, of Paris : and consigned by him to this country for an unreserved sale : consisting of specimens and entire works of the Italian School, mentioned by Bartsch : including many of the most rare prints, and some unknown to that writer : also, a choice collection of drawings, by Dutch, Flemish, German, French, and Italian artists ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Great Rooms, 73, New Bond Street, on Monday, the 14th day of May, 1838, and four following days, punctually at one o'clock each day.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1838]
Physical Description:
61, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. A catalogue of a numerous and valuable collection of prints & etchings : by the most eminnent Masters of the Italian, German, and Dutch Schools : including the works of Marcantonio, A, Veneziano, M. Da Ravenna, Giulio Bonasone, B. Franco, N. Beatrice, The Ghisi, Caraglio, Parmigiano, Guido Reni, The Caracci, M. Rota : etchings by Rembrandt, Albert Durer, Aldegrever, Lucas Van Leyden : a comp;lete set of Weirotter's Works, all proofs : select drawings by Rembrandt, A. Ostade, P. Potter, A. Vandevelde, Berghem, Van Huysym, Greuse, and other Dutch artists : books of prints and galleries : comprising the Florence, Houghton, Choiseul, Poullain, Musée Napoleon, a fine early copy of Liber Veritatis, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Stanley, at his gallery in Maddox Street, Hanover Sq. on Tuesday, May 19th, 1835, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Mr. Stanley (Firm)
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A catalogue of the genuine reserved property of Mr. A.C. de Poggi of New Bond-Street, retired from business : consisting of a most valuable collection of beautiful pictures, painted in body colours, by Paul Sandby, Esq. R.A. and other eminent artists, elegantly framed, a great variety of highly-finished cabinet prints, coloured as miniatures : an assemblage of eighty-nine lots of very scarce proofs and aqua fortis impressions, in high preservation, forming an early part of the most scarce prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, Esq. R.A. : proof and other prints of various masters: scarce portraits of the great literary & military characters living in Germany near the close of the last century, by J.F. Bause of Leipzig; Professor Muller of Stutgard; and other artists of eminence : capital drawings by Sidelman, in handsome gilt frames and plate glasses, taken from the pictures of Coregio, Raphael, Mengs, & Ferdinand Bol, in the electoral collection at Dresden : three of the largest convex glasses made by the British Cast Plate Company, in rich and handsome gilt frames, &c. &c. : the whole forming a selection no less calculated to attract the attention of the connoisseur, than adapted for useful and ornamental embelishments of the most handsome apartments of private families : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster, at the Great Room, late othe King's-Arms, Cornhill, on Wednesday, the 20th of May, 1801, & following day, at eleven o'clock.

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Creator:
Peter Coxe, Burrell, and Foster (London, England)
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. A catalogue of a choice collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch painting : a few capital drawings by Ducros, and other admired Masters : the property of a Gentleman : among them are the works of the following Masters : A. Del Sarto, Tintoretto, Bassano, P. Veronese, Caravaggio, Velequez, Poussin, Le. Seur, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, P. Neess, Rembrandt, Hobbima, Van Goyen, V. Huysum : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at the Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, June 22, 1804, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1804]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. The catalogue of a select and valuable assemblage of capital paintings : the sole property of a nobleman, being part of the collection of the late Earl Grosvenor : and part of the collection of the late Welbore Ellis Agar, Esq. : comprising works of the first quality of the most esteemed and renowned Masters, in the most perfect state of preservation : which will be sold by auction, at Milbank House, Milbank, Westminster, by Peter Coxe, on Saturday, the 27th day of June, 1807.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
13, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Catalogue des tableaux anciens et modernes, de diverses écoles, dessins et statues : formant la galerie de feu Sa Majesté Guillaume II, roi des Pays-Bas, Prince d'Orange-Nassau, Grand-duc de Luxembourg etc. etc. etc. : dont la vente aura lieu lundi le 12 août 1850 et jours suivans, à 10 heures du matin, au palais de feu sa Majesté, à la Haye.

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Creator:
Vries, Jeronimo de, 1776–1853
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
[6], 174 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. 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

77. A catalogue of the reserved part of a capital collection of Italian pictures : the property of the late Jacob More, Esq. dec : many years distinguished as an eminent artist, resident at Rome : and selected from some of the first cabinets in Italy : comprising the works of the following much esteemed Masters, viz : M. Angelo, J. Bassiano, Corregio, G. de Notte, L. da Vinci, Mola, Pamegiano, P. Perugino, S. Rosa, Tintoretto, P. Veronse, &c. &c. : a most capital sea-port by Claude : and a landscape by the late Mr. Jacob More : also, by permission are added, a valuable collection of cabinet pictures : containing chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools, in the highest preservation : the property of Mons. Liss, of Antwerp : brought to England on the invasion of Flanders by the French : consisting of the works of the following great Masters, viz. : Rubens, Vandyck, Teniers, Ostade, Cuyp, A. V. de Velde, W.V. de Velde, Ruysdael, Backuysen, Lingelback, Wynants, Mieres, Weenix, C. du Jardin, Dietrich, Vernet, &c. : also, a most capital portrait, by Vandyck, of the celebrated Govartius, author of the History of the Netherlands : and a beautiful landscape, representing a Summer's Evening, by Claude, a very picturesque and poetical scene : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, (by order of the executors and consignees) at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, February 26th, 1796, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : when 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:
1796
Physical Description:
9 pages ; cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. A catalogue of all the valuable drawings, sketches, sea views, and studies, of that celebrated artist Philip James de Loutherbourg, Esq. R.A. deceased : oincluding several highly finished figures in colour, being the original designs and portraits for his well-known performances on national subjects ... also a few pictures painted by his ... pupil Mr. Lodder ... models and designs for scenery ... prints, ancient and modern, including several proof engravings, from his own works, capital books of prints, and extensive library of scarce books ... Macklin's Bible and Bowyer's History of England ... Mr. de Loutherbourg's casts for study ... various articles, colours, and materials used by this celebrated artist in the furtherance and prosecution of his art ... : which will be sold by Peter Coxe, in Maddox Street, Hanover Square, on Thursday, the 18th of June, 1812, and following days, at one o'clock precisely : by order of the executrix : may be viewed two days preceding the sale : and catalogues, at one shilling each, then had in Maddox Street : and at No. 33, Throgmorton Street, Royal Exchange.

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Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1812]
Physical Description:
32 pages ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A catalogue of the third portion of the very valuable collection of engravings of Christian Josi, Esq., deceased : comprising his prints after Masters in the Flemish School : the early German engravers, Andrea Mantegna, M. Antonio, G. Bonasone, and Italian etchings by the great Bolognese Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Tuesday, May the 26th, 1829, and two following days, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
30 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Catalogue of a highly important assemblage of modern pictures, water=colour drawings, from different private sources ; including the collection of that well-known connoisseur, Thomas Agnew, esq., deceased, removed from his late residence, Fair Hope, Eccles : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 6, 1871, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
19, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. A catalogue of the genuine and very capital cabinet of choice Italian, French, Flemish and English pictures, original drawings, and articles of ancient sculpture, of the late Hon. C. F. Greville, F. R. and A. S. &c. &c. &c. Dec. : which were collected by him with a design to illustrate the progress of painting, and its perfection by the Masters of the great Italian and other schools : in the former point of view they display a rare and highly curious series from Cimabue to Raphael : the specimens in which were selected from authentic situations, and many of them are cited in the biography of the authors of them : the perfection of the act is exemplified in various chef d'oeuves of the finest class and in the purest condition : of which the most distinguished are, by Correggio, a Head, a genuine fresco : Raphael, Venus, Vulcan and Cupid, a beautiful cabinet picture : S. Del Piombo, a portait : Baroccio, the Marriage of St. Catherine, a lovely gem : The Chess Players, Titian : Mars and Venus, P. Veronese : I. Carracci, a small Holy Family with Saints, an exquisite Bijou : N. Poussin, a small classical subject, equal to Domenichino : Ruben's, the Loves of the Centaurs : a perfect and unrivalled performance : two by Teniers : a brilliant landscape by Both : and The Celebrated Niobe by Wilson : also, a capital marble statue of Pudicitia, size of life : and a head from the Villa of Adrian : which (by order of the administrator, and permission of the lessor,) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, near the Church, at Paddington Green, on Saturday, March 31, 1810, punctually at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Catalogue of a remarkably choice and select collection of prints and drawings, the property of James Pickering Ord, Esq. : consisting of the works of Hogarth, in the earliest states : works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the whole choice early proofs : collection of the Houbraken heads ... : ... series of drawings of celebrated personages, mentioned by Evelyn in his Memoirs, after the most authentic originals : rare British portraits : works of Wenceslaus Hollar : early engravers' proofs of Lodge's heads, on India paper, before any letters : prints framed and glazed : portfolios, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans, at his house, no. 93, Pall-Mall, on Monday, June 29 and following day.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. A catalogue of the genuine and intire stock of capital and valuable prints, drawings, and copper-plates, some of which have never been published : and a few pleasing cabinet pictures : the property of Mr. G. Bartolozzi, retiring from business : comprising an extensive assemblage of prints of the finest impressions : drawings by Cipriani and Bartolozzi : and amongst the plates, the celebrated one after the N. Poussin in the possession of the Marquis of Landsdown : a ditto after the four elements of Albano : and a capital engraving in strokes after the celebrated picture of the Madona Del Sacco, of A. Del Sarto, at Florence by Bartolozzi, lately finished, and which may be truly deemed the finest plate ever executed by that artist : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall Mall, on Friday, June the 23d, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed till the sale : 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:
[1797]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. A catalogue of a valuable and choice collection of highly finished drawings, by the most admired modern Masters, framed and glazed : five original grand landscapes by Ibbetson, particularly a large view of Ulswater : and a ditto of the Fair at Ambleside, with figures : and a few by Old Masters, especially a small bijou, by P. Potter : the genuine property of a collector of distinguished taste : part of them brought from the country : the drawings comprise several exquisite subjects, by that eminent and distinguished artist J. M. W. Turner, Esq. R.A. : as also by Gainsborough, Cozens, Girtin, Hearne, Varley, Wheatley, Sandby, Payne, Barrett, La Porte, Daves, Ducros, Zuccarelli, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May 6th, 1808, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. A catalogue of the extensive and valuable collection of prints and engraved copper plates, in high condition : with a number of proofs, impression, & coloured prints : the whole engraved in mezzotinto, in a superior style of excellence, by Messrs. James and William Ward : from the admirable productions of the following celebrated artists : Sir W. Beechy, W. R. Bigg, H. B. Chalon, J. W. Chandler, C. W. E. Dietricy, T. Gainsborough, J. Green, J. Hoppner, G. Morland, William Owen, J. Opie, Rembrandt, Sir J. Reynolds, J. Rising, Sir P. P. Rubens, M. A. Shee, H. Thompson, J. Ward, G. Walker, and R. Westall : an excellent grand eagle copper plate printing press, with iron and lignum vitae rollers, and apparatus, complete : a ditto, on a small scale : a quantity of thick Swiss grand eagle printing paper, milled boards, print chests, colours, and materials for printing, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Dodd, at his auction room, no. 101, St. Martin's Lane, on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1808, and following evening, at five o'clock.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771–1850
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. A catalogue of a cllection of pictures, some fine drawings, and a pair of globes, of a well-known artist, retired : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street and Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Tuesday, the 11th of February 1783, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Monday the 10th, when catalogues will be delivered.

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Creator:
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A catalogue of a collection of upwards of four hundred original drawings, by Stothard, Burney, Smirke, Corbould, Van Assen, &c. : being designs for various works, published by Mr. Harrison, bookseller, of Pater-Noster-Row, (a bankrupt) : and which, by order of the assignees, will be sold by auction, by Mr. King, at his Great Room, King-Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, June 2, 1797, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday, till the sale, and catalogues then had.

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Creator:
King, Thomas
Date:
[1797]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. A catalogue of a choice collection of prints, and books of prints, recently imported from Holland : comprising the principal works of the great masters of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French and British schools, by Baroccio, A Caracci, Guido, Hollar, Rembrandt, C. & J. Visscher, Rubens, Van Dyck, Drevet, Masson, Edelinck, Woolett, first impressions, and among them many proofs, in the highest state of preservation : a superb impression of the Last Supper and Transfiguration, by R. Morghen : a brilliant set of the large Battles of Alexander, by G. Audran : a choice proof of Louis XVI, in grand costume by Bervic : and numerous rare Dutch etchings : among which is, a fine and complete set of etchings, by A. Van Ostade, from the collection of the Baron Van Leyden : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesdaym, February 25th, 1824, and three following days, at one o'clock : may be viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's offices, King Street, Saint James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A catalogue of a small, but select assemblage of elegant modern drawings, loose, and framed and glazed : together with a few prints and pictures, the property of a Gentleman : comprising about twelve capital landscapes and ruins by Marco Ricci, in his very best style : a few elegant and high-finished ditto by Bartolozzi, La Porte, and other admired Masters : a few capital pictures by Berghem, Barret, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, May the 13th, 1801, at twelve o'clock : to be publickly viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, and in Pall Mall.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. A catalogue of the highly valuable and very extensive collection of engravings, etchings, drawings, and books of prints : the property of a gentleman, many of which were collected about forty years since in Holland : ... which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, May the 23rd, 1831, and four following days at one o'clock, precisely.

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Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1831]
Physical Description:
35, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A catalogue of a most curious and unique assemblage of the valuable property of that distinguished artist Johan Zoffany, Esq. decd, member of the Royal Academy : removed from his late residence at Strand on the Green : this collection is it confidently affirmed will be found highly deserving the minute attention of the liberal amateur : the painting and drawings are of the best of this much admired artist : and included several highly finished portraits of distinguished performers : also a selection, highly illustrative of the costume and manners of India, taken from the actual representation : together with some fine academical studies : also an assemblage of curious Asiatic armour & weapons, matchless silver hookers, rich Indian dresses, wrought in gold : an alcoran, in vellum, superbly illuminated, unique Pagan idols, a gong, and numerous other oriental curiosities, a small collection of shells, a few very scarce books and a sideboard of massive plate : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Robins at their spacious rooms, Piazza, Covent Garden, by order of the executors, on Thursday, the 9th day of May, 1811, and following day, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Robins (London, England)
Date:
[1811]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. A catalogue of an elegant and valuable assemblage of capital modern drawings and fine prints, by Wollett, Bartolozzi, &c. : chiefly framed and glazed : the property of a Gentleman : the drawings comprise fine specimens of Du Cros, Desprez, Gainsborough, Cozens, Barret, Girtin, Clerisseau, Sandby, Dayes, La Porte, Morland &c. &c. &c. in the best style of these several Masters : also, a few capital drawings by G. Morland : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 10th of May, 1806, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Catalogue de tableaux, gouaches, miniatures ... et autres articles de haute curiosité, composant le cabinet de feu M. Quintin Craufurd, dont la vente aura lieu le 20 novembre et jours suivans ...

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Creator:
Paillet, Charles
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[8], 133 pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A catalogue of a most valuable collection of prints, books of prints, drawings, and antiquities : late the property of John Strange, Esq. LL.D. F.R. and F.A.S. deceased, formerly British Resident at Venice : the prints comprise an extensive assemblage of V. Den Enden, and other fine impressions of the works of Ruben's, Bolswert, Galle, Pontius, Vischer, Soutman, Poilly, Roussellet, Daulle, Bloemart, Edelink, Spiere, Carracci, M. Antonio, A. Durer : Italian and Dutch etchings : views, &c. by Hollar : modern proofs by Bartolozzi, Strange, &c. : a most capital set of Swiss views by Aberli : drawings by Guardi, &c. : valuable books of prints and antiquities : a capital set of Hogarth's works, &c. &c. &c. : the antiquities consist of bustos, vases, bas reliefs, bronzes, gems, coins, medals, curious carvings in ivory and wood, Raphael's Ware, &c. &c. : which (by order of the executors, and pursuant to the directions of the will of the late John Strange, Esq.) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, on Wednesday, March 19, 1800, and four following days, (Sunday excepted), at twelve o'clock : may be viewed five days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had (at one shilling and sixpence each) to be returned to purchasers.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
28 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A catalogue of the singularly fine and very rare drawings : selected with great taste and at considerable expence from those distinguished cabinets, the Calonne, Knapton, and Spencer Collections : some very valuable books relating to the fine arts : amongst which are Antichita di Ercolano, 8 tome : ... copy of Holbein's Heads by Chamberlaine : Antiche Statue de Venezia, 2 vols. : Bartolozzi's Etchings from Guercino, 2 vols. : Roger's Imitations, with Lives of the Painters : and the small and valuable collection of Italian and Dutch pictures : containing the undoubted works of Titian, Guido, C. Cagliari, Corregio, Rembrandt, Both, Ostade, Ruysdael, N. & G. Poussin : Which will be sold by auctions, by Mr. Squibb, by order of the executors, without reserve, at his Great Room, Saville Place, Saville Row, on Thursday the thirteenth of April 1815, and two following days, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had at one & sixpence each.

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Creator:
Squibb, Mr.
Date:
[1815]
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Catalogue d'une belle collection de tableaux originaux des trois ecoles : pastels, gouaches, dessins, estampes, marbres, bronzes, porcelaines, bijoux, meubles & autre objects de curiosité : provenans du cabinet de feue Madame *** : dont le vente se sera le mercredi 11 novembre 1778, & jours suivans, de relevée, rue Saint Honoré, Hôtel d'Aligre : l'on verra les objets les 9 & 10, depuis dix heures jusqu'à deux : par J.B.P. Le Brun, peintre.

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Creator:
Dufresne
Date:
MDCCLXXVII [1778]
Physical Description:
46, pages ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. A catalogue of the collection of engraved prints, fine etchings, and capital drawings, by old masters : a collection of maps ; likewise some miscellaneous articles of antiquity : the property of the late Joseph Windham ... : which will be sold by auction, by Leigh and S. Sotheby ... on Thursday, March 21, 1811, at twelve o'clock, and two following days.

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Creator:
Leigh and Sotheby
Date:
[1811]
Physical Description:
[2], 14 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Catalogue of water colour drawings, engravings, etc. : including the collections of the late Josiah Taylor , Esq. removed from his late residence at Stockwell : comprising choice engravings and brilliant proofs of the works of the best English and foreign artists : particularly-- Anderloni, Bonasoni, Burnet, Cousins, Doo, Drevet, Earlom, Edelinck, Finden, Gandolfi, Garavaglia, ogarth, Hollar, Houbraken, Massard, Masson, Montagna, Morghen, Muller, Nanteuil, Poilly, Porporati, Rembrandt, Wilkie, etc. : water colour drawings and paintings, by Barclay, Clerisseau, Coney, Correggio, Cotman, Dayes, Desprez, Hamilton, Hastings, Hearne, Kuyp, Mackenzie, Rowlandson, Smirke, Thurston, Wilson, etc. : collection of Vandyke's heads : English portraits to illustrate Granger, etc. : portfolios with and without leaves, etc. etc. etc. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Southgate, Son, and Grimston, at their rooms, 22, Fleet Street, on Friday, July 11th, 1834, and following day, at half-past twelve o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Southgate, Son and Grimston
Date:
[1834]
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, [170] pages 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. 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