A catalogue of pictures, consisting of portraits, landscapes, sea-pieces, architecture, flowers, fruits, animals, Histories, of the late Richard Mead, M. D. : sold by Auction on March 20, 21, and 22, M.DCC.LIV.
Published / Created:
London : [Abraham Langford], Printed in the year M.DCC.LV. [1755]
Physical Description:
xv, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .B35 1754Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The sale was conducted by the auctioneer, Abraham Langford.--English short title catalogue.There are two version of this catalog, the original of 1754, and one published the following year, in 1755.--Getty provenance index.Priced.English short title catalogue, T1342Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-A479Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 830Date of sale: March 20-22, 1754.Place of sale: London.MED,HSL 17th cent: Bound with the author's: A catalogue ... of prints and drawings. [London, 1755] A catalogue ... of valuable gems. [London, 1755] Bibliotheca Meadiana. [Londini, 1754] Museum Meadianum. Londini [1755]Lewis Walpole Library 125 W576 749: Ms. notes in margins partially lost.BAC: British Art Center copy annotated in pen and ink with prices for all lots. Armorial bookplate: Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Bound in contemporary smooth calf. British Art Center copy published in 1755. Bound with Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. London, 1754.Getty provenance index databases, sale catalogLugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques,
Subject Terms:
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Mead, Richard, 1673–1754 -- Library. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Drawing, European -- Catalogs. | Drawing, British -- Catalogs. | Painting, European -- Catalogs. | Painting, British -- Catalogs. | Prints, British -- Catalogs. | Prints, European -- Catalogs. | Art -- Prices -- Catalogs. | Private libraries -- England. | Prints -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800. | Bibliotheca Lindesiana -- Bookplate. | Brit tracts -- 1755.