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A catalogue of the genuine, Large and Valuable Collection of Prints, and Books of Prints, Of the late Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer, Which (by Order of the Administrator) Will be sold by Auction, By Mr. Langford and Son, At their House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, On Thursday the 19th of this Instant January 1764, and the eight following Evenings.
Mr. Langford and Son.Date: [1764]]- Books
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Bibliotheca Pinelliana. Appendix. The public are respectfully acquainted, that the sale of the Pinelli library, comprehending the Italian, French, and English, will recommence on Monday, February 2, 1790, and, with this Appendix, will continue the Thirty-One following Days (sundays excepted) without Interruption.
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A catalogue of curious and valuable books, being the library of the deceast Mr. William Forbes younger ... Which will begin to be sold by auction, on Tuesday the 21st of December 1736, by Alexander Kincaid, book-seller, at the auction-house in Writers Court. ...
Kincaid, Alexander, 1710 or 1711-1777.Date: 1736- Books
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A catalogue of the very singular heraldical library of the late John Warburton, Esq. Somerset Herald at Arms, ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. King, Junr. ... on Friday, July 5, 1799, ...
King, Thomas, active 1781-1822.Date: 1799]- Books
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A catalogue of valuable books in several faculties and languages, viz. divinity, history, voyages, ... to be sold ... on Tuesday the 7th day of May 1717. ... at W. Mears ...
Mears, W. (William), active 1713-1729.Date: 1717]- Books
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Museum bakerianum. A catalogue of the elegant cabinet of nautral and artificial rarities of the late ingenious Henry Baker, Esq. Fellow of the Royal and Antiquary Societies; and one of the founders of the flourishing Society for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, deceased: comprehending a beautiful collection of shells and corals; native and extraneous fossils, many of which are remarkably fine and scarce; ores and petrefactions; rough and polished gems, marbles, agates and pebbles; fine bitumens and ambers; foreign seeds and plants; specimens of various woods from different parts of the globe; animals; parts of animals and insects, dryed and in spirits; various antiquities, coins and medals, and other curiosities: which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executors) by Samuel Paterson, at Essex House, in Essex Street, in the Strand, on Monday, 13th of March 1765, and the nine following days. To begin exactly at twelve o'clock, to be viewed on Friday, the 10th instant, and to the time of sale. Catalogues may be had, gratis, at Essex House aforesaid.
Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802.Date: 1775]- Books
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Bibliotheca Mastersiana. A catalogue of the genuine and singulary valuable library of books, of the late Robert Masters, B. D. & F. R. S. Author of the History of Corpus Christi College, and the B. Virgin Mary, commonly called Benet, in the University of Cambridge; and the Life and Writings of the Reverend Thomas Baker, B. D. Containing A most curious Collection in Topography, History, Poetry, Classics, Ancient printed Books, Volumes of rare Tracts, the whole in excellent Condition, and many illustrated with Manuscript Remarks, and Elucidations; with the Addition of the select Portraits, singularly rare, and curious; with other Prints, chiefly relative to English Topography, classed in their respective Counties. Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Arrowsmith and Bowley, At the Spacious Auction Rooms, Bow-Street, opposite the Pit Door, Covent-Garden, on Monday, the 14th of January, 1798, And the six following Days (sunday excepted.)
Arrowsmith and Bowley (London, England)Date: 1798]- Books
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A catalogue of the genuine and curious collection of prints, and books of prints, of John Ratcliffe, Esq; Late of Bermondsey, deceased, chiefly consisting of Scarce and Valuable Portraits of illustrious Persons, from Titian, Vandyke, Rubens, and other great Masters, and several fine original Prints by Vischer, Suyderhoof, Sourman, Hollar, &c. Which will be Sold by Auction, By Mr. Christie, At his Great Room, the Royal Academy, Pall Mall, On Saturday, March 23, 1776, And the Two following Evenings (sunday expected). To be viewed on Thursday and Friday, the 21st and 22d Instant, and to the Sale, which will begin each Evening at Six O'Clock. - Catalogues may be then had.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1776]- Books
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Catalogue of books, consisting of near ten thousand volumes, In various Languages, Arts, and Sciences, Including several libraries lately Purchased, with Pamphlets, Prints, Music, &c. Among others equally valuable are the following: Folio. Bibles, by Wright, Rider, Moore, Purver, Cruden, Stackhouse, the Bishops, &c. Hargrave's State Trials, 10 vols. Chambers's Dictionary, 4 vols. Harris's Voyages, 2 vols Horsman's Conveyancing, 2 vols. Large English Atlas Middleton's Geography, 2 vols. Middleton's Dictonary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vols. Moore's Voyages, 2 vols Quarto Grosse's Antiquities, 4 vs. & Sup. Blair's Lectures, 2 vols. Wallis's Northumberland, 2 vs. Baskerville's Classics, 5 vols. Burn's Westmor. and Cumber. 2 vs. Anson's Voyage Hawkesworth's Voyages, 3 vols. Josephus's Works, 2 vols Leland's History of Ireland, 3 vs. Millar's Gardener's Dictionary Mosheim's Ecclesiastical Hist. 2 vs. Priestley's Vision, Light and Colo. Ruff head's Statutes, 9 vols. Octavo, &c. Bell's British Theat. 21 vs. roy. pa. Coke's Reports, 7 vols. Atkins's ditto, 3 vols. Strange's ditto, 2 vols. Blackstone's Comm. 4 vs. by Burn Pennant's Zoology, 4 vols. Bible, 4 vols. large print Antiquites of West. Abbey, 2 vs. Universal Magazines, 63 vs com. London ditto, 50 vs. complete. Martin's ditto, 11 vols Buffon's Natural History, 6 vols. Baskerville's Shakespeare, 9 vols. Baskerville's Classics, 6 vols Clarendon's Hist of Rebel. 6 vs. Dodsley's Poems, 6 vols. Johnson's Shakespeare, 8 vols. Smollett's Hist. of England, 12 vs, Rapin's ditto, 15 vols. Goldsmith's ditto, 4 vols. Robertson's Hist. of America, 2 vs. Bp Beveridge's Sermons, 12 vols. Nature Display'd, 7 vols. Van Swieten's Commentar. 18 vs. Hist. des Indes, par Raynal, 7 tom. Swift's Works, 14 vols. The Books in general are in good Condition, many of them new, and in elegant Bindings. Which will begin to be Sold at the very low Prices printed in the Catologue, on Monday Nov. 17, 1783, By R. Christopher, bookseller and printer, in Stockton. Who gives the full value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had (gratis) at the Place of Sale, and of Mr Goldsmith, Pater-Noster-Row, London; and may be seen at the Booksellers Shops in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Durham, Sunderland, Kendal, Whitby, Scarbro', Hull, Leeds, York, Doncaster, Whitehaven, &c.
Christopher, Robert, 1751-1819.Date: 1783]- Books
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A catalogue of valuable books, in different languages and faculties: to be sold by way of sale, at the shop of W. Gordon, bookseller in the Parliament Close, Edinburgh; and the sale to continue every day, until the end of July next 1765. ... Whoever calls, ... will be preferred, after February 13th, 1765.
Gordon, W. (William), -approximately 1794.Date: 1765]- Books
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Lackington's catalogue for 1792. Consisting of one hundred thousand volumes in various languages and Classes of Learning; Including many valuable Libraries Lately purchased. With many Articles but just published; A very large Number in an uncommon Variety of plain, elegant and superb Bindings. Also many scarce, old, and valuable Books. Folio. Graevius et Gronovius, &c. 37 vol. Museum Florentinum, 7 tom. Encyclopedie, 28 tom. Geneve Le Sacre de Louis XV. Edmondson's Copperplate Peerage, 6 v. Montsaucon, Antiquites, G. P. 10 tom. Fables de Fontaine, 4 tom. Millar's Plants, coloured Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. coloured Description du Danube, 6 tom. Bailey's Mechanics Albinus's Tables Foulis's superb editions Gough's Camden, 3 vol. Campbell's Vitruvius, 2 vol. L. P. Quarto. Grose's Works, 13 vol. Edwards's Nat. Hist. 7 vol. coloured Voyage Pittoresque, 13 tom. Wilkes's Butterflies, coloured Pennant's Works, 14 vol. russia Baskerville's Classics, 7 tom. Octavo, &c. Buffon, 43 tom. coloured Goldsmith's Nat. Hist. 8 vol. coloured Brindley's Classics, 24 vol. Universal History, 60 vol. Johnson's Poets, 75 vol. morocco Monthly Review, 68 vol. Critical Review, 56 vol. Pickering's Statutes, 36 vol. By J. Lackington, at his shop, No. 46 and 47, Chiswell-Street, Moorfields, London. Where Libraries or Parcels of Books are purchased on a new Plan, by which the Seller is sure to have the utmost Value in ready Money, or in other Books. - Not an Hour's Credit will be given to any Person, nor any Books Exported, or sent into the Country, before they are paid for. Catalogues may be had at the Shop, and of Mr. C. H. Lackington (private House) No. 12, Charles-Street, St. James's-Square; also of the following Booksellers; Barker, Russell-Court, Drury-Lane; Marsom, No. 187, High Holborn; Lunn, Cambridge; Merrick, Oxford; Gander or Hodges, Sherborne; Hazard, Bath; Rollason, Coventry; Deck, Bury; Haydon, Plymouth; Edwards, Norwich; Bulgin, Bristol; Fisher, Newcastle; and also at Freeth's Coffee House, Birmingham. - To prevent Mistakes, those who send for any Books are desired, besides the Numbers, to send the first Words and the Prices of the Article they want. - Book-Binding done in the newest Taste and exceeding cheap.
Lackington, James, 1746-1815.Date: 1792]- Books
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A catalogue of the large and valuable library of the Right Honourable Spencer, Earl of Wilmington, lately deceas'd. Consisting of a collection of curious and uncommon books in all branches of literature; ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Cock, in the great room over Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, on Monday, the 27th of February, 1743-4, ...
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1744]- Books
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A catalogue of books, for MDCCXCIII. Part the first, ... Which are this day selling ... by John Egerton, ... MDCCXCIII.
Egerton, John, -1795.Date: 1793]- Books
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A catalogue of an exceeding fine library of books in several arts and sciences. Which will be sold by auction at Mr. Cock's room in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday the 12th of this instant March. The Books may be view'd at the Place aforesaid, on Thursday the 8th, and every Day after (sunday excepted) till the Hour of Sale, which will begin each Day at Five in the Afternoon, precisely. Catalogues will be deliver'd gratis, at Mr. Cock's on Wednesday the 7th Instant. NB. Every Book in this Library has been carefully collated, the Beauties of the Copies, the Choiceness and Scarceness of the Editions, and all other Excellencies will easily be discover'd and approv'd by the Curious.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1730?]- Books
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Bibliotheca Groenewegeana: being a catalogue of the stock of John Groenewegen; Containing Several scarce Books collected in France, Italy, Germany and Holland. Books of Mathematicks, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Antiquities, Medals, Geography, History, Genealogies, Voyages, Divinity, Philosophy, Physick, Natural History, Law, Oratory, Poetry, and Polite Literature. To be sold by auction, on Monday the 10th of March, 1728-9, at Paul's Coffee-House, at the West End of St. Paul's, at Six of the Clock precisely, and to continue every Evening till all are Sold. By Thomas Ballard. The Books may be view'd three Days before the Sale begins. Catalogues are to be had at Mr. Lewis's, near Covent-Garden; Mr. King's in Westminster-Hall; Mr. Strahan's in Cornhill; Mr. Mount's on Tower-Hill; Mr. Clement's in Oxford; Mr. Thurlborn's, and Mr. Bonnor's in Cambridge; and at the Place of Sale. (price Sixpence.)
Ballard, Thomas, active 1698-1734.Date: 1729]- Books
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A catalogue of the entire library of John Murgatroyd, Esq; of Heslington, near York, lately deceased; consisting of a curious and valuable collection of books, in most branches of literature, which will begin to be sold extremely cheap, for ready Money, (the Prices printed in the Catalogue) at Mr. Marfitt's large Glass-Warehouse opposite the White-Dog in Stonegate, York, on Monday August 23, 1773, and continue on Sale till Michaelmas next.
Marfitt, Mr.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A catalogue of books, exhibiting a valuable and curious collection, In various Languages and Branches of Literature, formed during the summer From the best Sales in England and on the Continent. Discant Homines quid in libris proprium. The Price of every Book is printed in the Catalogue. And are now on sale for ready money only. By Isaac Herbert, Bookseller, No. 6, Pall-Mall, (from Mr. Hayes, 332, Oxford-Street.) Catalogues (to be annually continued) may be had at the place of Sale, (no. 6, Pall-Mall,) and of the principal Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland,-N: B. Good Allowance to Merchants and Captains for Exportation.
Herbert, Isaac, active 1793-1798.Date: 1794- Books
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Second volume of Lackington's catalogue for 1793. Consisting of above ninety thousand volumes, ... selling ... By J. Lackington, ...
Lackington, James, 1746-1815.Date: 1793]- Books
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A catalogue of the large and valuable freehold estate of the most noble William, Duke of Powis, deceased, situate in the county of Northampton; ... Which, ... will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, ... on Monday the 13th day of November, 1758, ...
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711-1774.Date: 1758]- Books
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A catalogue of all the neat elegant genuine household furniture, Table and Tea services of fine Nankeen, Dresden, and Chelsea Porcelain, China, Glass, valuable Pictures, Prints, a large capital Collection of curious Shells, Insects, Sea Weeds, Rock Work, household linen, and other effects, also All the live and dead stock, belonging to Bartholomew Price, Esq. Who is quitting his Seat at Challow, in Berkshire, One Mile from Wantage, in the High Turnpike Road and Sixty-One Miles from London: which (by direction of the proprietor) Will be sold by Auction, By James Lucas, On Wednesday the 20th of September, 1786, and Two following Days, On the Premises, In 150 Lots each Day, at Ten O'Clock, The Whole may be viewed on Monday and Tuesday, and the Mornings of Sale. Catalogues may be then had on the Premises; the Inns on the Road from London to Challow; and of James Lucas, Auctioneer, No. 66, Chiswell Street, Moorfields. London, who respectfully begs Leave to inform the Public, that the China, Glass, Shells, Insects, Books, and Part of the Household Furniture, will be sold in the First Day; the Drawing Room Suite, principal Rooms, Prints, Pictures, and Linen, in the Second Day's Sale; and all the valuable Live and Dead Stock, Building Materials, Brewing Vessels, and other useful Domestic Articles in the Third and last Day's Sale. - The Furniture to be cleared on the Mornings of Sale, and within One Day after the Sale is ended.
Lucas, James, active 1786.Date: 1786]- Books
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A catalogue of books, consisting of part of the private library of Mr. Richard King, ... Which will be sold by auction on Monday 21st of November, ... at North's Coffee-house, in Kingstreet, Cheapside; ... By Charles Corbet. ...
Corbet, Charles, Sir, 1734-1808.Date: 1757?]- Books
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A catalogue of books, To be sold by Auction at Dick's Coffee-House, &c.
Thornton, Thomas, active 1729-1739.Date: 1730?]- Books
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Second part of Lackington's catalogue for 1787; consisting of about thirty thousand volumes,...The whole selling...by J. Lackington,...
Lackington, James, 1746-1815.Date: 1787]- Books
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A catalogue of a capital and truly valuable library of a gentleman, Removed from his late Residence at Twickenham, for Convenience of Sale; Comprising, amongst a Variety of other very Valuable Articles, the following: Histoire Universelle des Anciens Royaumes, a most beautiful Manuscript on vellum, with exquisite Miniatures, Morocco, Unique Doctrinal of Sapyence, printed by Caxton, Mcccclxxiv, extremely rare Dugdale on Imbanking and Draining the Fens, Original Edition Atkyn's History of Glocestershire, large Paper, Russia Harris's History of Kent, Plates by Kip Plot's History of Oxfordshire and Staffordshire, large Paper Antiquities and Topography of Great Britain Leycester's Natural History of Cheshire Lyson's History of the Environs of London, 4 vol. Gunton's Peterborough and other County Histories Oeuvres de Holbein, fine Impressions with additional Drawings, fine Fabian's, and other Chronicles Willis's Mitred Abbies, & Notitia Parliamentaria, 5 vol. blue Morocco Bentley's Lucan, Strawberry Hill, elegant Herbert's Ames, large Paper, Russia Atlas Universel par Robert, coloured Life of Caxton, by Lewis, large Paper Lyf of St. Katharine, St. John the Baptist, St. Jerom, and our Lady by Lydgate, exceeding fair and choice Manuscripts on vellum, elegant in Morocco, and others Very singular Missals on vellum with Miniatures Nature Displayed, Titian's Habits, Mary Toft, &c. And many other rareand fine Articles too tedious to enumerate. Which will be sold by auction by Mr. King, junr. At his Auction Room, No. 36, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, On Monday, July 7, 1800, and Three following Days, at Twelve O'Clock.
King, Thomas, active 1781-1822.Date: 1800]- Books
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A catalogue of the entire and choice library of Thomas Pelham junior, Esq; (late Member of Parliament for Lewes in Sussex, and one of the commissioners of trade and plantations) deceas'd. Consisting of Variety of curious and uncommon Books in most Branches of Polite Literature, and in several Languages; amongst which are most of the Classics cum Notis Variorum, Elzevir, and in Usilm Delphini, and other Classic Historians; many scarce Italian and Latin Authors, and the best modern English Books; chiefly collected by him when Secretary to the Embassy at Paris. Amongst many other valuable Articles are the following. Dictionnaire de Trevoux, 5 vol. Le Clerc Hist. des Provinces Unies, 2 vol. Dimostvenis Opera, opt. Edit. Dict. de Commerce, 3 vol. Rapin's Hist. with Heads, &c. 2 vol. Locke's Works, 3 vol. Dr. Middleton's Cicero, l. p. 2 vol. Milton's Poetical Works, l. p. 2 vol. Diogenes Laertius, 2 vol. Bamnan's Quintilian, 2 vol. Cronovius's Tacitus, 2 vol. Masvicius's Virgil, 2 vol. Horace, par Sanadon, vol. Folard Hist. de Polybe, 5 vol. Hist. du Peuple de Dieu, 7 vol. Ciceronis Opera Graevis, 11 vol. which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Cock, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday next, the 19th instant, and the three following Evenings. The said Library may be view'd on Friday next, the 16th Instant, and every Day after, (sunday excepted) till the Time of Sale, which will begin each Evening at half an Hour after five precisely. Catalogues of which may be had gratis at the Place of Sale.
Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720-1749.Date: 1744]