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A catalogue of the most valuable collection of pictures, prints, and drawings late of Charles Jarvis Esq; deceased; principal painter to their Majesties King George I. and II. Which will begin to be sold by auction, (by order of the executrix and trustees) on Tuesday, the 11th day of March 1739-40 at his late dwelling-house, in Cleveland-Court, St. James's. Likewise his marble statues, basto's basso relievo's, alto relievo's in ivory, most exquisitely done by Fiamingo; his Albans enamel ware, in vases, ewers, cisterns, dishes, plates, &c. painted by Raphael and his disciples: with his models and plaisters of the most eminent sculptors and gravers, both ancient and modern, chiefly collection by him, in a series of forty years, in Rome, Lombardy, Venice, France, and Flanders, and from the cabinets of many of the English nobility. With sundry other valuable remains of antiquity. The pictures, statues, busto's, and models to be view'd on Tuesday the 4th of March; the prints and drawings on Friday the 7th, and each day, (Sundays excepted) to the time of sale, which will begin at half an hour after eleven precisely. Catalogues will be deliver'd gratis the days of viewing at the place of sale. Conditions of sale as usual.
Date: 1740]- Books
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The covetous mother: or, the terrible overthrow of two loyal lovers. You that these wofal Tidings hear, Surely your Hearts will bleed; Who can forbear to shed a Tear, When they these Lines shall read?
Date: [1730?]- Books
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Bibliotheca Westiana: a catalogue Of the curious and truly valuable library of the late James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society, Deceased: comprehending A choice Collection of Books in various Languages, and upon most Branches of polite Literature: More especially such as relate to The History and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland Their early Navigators, Discoverers and Improvers, And the Ancient English Literature: Of which there are a great Number of uncommon Books and Tracts, elucidated by Manuscript Notes and Original Letters, and embellished with scarce Portraits and Devises, rarely to be found: Including the Works of Caxton, Lettou, Machlinia, the Anonymous St. Alban's Schoolmaster, Wynkin de Worde, Pynson, and the rest of the old English Typographers. Digested by Samuel Paterson. Which (by Order of the Administratrix,) Will be sold by auction, By Mess. Langford, At Mr. West's late Dwelling-House in King's-Street, Covent-Garden, On Monday, the 29th of March 1773, and the Twenty-Three following Days (sundays excepted.) To begin each Day precisely at Half an Hour past Eleven. To be viewed on Thursday the 25th, and to the Time of Sale.
Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802.Date: 1773]- Ephemera
Tilbury alterative water : cures the heartburn, looseness, and piles : is particularly serviceable in the bloody flux, bleeding from any part, and weakness of both sexes.
Date: [1780?]- Books
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Law tracts, containing 1. A proposition for compiling and amendment of our laws. 2. An offer of a digest of the laws. 3. The elements of the common laws of England, containing a collection of some principal rules and maxims of the common law, with their latitude and extent. 4. The use of the law for preservation of our persons, goods and good names, according to the practice of the laws and customs of this land. 5. Cases of treason, felony, praemunire, prerogative of the king, of the office of a constable. 6. Arguments in law in certain great and difficult cases, viz. of impeachment of waste. Low's case of tenures. Of revocation of uses. The jurisdiction of the Marches. 7. Ordinances in Chancery for the better and more regular administration of justice in the Chancery, to be daily observed, saving the prerogative of the Court. 8. Reading on the statute of uses. By Francis Bacon. Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Archives and manuscripts
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), President of the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical Society
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1792-1871, President of the Geological Society and the Royal Geographical SocietyDate: 1815-1871Reference: MS.5220- Pictures
The funeral of George Monck, Duke of Albemarle. Engravings by R. White after F. Barlow, 1670.
Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694.Date: 1670Reference: 37411i- Archives and manuscripts
Waterton, Edmund (1830-1887)
Waterton, Edmund, 1830-1887Date: 1859-1881Reference: MS.4976- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: Lagrange-de Lazen
Date: 1800-1965Reference: MS.8890- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: GO
Date: 1680-1922Reference: MS.9142- Archives and manuscripts
Lee, Henry (1826-1888), naturalist
Lee, Henry, 1826-1888.Date: 1866-1887Reference: MSS.5376-5401- Archives and manuscripts
Papers collected by Dr Joan McMichael (1906-1989)
Elfrida Rathbone AssociationDate: 1964-1965Reference: MS.8830- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd