A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, bound and unbound, of the learned and ingenious Martin Folkes, Esq. late president of the Royal Society, deceas'd; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 15th of this instant January 1756, and the seven following evenings ... / [Martin Folkes].

  • Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.
Date:
[1756]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, bound and unbound, of the learned and ingenious Martin Folkes, Esq. late president of the Royal Society, deceas'd; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 15th of this instant January 1756, and the seven following evenings ... / [Martin Folkes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Prints. Lot i r'J'^Wenty-five heads by various mailers jj 2 JL Twelve hiftories, by Watteau, Baron, Sec. 3 Thirty ditto, by various mailers l 4 Ten, of antiquities in Dr. Mead's colle&ion 5 Ten heads, by Mr. Vertue, White and others • 6 Ten converfations, by Chardin, Jeaurut, &c. 7 Fifteen views of Windfor cable > 8 Six hiltories, by Poujjin, Titian and Terburch 9 Six landfcapes, after Claude Lorrain and G. Poujffin, by Mr. Pond Iio Fi ve pieces of architedlure, by Mr .Pond l 11 Six landfcapes, after Claude and Poujjin, by ditto Ii 2 Six ditto, by ditto 13 Nine large heads, by Vandyck and Sir G. Kneller ^4 Seventeen wood cuts, by various mailers 15 Seven ditto, after Raphael 36 Twelve metzotinto’s, by Mr. Faber and others J7 Twelve ditto, by ditto 18 Twenty ditto, by various mailers 19 Four views by Callot 20 Sixteen, by ditto 2 1 Eight hiltories by Poujjin, P. Tejla and others 22 Eleven ditto, by dug. Carracci and ditto 23 Fourteen ditto, by old mailers 524 Twenty-feven ditto, by ditto 25 Fifteen ditto, by ditto 26 Eight ditto, by Raphael, Titian, Sec. 27 Nine ditto, by Aug. Carracci, J. Romano, Corregio, Scc. 28 Five ditto, by L. and Aug. Carracci, Spagnoletto, Scc. 29 Five ditto, by Brueghell, &c. . 30 Two, by Vijfcher, of the rat catcher, and a converfatiori - 31 Grant's map cf the young Chevalier’s rout in Scotland 32 Map des Environs de Paris 33 Three prints framed and gkzed — the cartoon of Ananias — Carlo Marratti's ages — Le Bruns different nations of Europe 34 A branch of rofes with feathers, framed and glazed 33 A young Gentleman’s head, a drawing by Mr. Hujjey, framed and glazed * / •V-—36 Two drawings, framed and glazed — Lord Strafford and his Secretary, after Vandyck — An holy family by Van- derbunk