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Date: c.1998-2000Reference: PP/TLA/A/4/16Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: c.1994-1997Reference: PP/TLA/A/3/14Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Books
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A catalogue of a genuine and curious collection of Greek, Roman, British, Saxon and English coins and medals, in gold, silver and copper, (many of which are very Rare, and in the most desirable Preservation;) which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Gerard, At his House, in Litchfield-Street, St. Ann's, Soho, On Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th of February, 1772. - To be view'd on Monday the 24th, Tuesday the 25th, and each Day 'till the Time of Sale; which will begin at Half an Hour after Eleven O'Clock precisely. - Catalogues to be had, gratis, at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1772]- Books
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A catalogue of the large and valuable collection of ancient and modern coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper: A great Number of which are extremely rare and in the highest Preservation: Also a few articles of antiquities and other curiosities: The Property of a Gentleman left off collecting: which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Gerard, at his house in Litchfield-Street, St. Anne's, soho, On wednesday, May 5, 1790, and the Two following Days, At Half after Eleven O'Clock precisely. To be viewed two Days preceding the Sale from Ten O'Clock till Three. Catalogues to be had at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1790]- Books
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A catalogue of a small but genuine and really curious collection of British coins, With some few, singular, and well-preserved Roman small brass; particularly, Of the Emperor Carausius, and Allectus: Also a few English coins: likewise Some Fragments of Urns, Patera's, Fibula's, &c. actually found within the Bounds of that once famous City of Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, the Property of that assiduous and diligent Preserver of Antiquities, Thomas Saywell; which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Gerard, At his House in Litchfield-Street, St. Ann's, Soho, On Wednesday, the 26th of January, 1774. - To be view'd on Tuesday the 25th, and 'till the Time of Sale; which will begin at Half an Hour after Eleven O'Clock precisely. - Catalogues to be had, gratis, at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1774]- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of ancient and modern coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper, consisting of Greek, Roman, Saxon, English, &c. Many of them rare, and in fine preservation; a cabinet of casts in Sulphur, from the antique impressions in wax; and casts in Plaister, from the antique, and from modern medals; prints, Books of Prints of scarce Portraits, &c. Which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Skinner and Co. On Tuesday the 8th of March, 1785, At Eleven O'Clock, At Mr. Hutchins's Rooms, in King-Street, Covent - Garden. To be viewed till the Sale. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale; and of Mr. Skinner and Co. Aldersgate-Street.
Skinner and Co. (London, England)Date: 1785]- Books
Design for scientific conservation of antiquities / R.M. Organ.
Organ, R. M.Date: [1968], ©1968- Books
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A catalogue of upwards of twenty thousand volumes, of the most Valuable books in all Languages and Sciences; comprehending The most Capital and Curious Collections of Prints, Books of Natural History, Antiquities, &c. in fine Condition. Amongst which are Raffell's Gallery at the Vatican, finely illuminated Flores Holsteni, elegantis. depict. Enevclopedie par Diderot. &c. 28 tom. P. Eugene & Marlborough's Battles, 4 vol. l p. Antichita D'ercolano, 7 tom. Shakespeare's Works, 1623, Russia Bucho, Centurie des Planches de L'hist. Nat. enluminees - Fleurs Chineses. enluminees Bartolozzi's Works, 5 vol. 400 prints Piranesi's Works, 12 vol. Russia Sir W. Hamilton's Etruic. Antiq. 4 v. Rus. Capt. Baillie's Works, in Mor. Proofs King of Denmark's Shells, painted extra Miller's Linnean System, 2 vol. coloured Pennant's British Zoology, coloured, eleg. Norden's Travels, 2 vol. royal paper Teliemaque, belles fig. Marmora Oxoniensis Spence's Polymetis, first impression, Russia Claude Lorraine's Landscapes Miller's Plants, 2 vol. coloured, Russia St. Chrysostom, 13 tom. eleg. Robert and de L'Isle's Atlas, gr. pap. Hamilton's School of Painting Hunter's Anatomical Plates Ceremonies Religieuses, 7 tom. Strange's Works, complete Buck's Views, 4 vol. Fables de Fontaine, 4 tom. Plato Serrani, 3 tom. Harris's Aurelian, coloured, Russia Knor Deliciae Naturae, 2 tom. coloured, Russia Edward's Natural History, 7 vol. col. Mor. Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. Morocco, coloured. Knor Deluvii Testes, 3 tom. coloured Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. finely coloured Sloane's Jamaica, 2 vol. fine copy Physica Sacra, 4 vol. elegant Museum Florentinum, 12 tom. Graevii et Gronovii Antiquit. &c. 33 tom. Heads of illustrious Persons, l. p first impres. Clarke's Caesar, fine copy, Russia Ruins of Palmyra, Balbeck, Spalatro, Ionia, Greece, Athens, Paestum, &c. &c. Cowper on the Muscles, large paper, Rus. Cowper's Anatomy, large paper, ditto Edmondson's Peerage, 5 vol. large pap. extra Passerii Picturae Etruscor. 2 tom. fig. depict. Pembroke's Medals, large paper. Russia Dactyliotheca Smithiana, 2 tom. fine cuts Ridinger's Works, 3 vol. Russia Gallerie de Boyer D'aguilles, gr. et p. pap. Vandermulen's Works, first impression Crozat's Collection. 2 vol. large paper Clande Lorraine's Drawings, by Erlom, 2 vol. Curious Missals, finely illuminated Robert's Atlas, g. p. Campbell's Vitiuvius Britannicus, 5 vol. Kent's Inigo Jones, 2 vol. large paper Dugdale's Monasticon, 3 vol. Rus. Hollinshead's Chronicle, 2 vol. King's Vale Royal Rymer's Foedera, 20 vol. Stukeley's Itinerary, Stonehenge, and Aubery, 3 vol. Tanneri Notitia Monastica Dictionaries, all the best Editions, Eng. Lat. French, and Italian, &c. Corpus Byzantiae Historiae, 23 tom. Biblia Polyglotta, 8 tom. Medicae Artis Principes Thuani Historia, 7 tom. L'antiquitees par Montfaucon, 15 tom. Corps Diplomatique, 24 tom. With many Others equally Valuable, Which will begin to be Sold this Day, 1780, (for Ready Money only) and continue on Sale till all are Sold, By James Robson, Bookseller in New Bond Street, Who gives the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had (price 6d. to be allowed) At Mr. Dodsley's, Pall-Mall; Mr. Cadell's, in the Strand; Mr. Law, Ave-Mary Lane; Mess. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal Exchange; and at the Place of Sale; also of the Booksellers at Oxford and Cambridge; and all the great Towns in England.
Robson, James, 1733-1806.Date: 1780]- Books
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A catalogue of a valuable collection of antient and modern coins, in the highest preservation: containing Series of Greek Kings, Cities, and People; Roman Families; imperial Coins, and Spanish Colonies; many of them exceeding rare. Also Several Books of Medals, and Prints, amongst which are Piranesi's Views and Antiquities of Italy. The Whole consigned from abroad. Which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Gerard, At his House in Litchfield-Street, St. Anne's, Soho, On Wednesday, May, 14, 1777. To be viewed on Monday, the 12th, Tuesday, the 13th, from Ten O'Clock till Four; and, on the Day of Sale, from Ten O'Clock till Eleven. Catalogues to be had, gratis, at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid. Conditions of sale as usual.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1777]- Books
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A catalogue of sundry coins and medals; Many of which are searce, and in fine preservation; an elegant mahogany medal cabinet, some are old China and Japan, an elaborate model of a first rate man of war, and other curiosities: to which is added, the collection of prints, drawings, and copper-plates, chiefly relating to English antiquities, of the Late Ingenious Mr. Francis Perry, engraver, deceased: which will be sold by auction, by Samuel Paterson, at Essex-House, in Essex Street, in the Strand, on Saturday, April 8th, 1775. To begin exactly at twelve o'clock. to be viewed on Thursday, the 6th instant, and to the time of sale. Catalogues may be had, gratis, at Essex House aforesaid. Conditions of sale as usual.
Paterson, Samuel, 1728-1802.Date: 1775]- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of coins and medals, With all the puncheons and dies for striking medals, of the late John Croker, Esq. and John Sigismund Tanner, Esq. Who were successively Chief Gravers of his Majesty's Mint. The above includes a very large and extraordinary Collection of Puncheons and Dies, the private Labour of two very ingenious Artists, whose mere Workmanship, in the original Execution of them, has been estimated at several Thousand Pounds. They have all been been finished in a masterly Manner,-Are still very complete, - mostly in good Preservation, - fit for immediate Use, - and must, in every Sense, be considered as valuable Curiosities. Which (by Order of the Executor) will be sold by auction, By Mr. Gerard, At his House, in Litchfield-Street, St. Anne's, Soho, On Wednesday, the 18th of June, 1783. To be viewed on Monday the 16th, Tuesday the 17th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin at Half after Eleven O'Clock precisely. Catalogues to be had at Mr Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1783]- Books
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Museum Boulterianum. A catalogue of the curious and valuable collection of natural and artificial curiosities in the extensive museum of Daniel Boulter, Yarmouth: consisting of English and foreign birds and beasts in high preservation. Reptiles, fish, and insects, dried and in spirits. Elegant shells, corals, corallines, and other marine productions. Seeds, fruits, and other parts of rare plants. Fine specimens of different ores, petrefactions, spars, fluors, and crystals. Agates, calcedonies, jaspers, carnelians, &c. polished and unpolished. Roman, Egyption, and British antiquities in earthen ware and bronze. Carvings in wood, stone, ivory, and alabaster. Curious ancient enamelings, china and delst. Shell-work, needle-work, &c. crucifixes and rosaries. Ancient stained glass. Parts of dresses utensils, &c. Ancient weapons of war. Old monastic and other seals. Watches, rings, and amulets. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, British, and English coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper. Dresses, ornaments, weapons of war, fishing-tackle, and other singular inventions of the natives of the lately discovered islands in the South-Seas. Some capital paintings by the first masters. Rare old prints, including a large collection of engraved portraits, with a select library of cuious and valuable books in natural history, antiquities, &c. &c. Some curious missals, and a great number of other singular articles both ancient and modern. Price One Shilling. To be had of Henry Gardner, No. 200, Strand; B. & J. White, Fleet-Street; Darton & Harvey, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street; John Simcoe, No. 11, Great Queen-Street; London. Yarrington and Bacon, and R. Beatniffe, Norwich. And other booksellers in town or country.
Boulter, Daniel.Date: 1794?]- Books
The preservation of antiquities / by H.J. Plenderleith.
Plenderleith, H. J. (Harold James), 1898-1997.Date: 1934- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of antient and modern coins and medals, In gold, silver, and copper, Antiquities, and Curiosities, of a gentleman, going abroad; Also his collection of printed books, Among which are Tavernier, Chardio, Tournefort, Neibuhr, I'abbe Gedoyn and I'abbe Chappe's Voyages, Edwards's Natural History, Rosel's and Sulzer's Infects, Baskerville's Ariosto, Gerusalemme liberata, Books of Coins, &c. Which will be sold by auction, By Mr Gerard, At his House, in Litchfield - Street, St. Anne's, Soho, a Thursday, the 9th, and Friday, the 10th, of March, 1786. To be viewed on Tuesday the 7th, Wednesday the 8th, and till the Time of Sale;-Which will begin at Half after Eleven O'Clock precisely. Catalogues to be had at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1786]- Books
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Maxims on the preservation of health, and the prevention of diseases : selected from the best authorities : with The way to wealth from Dr. Franklin / from Lee & Co.'s Patent and Family Medicine Store, No. 33, Market-Street, Baltimore.
Date: [1803?]- Books
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Sotheran's York guide; including a description of the public buildings, antiquities, &c. &c. in and about that ancient city. Illustrated with nine copperplates.
Sotheran, Henry.Date: [1796]- Books
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The town and country friend and physician, or, An affectionate address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease on its first appearance : supposed to be delivered by a country physician to the circle of his friends and patients on his retiring from business : with cursory observations on the treatment of children, &c. Intended for the promotion of domestic happiness : in two parts.
Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.Date: 1803- Books
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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: republished, with large additions, by John Throsby, and embellished with picturesque and select views of seats of the nobility and gentry, towns, village churches and ruins.
Thoroton, Robert, 1623-1678.Date: [1790]- Books
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For 1792. A catalogue, of a fine and useful collection of ancient and modern books, (lately purchased), in all languages and sciences, The whole forming an Assemblage, of more then Twenty Thousand Volumes, in Maps Books of Prints History Antiquities Voyages Travels Philosophy Arts and Sciences Mathematicks Natural History Gardening Husbandry Trade Poetry Miscellanies Divinity Latin French, Italian, &c. Which are now selling remarkably Cheap, By Shepperson and Reynolds, booksellers, No. 137, Oxford Street. Who give the utmost Value for Libraries or Parcels of Books, and Exchange Books on the most Liberal Plan. Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale, and of the following Booksellers: - Mr. Sewell, Cornhill; Meffieurs Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; Mr. Brown, Corner of Essex-Street, Strand; Mr. Debrett, Piccadilly, London: Mess. Merrill, Cambridge; and Mess. Cook and Fletcher, Oxford.
Shepperson and Reynolds.Date: 1792]- Books
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A catalogue of the genuine and capital collection of English coins and medals, &c. of a gentleman, In Somersetshire, Among which are the following rare and curious Coins, A Gold Coin of Edward the Black Prince, in fine Preservation; one in Gold of James VI. of Scotland, with the Bonnet; one in Billon of Henry V. - a fine Blondeaces half Crown: a Common Wealth Farthing; the Marriage Medal of Henry Vii. in Gold; a Silver Medal of the Earl of Leicester; Admiral Blake's Victory Medal, by Simon, with the Border; that beautiful Medal of Charles II, by Bower; reverse the falling Giants; one of the Duke of Monmouth; one of the Duke of Schomberg, very fine; one of Count Horn, by Hedlinger, in high Preservation; and many other equally valuable. Which will be sold by Auction, By Mess. Langford, At their House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, On Friday the 26th of this Instant April 1776. The said Collection may be viewed on Wednesday the 24th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin punctually at Twelve O'Clock. Catalogues of which may be had gratis on the Days of Viewing, at Mess. Langford aforesaid.
Mr. Langford and Son.Date: 1776]- Books
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Catalogue of books, prints, and books of print being the libraries of the Late Rev. Doctor Usher, F.T.C.D. Mr. Clarendon, and another gentleman which will begin to be sold on Wednesday the 22d of June, 1796, by James Vallance, at his Sale-Room, No. 6, Eustace-Street, the collection consists of a number of excellent books in various branches of literature; among which are the following: folio. Montsaucon's Grecian and Roman antiquities, with the supplement, 15 vol. first impressions of the plates. - Antiquities of France, 5 vol. with plates, Boydel's Shakespeare, with large and small plates, fine impressions. Macklin's British poets, fine impressions. Macklin's British poets, fine impressions. Hodges's views in India fine impressions, bound in Russia. Miller's illustration of the sexual system of linnŭs, 3 vol. with plates coloured and plain, Rubens's landscapes, engraved by Bolswert. Kirby's perspective, fine plates, large paper. Overbeke's antiquities of Rome, 3 vol. impressions, large paper. Trajan and antonine columns, fine impressions, Chambers's dictionary, 5 vol. with plates best edition. Ancient and modern universal history 12 vol. Cooke's voyages, 10 vol. compleat, fine plates pressions of the plates, bound in green tu Pope's works and translations, 14 vol. copy. Spenser's fairie queene, 3 vol. with many designs, elegant. Ferguson's Roman republic, 3 vol. elegant. Doddridge's family expositor, 6 vol. plates, fine copy. With many others equally good. Most of the prints are fine impressions.
Vallance, James.Date: 1796]- Books
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Bibliotheca Paitoniana: a catalogue of the truly-valuable and justly-celebrated library of the late eminent Sig. Jo. Bapt. Paitoni, M. D. Late of the City of Venice, Deceased: Comprehending a copious and extraordinary fine Collection of Books, in almost every Branch of Science and Polite Literature; More Particularly In History and Antiquities; Geography, Voyages and Travels; Philosophy, Medicine and Natural History; Greek and Roman Classics and Philology; Italian Poetry and Belles Lettres; The whole in the highest Preservation: Which is divided into Two Parts; and will be sold by auction, At the Great Room, opposite the Chapel, in Conduit Street, Hanover Square, (part I.) on Monday, November 22, 1790, and the Twenty following Days; (part II.) On Monday, January 24, 1791, and the Twenty-One following Days; To begin precisely at Twelve O'Clock. To be viewed on Monday, November 15, and to the Time of Sale. Catalogues, Price Two Shillings and Sixpence, may be had of Mr. Robson, Bookseller, New-Bond Street; Mr. Edwards, Bookseller, Pall-Mall, and at the Place of Sale.
Robson, James, 1733-1806.Date: 1790]- Books
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The whole works of Flavius Josephus: containing I. The Antiquities of the Jewish People, in Twenty Books. The Wars of the Jews with the Romans, from their Commencement to the final Destruction of Jerusalem, by Titus, in the Reign of Vespasian. In Seven Books. III. The Two Books of Josephus, in Defence of the Jewish Antiquities, against Apion. IV. The Martyrdom of the Maccabees. V. Account of Philo's Embassy from the Jews of Alexandria to the Emperor Caius Caligula. VI. The Life of Flavius Josephus, as written by Himself. Vii. The Testimonies of Josephus, concerning Our Blessed Saviour, St. John the Baptist, &c. &c. &c. To which is added, a continuation of the history of the Jews, from the death of Josephus to the present time. Also, notes - explanatory, historical, Biographical, Classical, Critical, and Geographical, With Marginal References And Copious Indexes. Likewise Tables of the Jewish Coins, Weights, Measures, &c. The whole newly translated from the original Greek. By Ebenezer Thompson, D.D and Wm. Chas. Price, LL.D. A new edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved. Embellished with copper-plates.
Josephus, Flavius.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
The identification of the Northern European woods : a guide for archaeologists and conservators / Jon G. Hather.
Hather, Jon G., 1963-Date: 2000- Books
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A catalogue of a select and valuable collection of ancient and modern books, in various languages. Containing, A considerable Number of very rare and curious Articles in the finest Condition. Also, An extensive Assortment of the best Modern Books in the most elegant Bindings. Including the Libraries of the late J. Mainwaring, M. D. an eminent Civilian, and a celebrated Collector, deceased. Among others equally curious are, Caxton's Game of Chesse. Caxton's Chaucer. Caxton's Cato. Caxton's Alain Chartier. Caxton's Catharine of Senes. Caxton's Bull of Pope Innocent for the Marriage of Henry Vii. and Elizabeth of York. several by Wynken de Worde, Pynson, Maclinia, and other early Printers. Books printed on Vellum. Books printed at Strawberry-Hill. Sir William Dugdain's Works. Most of the scarce English Topographical Histories. Early English Poetry. Chronicles, by Froissart, Higden, Hollinshed, Hall, Grafton, Fabian, &c. Romans de Chevalerie de la Table ronde Illuminated Missals and Mss. Mss. on English History and Antiquities. Buffon's Birds, coloured, 5 vol. Morocco. Hill's Vegetable System, coloured, 26 vol. Merian's Surinam Insects, coloured. Knorr's Shells, coloured. Martyn's Shells, painted. Lister's Shells, orig. edit. large paper. Hamilton's Sicilies, coloured, 3 vol. - Etruscan Vases, coloured, 4 vol. Antiquities of Herculaneum, 7 vol. Voyages Pittoresques de la Grece, de Naples, de France, de Sicile, de Suisse, &c. 18 vol. Houbraken's Heads, large paper. Perrault Hommes Illustres, lar. pap. Vandyke's Heads. Claude's Drawings, Proofe. Pilastres of the Vatican, coloured. Cielings of the Vatican, coloured. Oeuvres de Buffon, 33 vol. complets. - de Voltaire, 30 vol. - de Rousseau, 30 vol. Tasso, 3 vol: 4 to. par Didot. Which will begin to be sold, for Ready Money, at the Prices fixed in the Catalogue, and marked in the first Leaf of each Book, in May 1787, at Edwards's, No. 102, Pall-Mall. - The full Value given for any Library or Parcel of Books. Catalogues to be had of Mr. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, and at the Place of Sale; also at Edwards's, Halifax.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816.Date: 1787]