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Bowles's artists assistant in drawing, perspective, Etching, Engraving, Mezzotinto-Scraping, Painting on Glass, in Crayons, and in Water-Colours, And on Silks and Sattins. Containing the easiest and most comprehensive rules for the attainment of those truly Useful And Polite arts, Methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners, illustrated with suitable examples engraved on four copper-plates.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: [1780?]- Archives and manuscripts
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, The Widow Brady, - - - - by Dowager Lady A-r. The Libertine reclaimed, - - - by the D-ss of C-d. The Highland Laddie, - - - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - - - - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - - - - - - - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - - - - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - - - - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - - - - - by Lady F-l-. The Dust Cart, - - - - - by Ditto. Jobson and Nell, - - - - - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - - - - - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Macy. The Sweepstakes, - - - - - by Dowager D-ss of Ar. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - - - - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - - - - - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - - - - - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - - - - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - - - - - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - - - - - by Lady John S-Lle. Robinetta, - - - - - - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - - - - - - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - - - - by C-ss of B-ld Gammar Gurton's Needle, - - - by Dowager Lady T-d, &c. &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, Bamfield Moore Carew, - - - by Lady B-d. The Widow Brady, - - - - by Dowager Lady A-r. Jane Shore, - - - - - - by Lady B-ke. The Libertine reclaimed, - - - by the D-ss of C-d. Captain Macheath, - - - - by the Dowager C-ss of C-Lie. The Highland Laddie, - - - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - - - - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - - - - - - - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - - - - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - - - - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - - - - - by Lady F-l-th. Hope, - - - - - - - by the Countess of Ab-d-n. Jobson and Nell, - - - - - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - - - - - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Mac-y. The Sweepstakes, - - - - - by Dowager D-ss of A-r. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - - - - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - - - - - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - - - - - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - - - - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - - - - - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - - - - - by Lady John S-Ile. Robinetta, - - - - - - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - - - - - - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - - - - by C-ss Dowager of B-l. Fatima (in Cymon) - - - - by the D-ss of G- -n. Castor and Pollux, - - - - by the C-ss of H- - -n, &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, The Widow Brady, - by Dowager Lady A-r. The Libertine reclaimed, - by the D-ss of C-d. The Highland Laddie, - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - by Lady F-l-. The Dust Cart, - by Ditto. Jobson and Nell, - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Mac-y. The Sweepstakes, - by Dowager D-ss of A-r. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - by Lady John S-Lle. Robinetta, - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - by C-ss of B-l. Gammar Gurton's Needle, - by Dowager Lady T-d, &c. &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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Elements of painting with crayons. By John Russell. With the additions of 1. Directions for painting in water colours and Washing of Prints and Maps, II. -- for Painting on Glass, III. -- for Etching, IV. -- for Engraving, V. -- for Mezzotinto Scraping, VI. - for painting in miniature and the Preparation of the Colours.
Russell, John, 1745-1806.Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A catalogue of the genuine collection of Greek, Roman, British and English coins and medals, fine enamel paintings, miniatures and gems, Antique Bronzes, Raphael's Ware, Roman Urns, &c. of Mr. Edward Stephens, of Colchester, And the late Mr. Edward Cole, Of Twickenham; which will be sold by Auction, By Mr. Gerard, At his House in Litchfield-Street, St. Ann's, Soho, On Wednesday the 29th, and Thursday the 30th of March, 1775. - To be view'd on Monday the 27th, Tuesday the 28th, and 'till the Time of Sale; which will begin, each Day, at Half an Hour after Eleven O'Clock precisely. - Catalogues to be had, gratis, at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1775]- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of pictures, selected From the Roman, Florentine, Lombard, and other Schools. Consisting of The Works of the following Masters: Correggio, Primaticcio, Annibale Carracci, Michael Angelo da Carravaggio, Domenichino, Guido, Guercino, Francesco Mola, Bolognese, Carlo Cignani, Carlo Maratti, Cavalier Calabrese, Luca Giordano, Solimeni, Paolo da Matei, Rubens, Vandyke, Nicolas and Gaspar Poussin, Bourdon, Le Brun, De la Hire, Boullougne, Coypel, Jouvenet, Le Moin, Vanloo, Restout, &c. - The whole collected abroad, By Robert Strange. To be sold by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room in Pall-Mall, on Thursday, the 20th of February, and the two following Days. To be viewed on Tuesday the 18th, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin at 12 O'Clock.
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730-1803.Date: 1772]- Books
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The handmaid to the arts, ... . Teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the materia pictoria: or the nature, use, preparation, and composition, of all the various substances employed in Painting; as well vehicles, dryers, &c. as colours: including those peculiar to enamel and painting on glass. II. The means of delineation, or the several Devices employed for the more easily and accurately making Designs From Nature, or Depicted Representations; either by off-tracing, calking, reduction, or other means: with the methods of taking casts, or impressions, from figures, busis, medals, leaves, &c. III. The various manners of gilding, silvering, and Bronzing, with the preparation of the genuine Gold and Silver powders, and imitations of them, as also of the fat oil, gold sizes, and other necessary compositions: -the art of Japanning, as applicable not only to the former purposes, but to coaches, snuffboxes, &c. in the manner lately introduced: - and the method of Staining Different Kinds Of AtSubstances, with all the several colours. The whole being calculated, as well for conveying a more accurate and extensive knowledge of the matters treated of to profest artists; as to initiate those who are desirous to attempt these arts, into the method of preparing and using all the colours, and other substances employed in painting in oil, miniature, crayous, encaustic, enamel, varnish, distemper, and fresco; as also in gilding, &c.
Dossie, Robert, -1777.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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(second night.) With considerable alterations & additions. The Exhibition, dramatic - brush, Royal procession, &c. was received on Wednesday Evening by a numerous and genteel Audience, with universal Approbation. To the Lovers of Novelty, Whim, and Humour. At the Bell Great-Room, in Brecon, On Friday Evening, December 4th, 1789, Will be presented, A Humorous, Pleasant, and Whimsical Exhibition of the Times: Or, as you like it. By Mrs. Hudson, (from the Royalty-Theatre, London; but last from Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, &c.) Consisting of Music, Recitations, Imitations, Emblems and Caricatures, Original, Moral, Political and Satirical. In part the first, Will be introduced a variety of Striking Likenesses, or Characteristic Busts and Paintings, executed by an able Artist, and descanted upon with Humour and Sentiment, interspersed with some Serious and Comic Subjects from the Lecture on Heads, as altered by Pilon, and performed at the Royalty Theatre upwards of Seventy Nights. The first Part to conclude with the Bust of that brave Roman General, Belisarius, and the universally admired song of ̀̀date Obolum Belisario,'' by Mr. Hudson. Part Second, The dramatic brush, (with alterations and additions.) For rubbing off the rust of care, And Smoothing the Wrinkled Brow of Melancholy. As performed by Mrs. Hudson, in London last Summer, upwards of fifty nights. The second Part to conclude with the Bust of Shakspeare, and the favourite song of ̀̀the Seven Ages, or Stage Play of Human Life,'' by Mr. Hudson. Part Third, The Humours of the Times: Or, The World as it goes. In which will be introduced several laughable Characters of the present Age, &c. To conclude with a Favourite song, by Mr. Hudson. The whole to conclude with A new and grand Spectacle, in Commemoration of the King's happy Recovery, in which will be introduced, A complete and exact Representation of the Royal Procession to St. Paul's, On St. George's Day, as it moved on between Temple-Bar and Ludgate-Hill, And performed in London last Summer upwards of One Hundred and Thirty Nights. The Scenery, Machinery, and Decorations entirely New, and executed in the most masterly Style, by Two of the first Artists in London. - To close with ̀̀god save the King!'' - Tickets to be had at the principal Inns; at the Printing-Office; and at the Bell. Pit 2s. - Gallery 1s. - The Doors to be opened at Half after Five, and to begin at Half after Six O'Clock. - This Spacious large Room is elegantly fitted up with proper Scenery, a Stage, and every Decoration necessary to form a complete Theatre; - And the ladies and gentlemen of Brecon, and its Vicinity, are respectfully informed, that neither Pains or Expence have been wanting to render the above Amusements worthy their Patronage and Encouragement.
Hudson, Mr.Date: 1789]- Books
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A catalogue of a curious collection of books: containing Ten Thousand Volumes, in all Branches of Learning, of the best Authors, In Divinity, History, the Greek and Roman Historians, Poets, Orators, &c. Poetry, Painting, Medicine, Surgery, Philosophy, Mathematicks, &c. in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and English. The Books are in elegant Condition. Amongst which are the following, General Dictionary, 10 vol. Dict. de Bayle, 5 tom. Par. Dict. de Trevaux, 5 tom. Dict. de Moreri, 6 tom. H. Stephani Thesaur. cum Glossar. 5 tom. Char. min. Suidae Lexic. 3 tom. Ch. max. & min. Constantini Lexicon, Edit. opt. Doleti Comment. Ling. Lat. 2 tom. Plutarchi Opera, Gr. Lat. 2 t. Par. Plinii Harduini, 3 t. Ch. max. & min. Aristophanes Kissteri, Gr. & Lat. Lucian Bourdeletius - Polybius Casauboni - Zenoph. Leunelavii Dion. Halicarnassus, Hudsoni, 2 tom. Diod. Siculus Rhodomanni Gale's Herodotus-Paufanias Khunii Pindar, Gr. Lat. Ox. - Strabo 1707 Buckley's Thuanus, 7 tom. Septuaginta, Graece, Romae Com. Prayer of Edward VI. 1st Edit. Critici Sacri, 9 tom. Picart's Ovid, fine Cuts Works of Tillotson, 3 vol. - Barrow. 2 vol. - Jackson, 3 vol. - Bingham, 2 vol. - Prideaux, 2 vol. -Clarke, 4 vol. - Beveridge, 2 vol. &c. New System of Geography, 2 vol. Universal History, 8 vol. Moreton's Northamptonshire, large and small Paper, and several of the Counties. State Trials, 8 vol. Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. Spence's Polymetis, fine Cuts Salmon's Modern History, 3 vol. Giannone's Naples, 2 vol. Locke's Works, 3 vol. Hawkins's Scatutes, 6 vol. and 7 vol. of Acts Anstis's Regist. of the Garter, 2 vol. Cooper's Anarom and on the Muscles Blackwell's Herbal, 2 vol. coloured Wallis Opera omnia, 3 tom. Hooke's Micrographia. With many Hundreds more in Folio, Quarto and Octavo, equally good, which will be Sold (very cheap) the Prices printed in the Catalogue, on Monday the 15th of May 1749, and continue on Sale till all are sold, By Thomas Payne, Bookseller, In Round Court in the Strand, against York-Buildings. Catalogues to be had Gratis at the following Booksellers, viz. Mr. Strahan's, Cornhill; Mr. Osborne's, Pater-Noster-Row; Mr. Lewis's, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Brindley's, in New-Bond-Street, Mr. Jackson's, in St. James's street; Mr. Owen's, next the Devil Tavern, Fleet-Street; and at the Place of Sale: Where may be had the full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books.
Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799.Date: 1749]- Books
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Dengan sale. Part the first; containing the books. A catalogue of the extensive and valuable library, prints, paintings, Statues, Music, Mathematical Instruments And Superb Furniture Of At The Chapel which belonged to the late Right Hon. Earl of Mornington, at Dengan Castle, and which will begin to be sold by auction by R. E. Mercier and Co. at their house, No. 31, Anglesea-Street, Dublin, on Monday 18th May 1795, And The Following Days, Until All Are Sold. The Library consists of near 10,000 Volumes; amongst which are the following: Addison's Works, 4 vols. 410. Fielding's Works, 4 vols. 410. Milton's Works, 4 vols. 410. Pope's Works, 15 vols. 410. Spencer's Fairy Queen, 3 vols. 410. Dives and Pauper, 1493. Hackluyt's Voyages, 3 vols. Purchas's Pilgrims, 5 vols. Arnold's Chronicle, or Customs of London. Fabian, Grasion, Halle, and Holinshed's Chronicles. Anecdotes of Painting, 4 vols. - Strawberry Hill. Willourbby's Ornithology. Morison Plantarum Historia Universalis Oxoniensis, 2 vols large paper. Vitruvius Britannicus, 5 vols. large paper. Hogarth's Works, finest impressions. Darley's Comic Prints. Kip's Britannia Illustrata, 3 vols. Ionian Antiquities. Wood's Palmyra. Montfaucon's Antiquities. Spence's Polymetis, first edition. Evangelium Sanctum Arabice, 1590, Editio Princeps, a splendid copy. Ciceronis Opera, Oliveti, 9 vols. Platonis, Serrani, 2 vols. large paper. Albertus, Magnus, typis Wilhelmum de Mechlinia. Aratus. Editso Princeps. Lucretius, 1486. Editio princeps. Lactantius, 1478. Martialis, 1475. Ovidius, 1486. Valerius Maximus, 1478. Magna Charta, a curious MS. Illustrious Heads, imperial paper.
R. E. Mercier and Co.Date: [1795]- Books
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Public breakfasting, at Keymer's Pavilion & Vauxhall Gardens On Wednesday and Friday mornings, in the assize week; and a concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Leader of the Band, Mr. Hindmarsh Principal Second Violin, Mr. Hewitt. Both from London. The Vocal Parts by Miss Williams, (from the Theatre Royal, Bath, being her first Appearance here) And Miss Harvey. Admittance One Shilling, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate included. - The Concert to begin at Half past Eleven O'Clock. Bastile. On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, in the Assize Week, The Garden and Pavilion Will be Elegantly illuminated, And a concert Of Vocal and Instrumental Music. First Violin, Mr. Hindmarsh-Principal Second, Mr. Hewitt. The Vocal Parts by Miss Williams, Mr. Keymer, and Miss Harvey. Several Favorite Songs in Character each Evening. Also, a New Pantomime. Never performed here, called, The Necromancer; Or, Harlequin du Bois. Harlequin, by a Gentleman. - Clown, by Signior Martinelli. - And Colombine, Mrs. Martinelli. In the course of the Pantomime, the following interesting Scenes will be exhibited: The Triumph of Liberty; or, Releasement, from the Bastile. Being a Picturesque View of the Outside of the Bastile, and Drawbridge-Inside of the Bastile-The various Instruments of Torture-Gloomy Cells-Skeletons-Wretched Victims chained in a variety of Postures, and liberated by the brave Henry Henry du Bois. The Whole of the Scenery painted on purpose by Mr. M. H. Keymer. The Machinery by Signior Pietro Martinelli. The whole to conclude with brilliant illuminations. With a Variety of Mechanical Movements, the Designs quite new, By Signior Martinelli. The Proprietor begs leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Norwich, and its Vicinity, that he has lately built a New Commodious Room, and erected an Orchestra and Large Stage after the manner of the Royal Circus, with a complete set of new scenery, in a superior stile of theatrical elegance to any thing of the kind introduced in a public garden on this side the metropolis, by which improvement, 500 persons may be accommodated in the Rotunda more than in the former state Admittance on Tuesday (being the first Opening of the New Orchestra and Stage) and on Wednesday and Friday Evenings, One Shilling. - On Thursday and Saturday Evenings, One Shilling, Sixpence to be returned in Liquor. Tickets of each Performance to be had of the Printers of the Norwich Papers, and at the Gardens. N. B. Both the Greens will have temporary seats, for the accommodation of those who prefer sitting in the Garden. - - The Concert each evening will begin at Half past seven O'Clock. - A capital Collection of Natural Curiosities to be sold cheap, and will be open for the Inspection of the Curious on Friday Morning.
Keymer, M. H.Date: 1790?]- Books
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The gentleman's and connoisseur's dictionary of painters. Containing a complete collection, and account, of the most distinguished artists, who have flourished in the art of painting, at Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, and other cities of Italy; in Holland, Flanders, England, Germany, or France; from the year 1250, when the art of painting was revived by Cimabue, to the year 1767; including above five hundred years, and the number of artists amounting to near one thousand four hundred. Extracted from the most authentic writers who have treated on the subject of painting, in Latin, Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Low Dutch. To which are added, two catalogues; the one, a catalogue of the disciples of the most famous masters; for the use of those, who desire to obtain a critical knowledge of the different hands, and manners, of the different schools. - The other, a catalogue of those painters, who imitated the works of the eminent masters so exactly, as to have their copies frequently mistaken for originals. The whole being digested in a more easy and instructive method, than hath hitherto appeared; and calculated for general entertainment and instruction, as well as for the particular use of the admirers and professors of the art of painting. By the Rev. M. Pilkington, A.M. vicar of Donabate and Portraine, in the diocese of Dublin.
Pilkington, Matthew, 1701-1784.Date: M.DCC.LXX. [1770]- 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]- Books
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New copper-plate magazine. Published by J. Walker, no.44, Paternoster-Row. This day is published, number C. To be continued monthly, price one shilling and sixpence only, of the Copper-Plate Magazine; or, Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Engravings. Intended to Comprise. All the most interesting, sublime, and beautiful Views of Principal Cities, Sea-Ports, Forests, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Royal Palaces, Seats of Nobility and Gentry, Curious Remains of Antiquity, Public Edifices, Parks, Gardens, &c. &c. in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Each Number contains Two exquisite Prints, engraved in a very superior Style, from Original Paintings and Drawings by the first Masters. with Letter-Press Descriptions. The Whole is printed in Quarto; and the Prints are all taken off after the Manner of Proofs, on Superfine Paper. London: Printed for J. Walker, No. 16, Rosoman's Street, Clerkenwell; and sold by J. Walker, No. 44, Paternoster Row; W. Clarke, New Bond Street; T. Knott, No. 47, Lombard Street; and all other Booksellers, Printsellers, Stationers, and Newsmen, in Great Britain and Ireland. *-* Correspondents are requested to address their favours, post paid, to Mr. Walker, Engraver, No. 16, Rosoman's Street. N. B. A few selected First Impressions, hot-pressed, may be had in Boards, price 71. 10s. the One Hundred Numbers already published. - Those Gentlemen who have Proofs of the former Part of the Work, are recommended to perfect them soon, as the Price will be raised.
Date: [1792?]- Books
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Hocus pocus: or, a rich cabinet of legerdemain curiosities, natural and artificial conclusions. Shewing 1. How to cleave Money. 2. To make Sport with Cats, Ducks, or Poultry. 3. To hang two Knives on the brim of a glass. 4. To wash your Hands in melted Lead without damage. 5. To make a Sixpence seem to fall thro' a Table. 6. To teach Children to Read by Dice. 7. Divers wonderful Things done by the Loadstone. 8. To catch kites, crows, Mogpies, &c. alive. 9. To catch a Pick-Pocket. 10. To name a Pack of Cards, and not see them. 11. To write Love Letters secretly. 12. Experiments in Drawing, Painting, Geometry, Astronomy, &c. 13. To make variety of Fireworks. 14. To keep Fowl Venison, or any Flesh, sweet a Month. 15 To make a Drink when you cannot relish other Liquors. 16. To fox Fish and Fowle. 17. To make one Candle out outlast three: 18. To preserve Fruit all the Year. 19. To make excellent Plaistering for Ceilings or Wolls. With many other Natural and Artificial Conclusions, affording great Variety of Innocent Sport and pastime. - Adorn'd with above AC curious Cuts. By J. White, a Lover of Art and ingenuity
White, John, -1671.Date: [1715?]- Books
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A catalogue of the household furniture, And other effects, of Edward Younge, Esq. (lately Deceased) Of Little Durnford, near Salisbury, Consisting of Mahogany Four-Post and other Bedsteads, with Needle Work, Linen and Woollen Furniture; Damask and other Window Curtains; fine Feather Beds Bedding, &c. Chairs and Tables of all Sorts; Marble Tables, on elegant carved Frames; Variety of Carpets; Pier, Sconce, and Chimney, Glasses, &c. Stove Grates, and Kitchen Furniture. - -Also a large Collection of Paintings by eminent Masters; 700 Ounces of Plate; fine India Cabinets and Dressing Boxes; curious old China; Linen, Liquors, Casks, &c. - Five Lead Figures as large as Life; a Rick of fine Meadow Hay; a Chariot, and Harness for a Pair of Horses; One Horse Chair and Harness, two Carts, and two fine Normandy Cows, &c. Which will be Sold by Auction, on the Premises, By Mr. Smith, On Monday the 26th, Wednesday the 28th, Thurs the 29th, and Friday the 30th of April; and on Monday the 3d of May, 1773. The Sale to begin each Day precisely at Eleven O'Clock. The Goods may be viewed from Friday the 23d, to the Time of Sale. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and at Mr. Smith's in Salisbury.
Smith, Mr., active 1773.Date: [1773]- Books
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A catalogue of the entire collection of Greek, Roman, British, Saxon, English, and other, coins and medals, in gold, silver, and copper: With a select Assemblage of Antiquity in Bronze, Earthenware, and choice painted Glass. Early-Printed Books; Engravings and Drawings, antient and modern. Likewise a neat Variety of Shells, and other Subjects of natural History; Curiosities from the new-discovered Islands in the South Seas, &c. Being the property of the late Mr. John White, Of Newgate-Street, London. Part I. consisting of Coins, Medals, and Books on Coins and Medals, 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 27th, and Thursday the 28th, of February, 1788. To be viewed on Monday the 25th, and Tuesday the 26th, from Ten till Four. Catalogues to be had at Mr. Gerard's aforesaid; and at No. 32, Newgate-Street. - Conditions of Sale as usual.
Gerard, Mr. (John), -1794.Date: 1788]- Books
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Dictionaire oeconomique: or, the family dictionary. Containing, the most experienced methods of improving estates and of preserving health, with many approved Remedies for most Distempers of the Body of Man, Cattle and other Creatures, and the best Means for attaining long Life. The most advantageous Ways of Breeding, Feeding and Ordering of Domestick Animals, as Horses, Kine, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Bees, Silkworms, &c. The different Kinds of Nets, Snares and Engines, for taking most Sorts of Fish, Birds, and other Game. Great Variety of Rules, Directions, and new Discoveries, relating to Gardening, Husbandry, Soils and Manures of all Sorts: The Planting and Culture of Vines, Fruit-Trees, Forest-Trees, Underwoods, Shrubs, Flowers, and their several Uses: The Knowledge of Foreign Drugs, Dies, Domestick and Exotick Plants and Herbs, with their specifick Qualities and medicinal Virtues. The best and cheapest Ways of providing and improving all manner of Meats and Drinks; of preparing several Sorts of Wines, Waters and Liquors for every Season, both by Distillation and otherwise: Of preserving all kind of Fruits as well dry as liquid, and making divers Sweetmeats and Works of Sugar, and other profitable Curiosities, both in the Confectionary and Culinary Arts of Housewifery. Means of making the most Advantages of the Manufactures of Soap, Starch, Spinning, Cotton, Thread, &c. The Methods to take or destroy Vermin, and other Animals injurious to Gardening, Husbandry, and rural Oeconomy; with a Description of Garden and other Country Tools and Utensils. An Account of the several Weights, Measures, &c. of Metals and Minerals, with their Preparations and Uses. All sorts of rural sports and exercises, conducing to the Benefit and innocent Enjoyments of Life; as also Painting in Miniature, and divers other Arts and Ternis of Art explain'd, for the Entertainment and Amusement of Gentlemen, Ladies, &c. The whole illustrated throughout with very great Variety of Figures, for the readier understanding and practising of those things to which they belong. Done into English from the second edition, lately printed at Paris, in two Volumes, Folio, written by M Chomell. With considerable alterations and improvements. Revised and recommended by Mr. R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S. In two volumes. Vol. I. From A - to - H.
Chomel, Noel, 1632-1712.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A catalogue of books. Including the libraries of William Young, Esq. of Dean Street, Soho; Richard Knight, Esq. of Greenwich, in Kent; and of many other collections; amongst which are Antichita D'ercolano, 8 vol. Russ. Piranesi's Works, complete, 17 v. Russ. Graevius, Gronovius, &c. 76 v. ch. max. Merian's Views, 11 vol. Museum Etruscum et Capitolinum, 7 v. Museum Clementinum, 2 vol. Picart's Ovid & Muses, 3 vol. Russ. Picart, Ceremon. Religeuses, 9 tom. Russ. Van Dyke's Portraits, Hearne's Ectypa Prints of the Society of Antiquaries, 2 v. Hill's Vegetable System, 26 v. Plenck Icones Plantarum, 2 v. col. Mad. Merian's Works, 2 vol. col. Knorr's Petrifactions, 4 vol. col. Miller's Plants, 2 vol. first edit. col. Barbut's Shells, orig. paintings on vellum Curtis's Flora Londinensis, 4 vol. col. Harris's Aurel. Edwards's Flowers, col. Salvianus de Piscibus, Physica Sacta, 8 t. Hortus Elthamenfis & Eystettensis Cowper, Albinus, Hunter, and Smellie Mabillon de Re Diplomatica Sadi Rosarum Politicum, Persice Euclid & Avicen, Arabice Erasmi Opera, Clerici, 11 vol. Aristophanis Comoediae, edit. princeps Herodoti Historia, edit. princeps Diogenes Laertius, edit. princeps Apollonius Rhodius, edit. princeps Theocritus et Hesiod. edit. princeps Plinio Hist. Naturale, edit. princeps Astronomia Veteres ap. Aldum Aesopi Fabulae, ibid. Oratorum vet. Orationes, 2 vol. ibid. Caesaris Comment. Clarkii, Russ. Platonis Opera Scrrani, 3 vol. morocco Ptolemaei Geographia, Bertii Homeri Opera, Glasg. 4 vol. ch. max. Prynne's Records, 3 v. l. paper, Russ. Sir W. Dugdale's Works, 12 vol. Holinshed, Fabian & Grafton Edmonson's Baronagium, 6 vol. State Trials, 11 vol. large paper, Russ. Domesday Book, 2 vol. Russia Carew on Elections, Russia Dart's Westminster Abbey, 2 v. l. p. Russ. King's Vale Royal, Drake's York Leycester's Cheshire, large paper, Russ. Harris's History of Kent, l. paper Russ. Sleazer's Theatrum Scotiae Nisbet's System of Heraldry, 2 vol. Universal History, 25 vol. Religious Ceremomes, 7 v. large paper Churchill & Hackluyt's Voyages Purchas's Pilgrims, 5 vol. Wheeler's Travels in Greece, l, p. Russ. The Boke of St. Alban's, W. de Worde Boke of Faytes & Armes, Caxton Prouffytable Boke for Mans Sowle, ditto Montfaucon, L'antiq. Expliq. 15 t. gr. p. - Monarchic Francois, 5 t. do. Froissart & Monstrelet, Chroniques, 5 t. Chronique de Percesorest, 3 tom. Roman de la Rose, &c. MS. Ocuvres de Alain Chartier, MS. Voyages de le Brun, 3 tom. Encyclopedic, 28 tom. Moreri, 10 t. Bayle and Chausepie, 8 t. Hickes, Spelman, & Du Fresne, ch. max. Hesychius & Pitiscus, ch. max. Biblia Polyglotta Waltoni, 8 vol. Walpole's Pieces, 10 vol. Strawberry Hill Philosophical Transactions, 80 v. marocco Mercurio del Siri, complete, 28 vol. Prevost Recueil des Voyages, 26 tom. Edwards's & Albin's Birds, 12 v. col. mor. Which are now selling, 1790 (for Ready Money) By Thomas and John Egerton, (successors to Mr. Millan) at the Military Library, Whitehall. - The full Value given for Libraries.
Thomas and John Egerton.Date: 1790]- Books
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Edwards's catalogue of a select collection of ancient and modern books, in every branch of science, valuable drawings and prints, painted from the antique; Including the choicest Part of the Libraries of Monsignor Salichetti of Rome, late Physician to the Pope; of Cav. Zanetti of Venice; and an Assortment of the rarest and most esteemed Articles, collected in various Parts of Europe. Zanetti's Orig. Drawings of Ant. Stat. 2 v. Books of finely colour'd Drawings from Herculaneum, the Baths of Titus, and the Vatican, &c. Capital Drawings of Birds by G. di Udino, a scholar of Raphael Lewin's Paintings of English Birds, on vel. Albert Durer's Engravings complete Vernet's Prints, first impressions Piranesi's Works complete, 16 vol. russia Gallerie de Dresde Luxemburg Gallery, first impression Museum Florentinum, 13 vol. russia Museum Clementinum, 3 vol. russia Sir W. Hamilton's Views of Naples, col. Sir W. Hamilton's Etruscan Antiq. col. Antiquities of Herculancum, royal edition Worlidge's Gems, fine impressions Houbraken's Heads, large paper, 1st impr. Hogarth's Works, old impressions, morocco The Old French School of Engravers, 14 v. Tewrdancks, 1517, printed on vel. & illum. Telemaque, grand papier, 1734 Voyages Pittoresq. D'italie, Grece, France, Sicile & Suisse, 21 vol. Superb Manuscripts of the Classics on vel. Alcoran, folio MS. with rich illuminations Decamerone di Boccacio, 1527, pr. on vel. Campbell's Vitruvins Britannicus, 5 vol. Sir W. Dugdale's Works Chronicles by Froissart, Holinshed, &c. Rapin & Tindal, russia Historiae Byzantinae Scriptores, edit. ptima Rymeri Foedera Dc Bry Navigationes in Indias Gesneri Numismata Montfaucon Mon. Francoise, 5 tom. gr. p. - Antiq. & Sup. 15 tom. gr. pa. Lancelot du Lac, Cirongilio di Francia, Primaleon y Polendos, Olivante de Macedonia, Amadis di Gaula, Guerino il Meschino, &c. Edmondson's Baronagium Anglicanum, 6 v Physique Sacre, 8 vol. morocco Winkelman Monumenta Inedita, 2 vol. Ariosto Orlando Furioso, carta mass. Biblia Sacra Mogunt. 1462, pr on vel. with il. Boccacio II Decamerone, ediz. prima Petrarca, 1472 Decor Puellarum, 1461 Psalterium, Gr. & Lat. 1481. edit. primae Juvenal, 1470, edit. princeps Florus, edit. princeps Manilius, 1474, edit. princeps Sallustius, edit. princeps Terentius, edit. princeps C. Nepos, 1471, edit. princeps Hist. Augustae Scriptores, 1475, edit. prin. Plautus, 1472, edit. princeps Rei Rusticae Scriptores, 1472, edit. prin. Solinus, 1473, edit. princeps V. Flaccus, 1474, edit. princeps Celsus, 1478, edit. princeps Astronomi Veteres, edit. princeps Lascaris Grammatica Graeca, 1480 Anthologia Graeca, 1494, edit. princeps Apoll. Rhodius, 1496, edit princeps Caefar a Clark, morocco Lucretius, charta max. 1712 Lactantius, 1468, morocco Doleti Comment. Ling. Lat. 2 vol. Delphin Classics complete Catullus, &c. Vulpii, charta max. 6 vol. Periera Antoniana Margarita Eustatius in Homerum, 4 vol. russ. Marchi Architettura Militare Atlas de D'anville Jacquin's Drawings of American Plants, Hortus Vindobonensis, &c. Buffon's Birds, coloured, 10 vol. Merian's Surinam, coloured Petiver's Works Lister's Shells Sloane's Jamaica Various Bibles, with fine cuts Cook's Voyages complete, first edition Voyages de Chardin, Nieburh, Sonderat, de la Valle, &c. Booke called Caton, Caxton, 1483 Pylgremage of the Soule, Caxton, 1483 Parliamentary Debates complete, 120 vol. Gentleman's Magazine, 66 vol. complete Monthly Review, complete The whole are in fine Condition, and many of them in elegant Bindings. They are now on Sale, 1790, (at the Prices printed in the Catologue, and marked in the First Leaf of every Book) At Edwards's, No. 102, Pall-Mall, London. - The full Value for Libraries. - Books exchanged and Libraries valued.
Edwards, James, 1756-1816.Date: 1790]- Books
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A catalogue of books and prints; Containing several Valuable Collections, purchased in France and Italy. Amongst them are the following rare Books. Nuremberg Chronicle Ogilby's Homer, L. P. Houbraken's Heads Fuggerorum & Fuggerarum Ritratti D'uomini Illustri Toscani, 2 tom. Visscher's Bible Sandford's Coronation of James II. Medailles de Louis le Grand, L. P. Vandyk's Icones Icones Operum Misericordiae Museum Odeschalcum Bullart's Academie, 2 tom. Holland's Herologia Adnotationes & Meditationes, a Natali Carter's Antient Sculpture Campo's Cremona Froissart's Chronicle, MS. Epirres & Evan. Jehan de Vignay, MS. Passion de nostre Seignoir Jesus Christ, MS. MS. Missals MS. Bible MS. Paintings of the different Orders of the Romish Church Heures, printed on vellum Histoires Prodigieuses Prymer of Salysbery Expedicion into Scotland Rutter of the Sea. Golden Letany Heath's Chronicle Lessyons of Parliament Bayle's Dictionary, 5 vol. Burnet's own Time, 2 vol. L. P. Orake's York Dugdale's Warwickshire, 2 vol. - St. Paul's Duncan's Caesar, L. P. Edmonson's Heraldry, 2 vol. Fabian's Chronicle Fuller's Worthies General Dictionary, 10 vol. Guillim's Heraldry Horseley's Britannia Peck's Stamford Rapin's History, 5 vol. Stukeley's Itinerarium Curiosum Thoresby's Leeds Blome's Bible Chambers's Dictionary, 4 vol. Taylor the Water Poet's Works Galerie Francoise. Mezeray Histoire de France, 3 tom. Montfaucon Monarchie Francoise, 5 tom. Thevet's Portraits Antiquarian Repertory, 2 tom. Bentham's Ely Europe Illustre, 6 tom. Histoire des Ordres Monastiques, 8 tom. Antient and Modern History, 60 vol. Crantz's Greenland, 2 vol. Gale's Winchester Mackerell's Lynn Maundevile's Voyage, L. P. Willis's Notitia, 2 vol. Howard Earl of Surrey's Poems Linnaei Flora Laponica - Species Plantarum, 2 vol. Rossi Historia Regni Angliae, a Hearns Whitworth's Russia, Strawberry-Hill The Books in general are in exceeding good Condition, some of them in elegant Bindings; and are now selling very cheap. The Price of each is printed in the Catalogue, and marked on the first leaf; they are meant to be sold for Ready Money only, without excepting the Trade in Town or Country. By John Simco, Bookseller, No. 11, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Which will begin selling on July 1, 1788, and continue on Sale till all are sold. Catalogues to be had of the following Booksellers (price 6d, to be allowed to Purchasers of Ten Shillings): Mr. S. Hayes, No. 332, Oxford-Street; Mr. Taylor, No. 56, Holborn; Mr. Anderson, Holborn-Hill; Mr. J. Walker, Paternoster-Row; Mr. Sewell, Cornhill; W. Brown, No. 210. Strand; T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall; and of Messrs. Fletcher, Prince, and Cook, Oxford; Mertill, Cambridge; the principal Booksellers in England; and at the Place of Sale. N. B. The full Value ... for any Library, or Parcel of Books.
Simco, John, 1749?-1824.Date: 1788]- Books
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A catalogue of books, for 1793; containing several valuable collections, lately purchased. And a great Number of Curious and Rare Books, Some very Capital Books of Prints, Hindoo and other high finished Drawings, fine Prints, Manuscripts, Atlasses, Surveys of Counties, &c. purchased out of the principal Libraries, sold in 1792. Amongst which are the following: Boydel's and Nicol's Shakespeare, early impres. The Houghton Collection of Prints, ditto Fifty-Three Hindoo, or India Paintings Le Brun's Collection of Prints, fine impres. Weirotter's Works Dessins des Jean Prestel Boyer's D'aguilles Gallery Habits of the Levant, beautifully coloured Hamilton's Etruscan Antiquities, 2 vols. Antiquarian Prints, 2 vols. Hodge's Large Views in India, 12 numbers, very fine impressions Metz's beautiful Imitations of Antient and Modern Drawings, 90 Prints Crispin de Pas's Drawing Book Bavaria Sancta, 4 vols. rare Travels through the Rhaetian Alps, with picturesque views Ostade's Etchings, very fine A fine Collection of Scarce Prints, by Hollar, Della Bella, Callot, L. Clerc, Mark Antony, Goltzius, and other old engravers, in port folio, with leaves, and very eleg. bound in morocco A Port folio, with scarce English Portraits, by Smith, Vandyck, Becket, Cooper, &c. Archaeologia by the Society of Antiquarians, 9 vols. 4 to. Tempest's Cries of London, old impressions A Large Collection of Books of Emblems, curious and rare Surveys of Counties, Chapman's, Dury and Andrews, Rocque's, Jeffery's, Armstrong's, &c. of Nottinghamshire, Kent, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Bedford, Buckingham, Huntingdon, Dorsetshire, Durham, Oxford, &c. &c. Rennell's large Bengal Atlas Merian's Surinam Insects, original edition, beautifully coloured Catesby's Carolina, 2 vols. ditto Lewin's Birds, 5 vols. all drawings on vellum paper, and beautifully coloured Hill's Herbal, the largest paper, coloured Vandermeuiin's Large and Capital Prints of the Battles of Lewis XIV. Pennant's London, first edit. l. p. interleaved in 4 vols. with a great number of additional Prints and Drawings Sleazer's Theatrum Scotiae, fine impression Carter's Antiquities, 25 numbers Sandrart's Academia Ars Pictoria Lavater's Physiognomy, 25 numbers, first impressions Hearne and Byrne's Antiquities Delices de la Grande Bretagne Description des Arts et Metiers, 9 vols. Bleau's Atlas, 11 vols. illuminated Chambers's Encyclopedia, by Rees, 4 vols. in Russia Ashmole's Order of the Garter Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656 - Summons to Parliament, original edit. bound in russia - Monasticon Anglicanum, Latin, 2 vols. 1682, &c. Grafton's Chronicle, b. l. 1568 Dart's Antiquities of Westminster and Canterbury, 3 vols. Bruce, Cook, Hawkesworth, Phillips, White, Parkinson, Phipps, &c. Voyages Worsley's Hist. of the Isle of Wight Vicar's Parliamentary Chronicle, 4 parts, compleat England's Worthies, from 1642, to 1647, with fine portraits, by Hollar, &c. very rare Some Curious and Valuable Manuscripts, and printed Missals on vellum And many other equally Scarce and Valuable. The books in general are in very good Condition, many in elegant Bindings, and are now on sale exceeding Cheap, (for Ready Mony only), and will continue on Sale by Henry Chapman, Bookseller, No. 65, Chandois Street, Covent Garden. Catalogues (price 6d, allowed to Purchasers), may be had of the following Booksellers, Mr. Collins, Exchange Alley, Cornhill, Mr. J. Walker, Paternoster-Row, Mr. Stockdale, Piccadilly, and at the Place of Sale.
Chapman, Henry, active 1776-1796.Date: 1793]- Books
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A catalogue of prints and books of prints, both ancient and modern, after the most eminent masters. Among them are the following Books of Prints. The Works of Capt. Baillie Oeuvres de Phil Wovermans Oeuvres de Pillement, half bound Scenographia Americana Sadelar's Landscapes Oeuvres de F. K. Wierotter Perelle's Landscapes, Worlidge's Gems, 3 vols. Hayes's British Birds finely coloured Edwards's Flowers on 100 plates, do. Harris's English Insects, Moths and Butterflies Redinger's various coloured Horses Miller's Plants, done at Nuremberg Ovid's Metamorphoses The Life of Massachio, by Patch - Fra. Bartolomeo, ditto - Giotta ditto Barry's Charts of Nova Scotia, &c. The North American Pilot The American Atlas, by Jefferies The West Indian Atlas De L'isle's Atlas Dunn's Atlas Piranesi's Views of Rome Books bound in Russia, &c. Ainsworth's Dictionary, 2 vols. fol. Johnson's Dictionary in 2 vols. Postlethwayte's Dictionary of Trade Beauwe's Lex Mercutoria Atkyn's History of Gloucestershire Wood's Body of Conveyancing, 3 vols. Harris's Collection of Voyages, 2 vols. Anderson's History of Trade, 2 vols. Hawkin's History of Music, 5 vols. Grose's Antiquities of Eng. and Wales Strut's Customs and Manners of the Ancient Inhabitants of Eng. 3 vols. Pennant's Tour to Scotland, 3 vols. Anson's Voyage Blackwel's Courtof Augustus, 3 vols. Hume's History of England, 8 vols 4 to Robinson's History of Scotland, 2 vols. Hooke's Roman History, 4 vols. Locke's Works, 4 vols. Bolingbroke's Works, 5 vols. Thompson's Description of the Royal Palace of the Escurial with plates Philosophical Transactions, complete Wards Justice, 4 vols. Lexembourg Gallery half bound. A Choice Collection of Metzotintos, First Impressions; many of them Proof Prints; all in fine Preservation and many very scarce. Likewise A Collection of fine Paintings. With an Appendix, containing. A Collection of Books, most of them in elegant Bindings, the lowest Price of each Article printed in the Catalogue By Hooper and Davis, No. 25, Ludgate-Hill. Catalogues to be had gratis, as above; at Mr. Ridley's, St. James's Street; Mr. Shropshire's, New Bond Street; Mr. Millan's, Charing-Cross; and at Mr. Sewel's, Cornhill.
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