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Click here to subscribeAn ostler's view.- Ripley (James) Select Original Letters on various subjects, first edition, engraved frontispiece, lightly off-setting on to title, modern marbled boards, red morocco label to spine, large 12mo, Printed for the author, 1781.⁂ Ripley was ostler at the Red-Lion, Barnet. He rails against the war in America, cruelty to horses, the nobility, amongst other diverse subjects.
[Cooper (James Fenimore)] The Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground, 3 vol., first English edition, issued without half-titles, lacks advertisements at end of vol. I, some foxing and browning, vol. I new endpapers, vol. II small worming in margins on front pastedown, front free endpaper and all to F12, front free endpaper, title and some other ff. wormhole repaired, vol. II & III signatures of A. Colvile on front pastedowns (?Andrew Wedderburn Colvile or Colville (1779-1856), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company), contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, 12mo, G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822.⁂ The first English edition of the author's second novel and the first historical romance about the American Revolution.
Gathorne-Hardy (Robert).- [Hazlitt (William)] Liber Amoris; or, the New Pygmalion, first edition, engraved title, occasional spotting, previous owner's signatures, ink-stamp to title verso, bookplate of Robert Gathorne-Hardy, later moroccol, gilt, a little rubbed, 1823 § Gathorne-Hardy (Robert) Lacebury Manor, first edition, ?one of 12 illustrated copies, author presentation copy inscribed and signed 'Bob', 5 plates, errata added by hand to rear pastedown, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, 1930; Other Seas, first edition, author presentation copy inscribed and signed 'Bob', occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1933; The House by the Bay, first edition, author presentation copy inscribed and signed 'Bob', previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, lightly stained spine, original dust-jacket, faint spotting, spine a little browned, slight chipping to spine head, 1932; and 3 others, 2 by Gathorne-Hardy and his copy of Blake's 'Poetical Sketches', 8vo (7)
Bindings.- Riviere.- Landor (Walter Savage) Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, 2 vol. only (of 3), first edition, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf by Riviere, gilt, 1824 § Pope (Alexander) Histoire de Martinus Scriblérus, occasional spotting, contemporary green calf, gilt, ?Paul Knapton, 1755 § Bain (Richard) Lyniletia; or, Revelations of the Heart ..., presentation copy from the author with inscription to front pastedown, contemporary morocco, gilt, lightly browned spine, 1861 § Forster (Edward) Anacreontis Odaria, engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, later straight-grain morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 1802; and 17 others, 8vo & 12mo (22)⁂ The second is a pirated copy giving a false imprint. It was probably published in Paris.
Burghley House.- Horn (John) A History or Description...of Burghley House, the seat of...the Earl of Exeter, first edition, errata leaf at end, marginal tear to L2, original boards, uncut, spine worn and slightly defective, Shrewsbury, J. & W.Eddowes, 1797 § [?Blore (Thomas)] A Guide to Burghley House...containing a Catalogue of all the Paintings, antiquities, &c. &c., engraved plan (foxed and water-stained), original boards, uncut, spine worn, Stamford, John Drakard, n.d.; another, expanded edition, engraved frontispiece and plate (offset), double-page pedigree, contemporary half calf, Signet Library copy with central gilt arms, rebacked preserving old red roan label, Stamford, Drakard, 1815, 8vo & 12mo (3)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces, illustrations, occasional spotting, broken upper hinge (vol. 3), contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, 1840-41 § [Burney (Fanny)] Evelina; or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, 2 vol., previous owner's ink signature to titles, B1 (vol. 1) & A2 (vol. 2), small marginal tear (K2, vol. 1), A2-11 (vol. 2) becoming loose, spotting, contemporary calf, vol. 2 reabcked, vol 1. upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, Dublin, for Messrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross ..., 1779; and another, 8vo & 12mo (6)
Kant (Immanuel).- [Haywood (Francis)] An Analysis of Kant's Critick of Pure Reason by the translator of that work, first edition, presentation copy from the author with ink inscription on front free endpaper, inscribed on the fly-leaf "Francis Haywood to his friend the Viscount de Cussy, 1847", anchor device on title, half-title, browned, light stain on 2 facing pages, endpapers foxed, original blue cloth, lacks paper label on spine, edges uncut, 8vo, William Pickering, 1844.⁂ Haywood published in 1838 the first complete English translation of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
NO RESERVE Melville (Herman) Typee; or, a Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of...the Marquesas Islands..., early issue, "Pomare" printed correctly line 1 p.19, lacking half-title, map and 16pp. catalogue at end, title with signature at head and browned, old calf-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, John Murray, 1847.⁂ The author's first book, first published by Murray in 1846, preceding the first American edition.
NO RESERVE Bindings.- Shelley (Percy Bysshe).- Hogg (Thomas Jefferson) The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece (vol. 1), half-title (vol. 2), becoming loose, 1858 § Medwin (T.) Memoir of Percy Shelley Bysshe, 1833 § Smith (George Barnett) Shelley: a Critical Biography, Edinburgh, 1877; bookplate of Easton Neston library to front free endpapers, uniformly bound in later half-morocco by John Bumpus, 8vo (4)⁂ The first was proposed as a 4 volume work, however due to poor reviews and the unhappiness of the Shelley family, an injunction was obtained preventing the publication of the final 2 volumes.
NO RESERVE Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Under the Microscope, first edition, half-title, with both cancelled leaf and substituted leaf D5, cancel reinserted at a later date, original wrappers, chipping to spine and extremities, housed in a later slipcase, 8vo, 1872.⁂ Written in response to Robert Buchanan's attack on the Pre-Raphaelites in "The Fleshy School of Poetry."
Carey (William) Desultory Exposition of an Anti-British System of Incendiary Publication, &c. intended to sacrifice the honor and interests of the British Institution...to the Passions, Quackeries and Falsehoods of certain disappointed candidates for prizes at the British Gallery and Admission...into the Royal Academy..., first edition, lacking half-title, light soiling, modern morocco-backed cloth, uncut, 8vo, for the author, 1819; Observations on the Probable Decline or Extinction of British Historical Painting, from the Church Exclusion of Paintings, first edition, 1825; Patronage of Irish Genius. Two Letters...proving the Wisdom, Honor, and Permanent Public Advantage of Erecting a National Gallery, second edition, Dublin, 1823, 2 works in 1 vol., presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of first title, spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine defective, 8vo (2) ⁂ William Carey (1759-39) was an artist, art critic, dealer, and encourager of British artists.
Marillier (H.C., editor) The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1899 § The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1901 § Hind (C.Lewis, editor) The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1925, Haldane McFall's copies, second inscribed to him by his wife, first and second with his pictorial bookplate by Edward Gordon Craig, last with bookplate ?to his own design, half-titles, frontispieces and plates, some colour, captioned guards, a few pencil inscriptions, some soiling, first most ff. detached, others a few detached, original pictorial cloth, stamped in colours, edges uncut, soiled and marked, spines darkened, shelf-lean, 4to (3) ⁂Chambers Haldane Cooke McFall (1860-1928) artist, novelist, biographer, author of books and essays of art criticism: friend and associate of Beardsley, Edward Gordon Craig, and Claude Lovat Fraser.Inscription: "Haldane | With his Wife's love | July 24th 1909".
NO RESERVE Regimental history.- Verner (Col. Willoughby) History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, plates, maps (including two folding contained in vol. II rear pocket), some browning to 1 folding map in rear pocket, both vol. occasional spotting, bookplates of John Martin Oakley, MC, Royal Artillery, 1914-1918, original pictorial cloth, gilt, vol.2 with dust-jacket, vol.1 spine little uniformly faded, rubbed, 4to, 1912-1919.
NO RESERVE Lee (Laurie) The Voyage of Magellan, first edition, illustrations by Edward Burra, faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, bumping to spine head, 1948 § Grahame (Kenneth) The Golden Age, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, captioned tissue-guards, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, 1904 § Stephens (James) Reincarnations, lightly browned half-title, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1918; and 7 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (10)
[Caulfield (Francis, 2nd Earl of Charlemont)] [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of some Highly Important and Valuable Books and Manuscripts of a Nobleman...11th day of August, with vendor's name supplied in ink at head of title and some prices in manuscript, lacking final leaf, bound with another sale at end (remainder of Charlemont library), with manuscript list of contents to both sales and note on the sale at beginning, book-label of A.N.L.Munby, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1865; and another copy of the catalogue in printed wrappers, 8vo (2)⁂ On 29th June 1865 a fire broke out at Sotheby's warehouse and many of the books and records stored there were destroyed, including some of the books from the library of the 2nd Earl of Charlemont awaiting sale on 11th August. The manuscript note at beginning states that "nearly the whole of these fine books were destroyed by fire at the auctioneers, also copies of the catalogue" but, judging by the manuscript prices, most books were saved and were apparently sold on the named date, with the remaining portion on 27th September. Interest was piqued and prices were good; Sir Thomas Phillipps bought some lots but grumbled at the scorched and stained condition of the bindings when he received them. Confusingly, Shakespeare's First Folio (lot 132) appears to have sold for £455 although this appears again as lot 1964 in the second sale, so maybe all the books were sold in the later sale.
NO RESERVE Cooper (Douglas) The Courtauld Collection: A Catalogue and Introduction, with a Memoir...by Anthony Blunt, 1954 § Murray (Peter) The Dulwich Picture Gallery: A Catalogue, 1980 § Hutchinson (Sidney C.) The History of the Royal Academy 1768-1968, 1968 § Mallett (Donald) The Greatest Collector: Lord Hertford and the Founding of the Wallace Collection, 1979 § Alley (Ronald) Tate Gallery Catalogues. The Foreign Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1959, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first a little frayed at edges; and a small quantity of others on London galleries and collections, 8vo & 4to (c.80)
Crystal Palace.- [Sale Catalogue] The Crystal Palace Sydenham. To Be Sold by Auction...On Tuesday 28th day of November, 1911..., first edition, photogravures plates, tissue guards, printed envelope containing folding colour plan loosely inserted, ex-Law Society library copy with presentation slip and accompanying letter tipped in and a few stamps, library cloth, original pictorial upper wrapper bound in (soiled and frayed at edges, reinforced), Knight, Frank & Rutley, 1911; and an 1854 guide to the palace and park, folio & 8vo (2)⁂ Crystal Palace was built in 1851 to house the Great Exhibition and was three times the size of St.Paul's Cathedral. After the exhibition it was moved to Sydenham and in 1911 housed the Festival of Empire, but the building fell into disrepair and it was sold to Lord Plymouth for £210,000 before being destroyed by fire in 1936.
Daniel (George) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the most Valuable, Interesting and Highly Important Library..., ruled in red with prices and buyers' names in manuscript, occasional foxing, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine faded, 4to, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1864.⁂ Important library of Elizabethan and Shakespearean literature which made a total of £15,865 2s. It contained fine copies of Shakespeare's first four Folios, the First Folio being bought by Baroness Burdett-Coutts for £716 2s, and many of the quartos. The detailed catalogue includes prints, drawings, coins, silver and porcelain at the end.
NO RESERVE Eastlake (Sir Charles Lock) Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts, with a Memoir by Lady Eastlake, 2 vol., second edition, original cloth, 1870 § Kugler (Dr. Franz) A Hand-Book of the History of Painting, edited by C.L.Eastlake, 1842; Handbook of Painting. The Italian Schools, based on the Handbook of Kugler, 2 vol., fourth edition revised by Lady Eastlake, 1874; The Italian Schools of Painting based on the Handbook of Kugler, 2 vol., sixth edition edited by Austen Henry Layard, 1900 § Green (George M.) Catalogue of the Eastlake Library in the National Gallery, presentation copy from the Director, modern half morocco, original wrappers bound in, Burlington Fine Arts Club copy with inscription to upper cover, 1872 § Robertson (David) Sir Charles Eastlake and the Victorian Art World, original cloth, dust-jacket, Princeton, NJ., 1978, the first four original cloth, slightly rubbed, the second with spine ends worn & frayed, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ Sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865) was an artist, art historian and collector who in 1855 became the first Director of the National Gallery. He married Elizabeth Rigby, herself an art historian, and together they were influential figures in the art world. His collection of paintings was bequeathed to and his library was sold to the National Gallery.
Barry (James) An Inquiry into the Real and Imaginary Obstructions to the Acquisition of the Arts in England, title spotted, book-label of Westdean library, contemporary calf, upper joint split, spine chipped at head, T.Becket, 1775 § Westmacott (C.M.) British Galleries of Painting and Sculpture..., First Part [all published], engraved frontispiece of portraits of notable collectors and 4 engraved plates/plans of galleries, addendum slip at end, some foxing, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, spine faded, 1824 § [Winstanley (Thomas)] Observations on the Arts, with Tables of the Principal Painters..., presentation copy from the author to his son, contemporary half calf, Liverpool, 1828, first editions, some spotting, the first and last rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ The second contains descriptions of the contents of Carlton House, Buckingham House, National Gallery, Cleveland House, Kensington Palace, St. James's Palace, British Museum and Sir Thomas Hope's house. The last was written by "a Liverpool dealer and auctioneer specialising in Old Masters. The book was a warning against the excessive credulity of young collectors in the second quarter of the nineteenth century".The English as Collectors, p.427.
Elgin Marbles.- House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles, first edition, modern half morocco, 25th March 1816; another copy, first 8vo edition, foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with Greek urn motifs and red roan label, rubbed, upper joint split, spine ends worn, 1816 § Act (An) to vest the Elgin Collection of ancient Marbles and Sculpture in the Trustees of the British Museum for the Use of the Public, 3pp., browned, disbound, 1st July 1816 § [Bruce (Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin)] Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits of Greece, second edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), bound with 3 other pamphlets concerning Elgin and Rev. John Tweddell, some spotting, bookplate of John Temple, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with green roan label, 1815 § Ellis (Sir Henry) The Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles...in the British Museum, 2 vol., illustrations, original cloth, spines gilt and faded, 1846 § Smith (A.H.) Lord Elgin and his Collection, illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, 1916, with several relevant articles, newspaper cuttings etc. loosely inserted, some a little rubbed; and another on Elgin and the marbles, v.s. (8)⁂ Interesting group of items relating to Lord Elgin and his acquisition of the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens, now in the British Museum. Although he obtained permission from the Turkish authorities (Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire at that time), and at his own expense, there was a public outcry in Britain at the removal of the sculptures, a dispute which is still ongoing. Having spent between £62,000 and £74,000 he suggested that the Government should buy the collection for the nation, who offered £30,000. A Select Committee was formed to assess the situation and in July 1816 an Act was passed to complete the sale for their recommended price of £35,000. "[Elgin] left England as ambassador to Constantinople in 1799 with everything a young man could desire: personal success in the army and politics; a pretty wife; a considerable fortune; the prospect of a great diplomatic career, and good looks into the bargain. When he came home six years later his wife had left him for another man; his career was in ruins; he had run up enormous debts; disease had ravaged his countenance - but he was owner of the finest collection of classical antiquities that any man in the British Isles had ever got together." The English as Collectors, p.155
NO RESERVE Garlick (Kenneth, editor) A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Walpole Society vol. 39, original cloth-backed boards, 1964 § Bell (C.F., editor) Annals of Thomas Banks, Sculptor, Royal Academician, with some Letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., to Banks's Daughter, light spotting, Cambridge, 1938 § Girtin (Thomas) & David Loshak. The Art of Thomas Girtin, 1954 § Mayer (Joseph) Memoirs of Thomas Dodd, William Upcott, and George Stubbs, R.A., 3 mounted portraits, A.N.L.Munby's copy with his signature, old cancelled library stamp at foot of title, Liverpool, 1879 § Redgrave (R. & S.) A Century of Painters of the English School, second edition, [c.1890], plates and illustrations, all but the first original cloth or boards, the third with dust-jacket, slightly rubbed; and c.15 others on British artists, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
Grave (Robert) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Valuable and Extensive Collection of Miscellaneous Prints, stipple-engraved portrait, ruled in red and with prices and some buyers' name in manuscript, William Upcott's copy with his inscription on front free endpaper, later ink inscriptions, portrait and title foxed, hole to upper margin of portrait, old marbled boards, contemporary half russia, rubbed, rebacked in calf, upper corners repaired, [Lugt 6907], Richardson, 1805 § Bindley (James) [Sale Catalogue] The Bindley Granger. A Catalogue of the very valuable collection of British Portraits..., prices and names in manuscript, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Lugt 9502], Sotheby, 1819; and 10 others on prints, mostly sale catalogues, including a bound volume of mid-19th century print catalogues, 8vo & 4to (12) ⁂ The first is scarce with only 2 copies listed on COPAC, both in the British Museum; Lugt adds another in the V & A.
Hamilton (Duke of) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art, and Decorative Objects..., First [-Fifth] Portion, 5 parts in 1 vol., carbon print photographic plates by James Annan (son of Thomas Annan), prices and buyers' names to first three portions supplied in manuscript, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine (faded), [Lugt 42168], Christie's, 1882; Hamilton Palace Collection (The). Illustrated Priced Catalogue, title in red & black with decorative border, illustrations, original pale green cloth, gilt, uncut, an excellent copy, Paris, Librairie d'Art & London, Remington & Co., 1882; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Hamilton Library, large and fine paper copy with printed list of prices and buyers' names at end, title soiled, slight staining to lower margin, original printed wrappers, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine worn, upper cover detached, Sotheby's, 1884, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ The superb Hamilton Palace Collection included the art collection of William Beckford which was inherited by his son-in-law the 10th Duke of Hamilton along with Beckford's main library which was sold in 1884."2213 items. Pictures, ceramics, French furniture. One of the most magnificent sales ever to be held in England: it lasted fifteen [actually seventeen] days and totalled nearly £400,000". The English as Collectors p.433
NO RESERVE Haskell (Francis) Patrons and Painters: A Study in the Relations between Italian Art and Society in the Age of the Baroque, 1963 § Fawcett (Trevor) The Rise of English Provincial Art: Artists, Patrons, and Institutions outside London, 1800-1830, Oxford, 1974 § Eccles (Lord) On Collecting, 1968 § Evans (Joan) A History of the Society of Antiquaries, Oxford, 1956 § Conway (Sir Martin) The Sport of Collecting, 1914 § Coke (Desmond) Confessions of an Incurable Collector, 1928 § Rogers (H.Mordaunt) The Making of a Connoisseur, 1951, illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first three with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, some spines faded; and c.50 others on collecting and a run of The Journal of the History of Collecting vol.1-18 (lacking only vol.13 no.1) 1989-2006, 4to & 8vo (c.90)
NO RESERVE Herrmann (Frank) The English as Collectors: A Documentary Chrestomathy, 1972; Sotheby's: Portrait of an Auction House, 1980; Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books, New Castle, De. & Nottingham, 2002, all first editions, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first slightly rubbed at edges; and 4 others by or with contributions by Herrmann including a 1999 second edition of the first, 4to & 8vo (7)
Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, lightly browned, bookplate of Lord Northwick, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, spines faded, 1834; Vathek, limited edition, colour illustrtations by Marion Dorn, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, Nonesuch Press, 1929; and 5 others relating to Beckford, 8vo & 4to (8)
Hillier (Jack) Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vol., 1976 § Vever (Henri) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings..., 3 vol., price lists loosely inserted, Sotheby's, 1974-77, plates and illustrations, some colour, some folding, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first also with slip-case; and 3 other catalogues of Japanese art, 4to & 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Hodgkin (John Eliot) Rariora being Notes of some of the Printed Books, Manuscripts...collected (1858-1900), 3 vol., titles with decorative border, plates, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly soiled, [1900]-02; [Sale Catalogues] The J.E.Hodgkin Collections. Catalogue of the Works of Art, 6 vol. in 1, plates, all but the last vol. neatly ruled in red and with prices and buyers' names in manuscript, contemporary red morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, upper joint cracked, Sotheby's, 1914, 4to (4)⁂ The third volume of the first contains a useful section on fireworks. The sale catalogues comprise: Works of Art, Commemorative Medals, Autograph Letters, Engravings, Trade Cards, Book-plates & Broadsides, and the Library.
Ilchester Collection.- Fox-Strangways (Amelia) Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the Earl of Ilchester, errata slip at end, 1883 § Fox-Strangways (G.S.H., Lord Stavordale, later 6th Earl of Ilchester) Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the Earl of Ilchester at Holland House, errata leaf at end, with loosely-inserted manuscript note by F.H. to A.N.L.Munby concerning the volume with Munby's reply on verso and added note on limitation by Charles Sebag-Montefiore, 1904, together 2 vol., [each one of 40 deluxe copies], the first with bookplate of the Earl of Dartrey, the second presentation copy from Mary Ilchester (the author's mother) to Dartrey (her brother), original morocco, gilt, the first by Rivière, the second Birdsall, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, the second spine faded, 4to, privately printed [by the Chiswick Press] (2)⁂ Handsome catalogue of the extensive collection belonging to the Earls of Ilchester, the first listing the pictures at their country seats of Melbury, Redlynch & Abbotsbury and at 42, Belgrave Square in London, the second at Holland House in London. Many of the paintings were acquired by the 4th Earl while serving as diplomat in Florence in the 1820s although he donated several to Christ Church, Oxford (now in the Ashmolean Museum). In 1913 Abbotsbury and its contents were destroyed by fire so this catalogue is a useful record of that part of the collection.
Jameson (Mrs. Anna) A Handbook to the Public Galleries of Art in and near London, with Catalogues of the Pictures, 2 vol., first edition, contemporary half roan, spines chipped at head, 1842; Companion to the most celebrated Private Galleries of Art in London, signed presentation copy from the author to Lady Noel Byron inscribed on half-title, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, 1844; Memoirs of Early Italian Painters, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, label chipped, 1845; Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 vol., fourth edition, original cloth, spines faded, one torn, 1863; Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, fourth edition, contemporary red morocco, gilt, 1861, some plates, occasional spotting, rubbed; and 5 others by or about Mrs. Jameson, 8vo & 4to (12)⁂ "Mrs Jameson was unusually diligent in seeking out facts and wrote them up with verve and what amounted to remarkable critical honesty for her time. Private Galleries, in particular, is a key work in the history of collecting." The English as Collectors, p421. The latter includes the Royal collection, the Bridgewater, Sutherland and Grosvenor galleries, and the collections of the Marquess of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, and Samuel Rogers.
Lowther (Lancelot, 6th Earl of Lonsdale) [Sale Catalogue] Lowther Castle, near Penrith, Cumberland, First-Fifth Series only (of 6) bound in 1 vol., modern morocco-backed marbled boards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original wrappers bound in, g.e., spine faded, Maple & Co. Ltd. & Thomas Wyatt, 1947 § Rushout (John, 2nd Baron Northwick) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the late Lord Northwick's Extensive and Magnificent Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures...at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, tinted lithographed frontispiece (lightly spotted), original cloth, rubbed and faded, [Lugt 25025], Phillips, 1859 § (Victor) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of 148 Piccadilly, W.1..., some prices in manuscript, original boards, lacking spine, Sotheby's, 1937 § Townshend (Hon. Robert Marsham) [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of the Sydney Collection at Frognal, Chislehurst, Kent, original boards, lacking spine, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 1915 § Oppenheimer (Henry) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Old Master Drawings, later calf-backed boards, Christie's, 1936, plates, rubbed; and a small quantity of sale catalogues, mostly First World War up to 1970, 4to & 8vo ⁂ The first was a notorious sale. In a loosely-inserted note Frank Herrrmann writes, "As far as the books were concerned this sale constituted one of the worst cases of 'ringing' perpetuated by the antiquarian book trade in recent memory. The shame of it echoed among the trade for many years after...".The Rothschild sale "was one of the greatest pre-war Sotheby sales" while the Sydney Collection was "another first world war casualty on a magnificent scale". (The English as Collectors, p.435). The latter contained many rare items of Americana and Australiana.
Lugt (Frits) Répertoire des Catalogues de Ventes Publiques, vol.1-3 only (of 4: 1600-1825; 1826-1860; 1861-1900, lacking vol.4: 1901-25), original cloth, upper cover of vol.1 stained, The Hague, 1938-53-64.⁂ Monumental record of nearly 60,000 sales, with brief details of contents and locations of copies; sadly lacking the final volume but with the rare first volume. "Lugt is really the collecting devotee's bible". The English as Collectors, p.422
[Martyn (Thomas)] The English Connoisseur: containing an Account of whatever is curious in Painting, Sculpture, &c. in the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility...of England..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved bookplate of Richard Cox Esq., contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, spines a little worn, upper covers detached or almost so, 8vo, L.Davis & C.Reymers, 1766.⁂ "The first general review in book form of collections of pictures in England" (The English as Collectors, p.422) although much of the material was taken from earlier publications. See Frank Simpson's loosely inserted article from the Burlington Magazine vol.XLIII of 1950 for details of the sources. The work covers Blenheim, Chatsworth, Devonshire House, Hampton Court, Kensington Palace, Stowe, Wilton and Windsor amongst others.
Michaelis (Adolf) Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, translated by C.A.M.Fennell, lithographed plates, original roan-backed cloth, rebacked preserving old spine, Cambridge, 1982 § British Museum. A Description of the collection of Ancient Marbles, Part III, engraved plates, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, tape stains to boards, 1818 § Strong (Eugenie) Catalogue of the Greek & Roman Antiques in the Possession of...Lord Melchett, presentation slip from Lord Melchett loosely inserted, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1928 § Haskell (Francis) & Nicholas Penny. Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, New Haven & London, 1981; and 6 others on antiquities including 2 19th century sale catalogues (Giuseppe Baseggio, Sotheby, 1838 & Campanari, C.Davis, 1838), 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ The first "is the most complete survey of Greek and Roman antiquities in private and public collections...The book is undoubtedly one of the landmarks in the documentation of English collecting". The English as Collectors, p.422.A pencil note at the beginning of the second item reads, "This was the last copy still on sale at the British Museum and was bought on 24 June 1968! 150 years after publication. F.H.".Lord Melchett was the son of the chemical engineer and collector Dr Ludwig Mond.
NO RESERVE Munby (A.N.L., editor) Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons, 12 vol., 1971-75; British Book Sale Catalogues 1676-1800: A Union List, frontispiece, 1977 § Pollard (A.W.) & others. List of Catalogues of English Book Sales 1676-1900 now in the British Museum, 1915, original cloth, the first with dust-jackets, spines a little faded; and 5 others on book auctions, 4to & 8vo (19)
NO RESERVE Munby (A.N.L.) Phillipps Studies, 5 vol. in 2, reprint, 1971; Portrait of an Obsession: The Life of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1967 § Thomas (Alan G.) Great Books and Book Collectors, inscribed by the author to bookseller George Sims, 1975 § Christie-Miller (N.) The Britwell Handlist, 2 vol., 1933 § Barker (Nicolas) Bibliotheca Lindesiana, 1977 § De Ricci (Seymour) English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts (1530-1930), reprint, 1960, some illustrations, original cloth, the first three with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed; and c.20 others on book collectors and libraries, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
Beckford (William).- [Sale Catalogue] Valuable Library of Books in Fonthill Abbey (The). A Catalogue of the Magnificent, Rare, and Valuable Library (of 20,000 Volumes)..., [including] The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill Abbey [&] The Pictures and Miniatures at Fonthill Abbey, engraved frontispiece (foxed at edges) modern half morocco, original paper label preserved on upper cover, spine faded, [Lugt 10510 & 10519], Phillips, 1823 § Hamilton Palace Collection (The). Illustrated Priced Catalogue, title in red & black with decorative border, illustrations, hinges weak, Paris & London, 1882, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ The Beckford sale was one of the most famous of the nineteenth century. Beckford's financial resources had diminished and he was forced to sell Fonthill and much of his collection. The sale was entrusted to Christie's and catalogued but before it took place John Farquhar, a Scottish gunpowder-manufacturer, bought the whole estate together with its contents. He then put the contents up for sale at auction with Phillips the following year. Choice items from Beckford's library and art collection had already been removed to his new residence in Lansdowne Terrace, Bath, and were inherited by his son-in-law the 10th Duke of Hamilton, and later sold as part of the Hamilton sales in 1882 and 1884.The first item comprises the entire contents of Fonthill offered at auction over thirty-seven days from 23rd September to 29th October, comprising the library, furniture, pictures and prints, but with the catalogues bound in chronological order according to the day's sale not according to subject matter.
National Gallery.- Young (John) A Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Pictures of the late John Julius Angerstein, Esq., text in English and French, half-titles, contemporary half calf, a little worn, 1823 § National Gallery of Pictures by the Great Masters (The), Presented by Individuals or Purchased by Grant of Parliament, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece of the new gallery by William Wilkins, engraved decorative titles and plates, some foxing, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, [c.1840] § Landseer (John) A Descriptive, Explanatory, and Critical, Catalogue of Fifty of the Earliest Pictures contained in the National Gallery..., inscriptions to title, contemporary calf, spotted, spine faded, 1834 § Armstrong (Walter) The Peel Collection and the Dutch School of Painting, original cloth, spine faded, 1904 § National Gallery...Catalogue, Viscount Lee of Fareham's copy with his signature, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, by Rivière, spine slightly faded, 1925 § Brockwell (M.W.) The National Gallery: Lewis Bequest, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, 1909, plates and illustrations, rubbed; and a small quantity of others on the National Gallery, 4to & 8vo (c.50)⁂ John Julius Angerstein (1735-93) was a London businessman, collector and patron of the arts. When he died his collection of thirty-eight pictures was bought for the nation (for approximately £60,000) and formed the basis of the National Gallery, founded in 1824 and first situated in Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall. It included Rubens' Rape of the Sabine Women, Claude's Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Rembrandt's Woman taken in Adultery, and Sebastiano del Piombo's Raising of Lazarus which Angerstein had bought from the celebrated Orléans Collection in 1798 for 3500 guineas and which became item No.1 in the National Gallery Catalogue. Angerstein's house soon became too small and the present gallery designed by William Wilkins was built from 1832-38.
Neale (John Preston) Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, First & Second Series, together 11 vol., additional engraved pictorial titles and 718 plates only (of 722), all on india paper and mounted, wood-engraved vignettes, some foxing (mostly marginal) and light offsetting, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red & green morocco labels, t.e.g, others uncut, rubbed, 4to (c.290 x 225mm.), 1818-29.
New Pocket Companion for Oxford (A)...to which are added Descriptions of...Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop , and Nuneham..., new edition, folding engraved map, 8 engraved plates, one loose and frayed at edges, original wrappers, rubbed and soiled, spine worn, preserved in modern board slip-case, Oxford, J.Cooke, 1809 § [Blore (Thomas)] A Guide to Burghley House, engraved frontispiece and plate, double-page pedigree, foxing, first few leaves loose, modern half calf preserving part of old spine, Stamford, Drakard, 1815 § Simond (Louis) Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain...by a French Traveller, 2 vol., first English edition, 21 hand-tinted aquatint plates by J. Clark after the author, 2 folding tables, engraved illustrations in text, advertisements at end of vol.2, contemporary calf, a little worn, Edinburgh, George Ramsay, 1815 § [Patmore (P.G.)] British Galleries of Art, 2 vol. including an extra-illustrated volume of plates, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1824 § plates Evans (John) An Excursion to Windsor...including an account of Strawberry-Hill and of Hampton-Court, second edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (offset on title), light staining, original cloth, uncut, damp-stained, 1827, most rubbed, 8vo et infra (6)
NO RESERVE Bell (Thomas) [Sale Catalogue] "The Thomas Bell Library". The Catalogue of 15,000 Volumes of Scarce & Curious Printed Books, and Unique Manuscripts, 1860; Catalogue of "The Thomas Bell Collection" of Curious Prints, Fine Drawings, Unique Etchings..., 1860, together 2 works in 1 vol., presentation copy from the collector's son inscribed "John Burton Esq. with John Gray Bell's compts" on front free endpaper, titles in red & black, the first with mounted photographic portrait and obituary notice, wood-engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, disbound, uncut, Newcastle upon Tyne, J.G.Foster for Geo. Hardcastle ⁂ Thomas Bell (1785-1860) was a land valuer and surveyor and assembled a vast library of books, manuscripts, prints etc., particularly relating to the North of England. The sale lasted for 15 days, plus another day for prints & drawings.
NO RESERVE Robinson (J.C.) Catalogue of the Soulages Collection...exhibited to the Public at...Marlborough House, original cloth, gilt, 1856 § Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom collected at Manchester in 1857, Advertisement dated 20th May 1857, half-title with map to verso, [1857] bound with Walk (A) through the Art-Treasures Exhibition at Manchester, under the guidance of Dr.Waagen...A Companion to the Official Guide, 1857 and Jerrold (W.Blanchard) Jerrold's Guide to the Exhibition..., folding plan, Manchester, 1857 and What to See and Where to See It! or the Operative's Guide to the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester 1857, plan at end, Manchester, 1857, together 4 works in 1 vol., modern half morocco, spine slightly faded; and another version of Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom collected at Manchester in 1857 marked "Provisional" (Advertisement dated 5th May 1857) and with an additional 100pp., 8vo (3)⁂ Jules Soulages (1803-57), a French lawyer, was a collector French and Italian Renaissance decorative art, mostly ceramics. On his death the collection was exhibited at Marlborough House and then formed the core of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. After a lot of wrangling with the Treasury Henry Cole managed to purchase it for the nation for £11,000 in instalments from 1859-65.The Manchester exhibition was "the first opportunity for the public at large to inspect and to study the pictures, sculpture and ornamental art which private collectors had been amassing in the previous fifty years". The English as Collectors, p.312. It was inspired by the Great Exhibition of 1851, but this time on the theme of art rather than industry, and organised by Dr Waagen.
Rogers (Samuel) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Very Celebrated Collection of Works of Art...also, the Extensive Library..., 5 parts in 1 vol., ruled in red with prices and buyers' names supplied in manuscript, manuscript list of totals at end, title with short tear to lower edge and light water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., rubbed, [Lugt 22964], Christie & Manson, 1856; and 2 others by or about Rogers, 8vo (3)⁂ Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was a banker, poet, art collector and connoisseur whose lifetime spanned the peak of English collecting but he bought astutely and is supposed never to have exceeded £250 on a purchase. He acquired mainly Italian and English paintings and was one of the first to collect early Italian art but he also amassed prints & drawings, antiquities, sculpture, Greek vases, coins and furniture, and a vast library. The sale lasted for 20 days and totalled £45,188. 14s. 3d.; the National Gallery purchased several paintings besides the three Rogers bequeathed to the Gallery.Frank Herrmann's "favourite collection of 'works of art' of every kind!" The English as Collectors, p.435.
Romney (Rev. John) Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Romney, first edition, presentation copy from the author with accompanying 2½pp. A.L.s from him to Thomas Phillips, R.A. tipped in, stipple-engraved portrait, errata leaf at end, portrait and title lightly foxed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, spine worn and defective, upper cover detached, 4to, 1830.⁂ George Romney (1734-1802) was the most fashionable artist of his day and painted portraits of numerous society figures, particularly his muse Emma Hamilton. Thomas Phillips, R.A. (1770-1845) was a notable portrait painter who painted many leading figures of the time including Blake, Byron, Faraday, Dalton and Sir John Franklin. Romney's letter to Phillips thanks him for "the very liberal and candid memoir which you wrote of my father in Britton's Fine Arts" and continues with comments on his father's painting.
Roscoe (Thomas) The Tourist in Italy. [The Landscape Annual 1831-1833], 3 vol., large paper copies with engravings on india paper, each vol. with engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 24 plates, the first after S.Prout, the others after J.D.Harding, tissue guards, some foxing, uniform contemporary green roan, g.e., rubbed, spines a little worn and faded, 1831-33; and 2 ordinary editions, 8vo (5)
Roscoe (William) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the very select and valuable Library..., 1816; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection of Prints..., 1816; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the...Collection of Drawings and Pictures..., 1816, 3 parts in 1, prices and some buyers' names in manuscript (names shaved), some spotting, contemporary half russia, worn, spine defective, Liverpool, Winstanley; List of the Numbers and Prices of the Library..., bound with similar lists for prints and drawings & pictures with index, original wrappers, torn, frayed and detached, Macclesfield, 1818; On the Origin and Vicissitudes of Literature, Science and Art, and their Influence on the Present State of Society. A Discourse delivered on the Opening of the Liverpool Royal Institution..., first edition, browned, modern marbled boards, Liverpool, 1817; and another on Roscoe, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ Roscoe's art collection was intended to illustrate the rise and progress of the Arts and he was particularly interested in early Italian art or Primitives, being one of the first British collectors in this area. The List of Prices is interesting for it includes a 'Memoranda' leaf at the end which states that the collections of drawings and that of Italian pictures were each offered for sale as a collection, for £1000 in both cases (plus £500 for the German & Flemish paintings), but there being no bidders the items were then sold individually. According to the manuscript list of totals in the previous lot the prints made £1901 4s, the drawings £646 6s 6d. and the pictures £2885. This item is scarce; although occasionally found bound with the catalogues COPAC & WorldCat record only 2 separate copies of the 16pp. list of the library prices (Oxford and Trinity College, Hartford Ct.), and only one of the 10pp. list of print prices (Oxford) with no mention of the further 6pp. of prices of the drawings and pictures.
NO RESERVE Rudenstine (A.Z.) The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945, 2 vol., New York, 1976 § Cheek (Leslie) & others. Painting in England 1700-1850: Collection of Mr & Mrs Paul Mellon, 2 vol., Richmond, Va., 1963 § Harvey (G.) Henry Clay Frick the Man, privately printed, 1936 § Carter (M.) Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court, 1926 § Getty (J.Paul) & others. The Joys of Collecting, 1966 § Walker (J.) & others. Art Treasures for America: an Anthology of Paintings & Sculpture in the Samuel H.Kress Collection, 1961, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the first and fourth with dust-jackets, the last two rubbed and frayed; and c.60 others on American art collectors and collections, several catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.65)
Rushout (John, 2nd Baron Northwick) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the late Lord Northwick's Extensive and Magnificent Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures...at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, tinted lithographed frontispiece (lightly foxed), some prices in manuscript, frontispiece and first few leaves loose, original cloth, spine faded and with nick to joint, [Lugt 25025], Phillips, 1859 § [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Magnificent Contents of Alton Towers, the princely seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury, original cloth, rebacked preserving part of original spine, [Lugt 23727], Christie's, 1857 § Magniac (Hollingworth) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art..., original boards, [Lugt 50986], Christie's, 1892 § Taylor (John Edward) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art..., 2 vol., vol.1 with prices in manuscript, original boards, Christie's, 1912, plates, rubbed; and 12 other pre-First World War sale catalogues including John Watkins Brett, 1864; Robert Napier, 1877; Dr. John Percy, Part 1, 1890; Adrian Hope, 1894; Martin Heckscher, 1898, 4to & 8vo (14)⁂ The Alton Towers sale last 30 days but only realised £42,198 16s. "Many of the pictures...were bought in Rome in 1829 in one lot from Madame Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon, by the Shrewsbury family". The English as Collectors, p.433John Edward Taylor "was one of the proprietors of the Manchester Guardian, and the sale of his magnificent collection of every form of antique and pictures was one of the greatest before the beginning of the first world war. It raised a grand total of £385,500. A great deal of interest centred in Taylor's Turner drawings when, during a single day, Lockett Agnew bought 49 out of 61 items". The English as Collectors, p.436
Schreiber (Lady Charlotte) Journals: Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics & Antiques...1869 to 1885, edited by her son Montague J.Guest, 2 vol., spotted, 1911; Catalogue of the Collection of Fans and Fan-Leaves presented to...the British Museum, compiled by Lionel Cust, 1893; Catalogue of the Collection of Playing Cards bequeathed to...the British Museum, compiled by Frank M.O'Donoghue, title browned and with library stamp, 1901 § Rackham (Bernard) Victoria & Albert Museum. Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection of English Porcelain, Earthenware, Enamels etc., 3 vol., vol.1 original boards, vol.2 original wrappers, vol.3 original cloth with dust-jacket, 1915-30-24, plates, the first three original cloth, a little rubbed; and 6 others relating to Lady Schreiber including a second edition of vol.1 of the last and the sale catalogue of her library, 8vo & 4to (13)⁂ The energetic Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-95), hostess, philanthropist and mother of ten children, was one of the earliest and most important English collectors of ceramics and on the death of her husband in 1884 she presented the collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum. She also collected lace, fans and playing cards; the latter two collections she donated to the British Museum.
NO RESERVE Seligman (Germain) Merchants of Art: 1880-1960. Eighty Years of Professional Collecting, New York, 1961 § Gimpel (René) Diary of an Art Dealer, 1966 § Maas (Jeremy) Gambart: Prince of the Victorian Art World, 1975 § Vollard (Ambroise) Recollections of a Picture Dealer, 1936 § Learmount (B.) A History of the Auction, 1985 § Manning (E.) & others. Colnaghi's 1760-1960, 1960 § Agnew (Geoffrey) Agnew's 1817-1967, 1967 § Allingham (E.G.) A Romance of the Rostrum, 1924, plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first three with dust-jackets, most rubbed & frayed, the fourth damp-stained; and c.30 others on the art trade, 8vo & 4to (c.35)⁂ The first is a biography of the author's father, Jacques Seligman, a leading French art dealer.
NO RESERVE Solly (Edward) [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of the Collection of Dutch Pictures of the First Class...and a few Cabinet Italian Pictures, stitched in original printed wrappers, lightly soiled, spine a little frayed, Foster & Sons, 1837 § Fletcher (Ralph) [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of the very Capital and Precious Cabinet of Pictures, chiefly of the Dutch, Flemish, an French Schools, stitched in original blue wrappers, creased or slightly defective at corners, Christie & Manson, 1838, both preserved in modern marbled slip-cases, [Lugt 14736 & 15101], 8vo (2)⁂ Edward Solly (1776-1844) was from a family of timber merchants based in London who moved to Berlin for business and became extremely wealthy. He amassed a vast collection of mostly Primitive artists, particularly Italian, and by 1820 it numbered 3000 paintings. In 1821, after several years of negotiations, he sold his collection to King Frederick William III of Prussia and it became the basis of the Royal Berlin Gallery, with Dr Gustav Waagen as Director. By this time he had returned to London, started collecting again (turning his attention more to the period of Raphael) and even dealing. There were several sales of his paintings before he died and some of Italian paintings after his death. This catalogue is unusual in that he claimed to dislike Dutch painting but it consists of 91 Dutch pictures. Little was known of Solly until Frank Herrmann published a series of articles on him in the Connoisseur in 1967, 1968 & 1971, prompting Herrmann's interest in collecting in general.No copy is recorded by COPAC or WorldCat but Lugt records 4 copies in UK (Birmingham, Courtauld, V & A, & private collection) and one in Holland.
[Spencer (Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland)] [Sale Catalogue] Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana. Sale Catalogue of the Truly Important and Very Extensive Library of Printed Books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim Library, 5 vol. in 1, printed price lists bound at end, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, g.e., a little rubbed, joints split, large 8vo, Puttick & Simpson, 1881-83.⁂ The magnificent library of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1674-1722) contained roughly 20,000 books, including many incunabula (several on vellum), Bibles, and early Continental literature. It was put up for sale by the Duke of Marlborough in 1881, having first been offered in toto for £20,000. Baron James de Rothschild, Lord Crawford and Bernard Quaritch were all interested but the first died during negotiations and the last was unable to raise the money. The five auctions contained 13,858 lots and realised £56,581 6s.; approximately £33,000 in total was paid by Quaritch.
Stafford Gallery.- Ottley (William Young) & Peltro William Tomkins. Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London, 4 vol., half-titles to vol.1 only, 13 engraved plans and 126 plates, many with multiple images, tissue guards, some light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, vol.1 broken and loose, modern half morocco, uncut, original paper labels preserved on upper covers (rubbed and chipped at edges), Printed by Bensley and Son, 1818 § Young (John) A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, of the most noble the Marquess of Stafford, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait and plates, many with multiple images, foxing, contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco, spines gilt, uncut, rubbed, spines faded, 1825 § Britton (John) Catalogue Raisonné of the Pictures belonging to...the Marquess of Stafford, in the Gallery at Cleveland House, engraved frontispiece and plan, both foxed and offset, old ownership label of Frederica Sophia Broke pasted at head of title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1808; and another, v.s. (8)⁂ The gallery at Cleveland house was built by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1797 to house his purchase of part of the famous Orléans Collection, and on his death his superb art collection was inherited by his nephew, George Leverson-Gower, who became the 2nd Marquess of Stafford in 1803 and the 1st Duke of Sutherland in 1833. Stafford was the wealthiest man in England for much of his life and he greatly extended the collection, adding another picture gallery by C.H.Tatham in 1805-06 which became known as the Stafford Gallery.The first item contains plans of the rooms and the pictures on the walls. "This catalogue, in four monumental quarto volumes, was probably the most luxurious to have appeared in England by 1818...The collection was not only the most important of its day but one of the few open to the public...". The English as Collectors, p.432
Stowe.- Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (Richard, 2nd Duke of Buckingham) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Contents of Stowe House, near Buckingham, lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates, some prices and buyers' names supplied in manuscript, original printed blue wrappers, rubbed, frayed at edges, modern marbled slip-case, [Lugt 19122], Christie & Manson, 1848; [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Library removed from Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, 1849 bound with The Stowe Granger. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, [Lugt 19255], 1849 and Catalogue of the remaining portion of Engraved British Portraits, [Lugt 19283], 1849, together 3 works in 1 vol. (the second bound last), a few prices and buyers' names in manuscript, modern half morocco, calf label, S.Leigh Sotheby & Co. § Forster (Henry Rumsey) The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated, mezzotint frontispiece of Rembrandt's Unmerciful Servant' (foxed), title in red & black, lists of both subscribers & purchasers, plates, advertisements at end, contemporary blind-stamped cloth, rebacked in calf, 1848 § Thompson (E.Maunde) Catalogue of a selection from the Stowe Manuscripts...in the British Museum, plates, bookplate of Rev. C.H.Middelton Wake with A.L.s. from the author to him tipped in, original cloth-backed boards, 1883 § [Sale Catalogue] The Ducal Estate of Stowe, catalogue no.300, plates, folding colour plans, joints split, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, spine torn, Jackson Stops, 1921; and another on Stowe, v.s. (6)⁂ Group of sale catalogues of various portions of the great art collection and library at Stowe, following the bankruptcy in 1847 of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, who was rumoured to have left for the Continent with debts exceeding £1,000,000. The first sale of the contents totalled £75,562 4s 6d. It included the famous "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare which sold to the Earl of Ellesmere for £372 15s. and in 1856 became the first donation to the newly-created National Portrait Gallery. "A tragic sale this...It lasted thirty-five days and the prices were incredibly low. This was probably because such a vast accumulation of treasure by many generations of a single family was just more than the trade, collectors and local gentry between them could absorb at one go." The English as Collectors, p.435
Strutt (Joseph) A Biographical Dictionary... of all the Engravers, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 20 engraved plates, some stipple-engraved, most printed in bistre, 4pp. errata at end, light offsetting, bookplate of William Edward Oates, contemporary russia, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, some wear to lower joint, 1785 § Artist's Vade Mecum (The), first edition, 94 engraved plates only (of 100), rather soiled and browned, contemporary half sheep, spine worn and broken, 1762, 4to (2)
George Charles Haité (British, 1855-1924):The Harvest, watercolour, signed lower left, titled & dated 15 Nov. '95, H 32 x W 62 cm. Note: An English designer, painter, illustrator & writer, Haité's most famous work is the iconic cover design of the Strand Magazine, launched in 1891, which helped popularise the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. Haité was also a founder member & the first president of the London Sketch Club
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