The Holford library (part III): catalogue of choice, rare & valuable books principally in English literature or relating to the fine arts, forming part of the collections removed from Dorchester House, Park Lane, and from Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, the property of Lt.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O. (deceased), sold by order of his Executors, the majority handsomely bound and in fine condition, and comprising Milton, Lycidas, 1638; Poems, 1645; Paradise Lost, 1667; Spenser, Shepheardes Calendar, 1581; Faerie Queene, 1590-96; complaints, 1591; Colin Clout, 1595; Four Hymnes, 1596; Surrey’s Songes and Sonnettes, 1559, one of two copies known; Bunyan, Water of Life, 1688; Ravenscroft, Melismata, 1611, and other rare musical works; an important and extensive collection of the writings of Daniel Defoe, including the first publication of "Robinson Crusoe", in Heathcot’s Intelligencer, 1719; a fine set of the productions of the Strawberry Hill Press; fine bindings by Derome, and a magnificent French armorial binding in green Morocco; English Morocco bindings of the XVII and XVIII centuries, including a series executed for Thomas Hollis, the "Republican"; fine illustrated books, including costume, topographical, architectural, and other views, reproductions of pictures, antiquities and works of art; an exceptional set of Piranesi engravings; a remarkable series of original designs for goldsmith’s work; etc., which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. (the Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Barlow, Bt., P.C., K.B.E., G. D. Hobson, M.V.O., F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C., C. G. Des Graz, B.A., Miss E. Barlow), auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, 26th of March, 1928, and four following days, at one o’clock precisely

Catalogue of early English portraits the property of the late Viscount Canterbury removed from Brooke House, Norfolk also pictures by old masters of the late Hon. Mrs. Frederick Baring and from other sources which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods (L. Hannen, C.B.E., W. B. Anderson, and capt. V. C. W. Agnew) at their great rooms 8 King Street, St. James's Square London on Friday, May 30, 1919 at one o'clock precisely

Sammlung August G. Sproesser, II. Teil. Chinesische Kunst, Frühkeramik, Porzellan, Jade, Bronze, Stein- und Holzplastik, bearbeitet von Alfred Oppenheim [...]. Versteigerung, Dienstag, den 23. November 1926, Mittwoch, den 24. November 1926, vormittags 10 Uhr und nachmittags 3 Uhr, Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt am Main, 1926, Palais Oppenheimer, Bockenheimerlandstrasse 8

Catalogue des tableaux anciens & modernes, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins, sculptures, gravures, par ou attribués à Audy, (Pierre de Laer dit) Bamboche, Henri Baron, Albert Besnard, Amédée Besnus, Boldini, Boilly, Rosa Bonheur, Français Boucher, Boudin, Breughel (Jan), Brunel-Neuville, Marcel Capy, Coignard, Condamy, Benjamin-Constant, P. de Chavannes, Courtois dit le Bourguignon, David, Daubigny, E. Delacroix, Delerive, Diaz, Demarne, Drolling, Elzheimer, Frank-Boggs, Frank-Will, Fromentin, Louis Gillot, Grandsire, Gromaire, Charles Guérin, Godelet, Hermann-Léon, Janet-Lange, Jongkind, Knyff, Konokogui, A. Lebourg, Lépine, Longuet, de Machy, Marchetti, Meissonier, Mita, Henri Monnier, A. de Neuville, Raffet, Ribot, Charles Roger, Jules Rozier, A. de Saint-Aubin, Seevagen, Edme Saint-Marcel, Tassaërt, Taunay, A. Truchet, Utrillo, Jules Valadon, Van Goyen, Van Gorp, Van Os, V. de Villeneuve, Vogler, etc., et des écoles allemande, anglaise, flamande, française, hollandaise, dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu à Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle n° 9, le lundi 16 mai 1929, à deux heures

Vente à Amsterdam le 26 novembre 1919 à 3 heures de l'après midi. Direction : Frederik Muller & Cie. Perles – diamants – bijoux (provenances particulières) [& Faïence de Hollande de la première époque]

Catalogue des tableaux modernes, pastels, aquarelles, dessins par Bail (J.), Besnard (Alb.), Boggs, Bonvin, Boudin (E.), Carrière (Eug.), Desboutin (M.), Faivre (Abel), Fantin-Latour, Forain, Gavarni, Gilbert, Guillaumin, Guys (Constantin), Harpignies, Hermann-Paul, Hervier, Ibels, Jongkind, Léandre, Legrand (Louis), Lepère, Meslé, Millet (J.-F.), Raffaelli, Renouard, Rodin (A.), Simon (L.), Steinlen, Willette, etc. tableaux & dessins anciens composant la collection de M. Raoul Pugno (première partie) et dont la vente aux enchères publiques après décès aura lieu Hôtel Drouot, salle n°1 le samedi 26 mai 1917, à 2 heures

Catalogue des antiquités gréco-romaines, verres irisés – statuettes et vases en terre cuite – marbres – bronzes – monuaies [sic] – étoffes, beaux tapis d'Orient, antiquités mexicaines, dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu à Paris, Hôtel Drouot, salle N°10, le lundi 6 mars 1922 à 2 heures ½

Catalogue of valuable old engravings, including portraits in mezzotint, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, sold by order of the Trustees of Mrs. Duncan Macpherson (deceased); and the property of a gentleman; also engraved portraits, by S. Cousins, W. Dickinson, R. Earlom, V. Green, S. W. Reynolds, C. Turner and W. Ward, after Thomas Gainsborough, J. Hoppner, Sir T. Lawrence and G. Romney, fine French colour prints, the property  of the late T. S. C. Lee, Esq.; and the property of a gentleman, comprising brilliant impressions of L'Aveu difficile, La Comparaison, L'Indiscretion, and La Joueuse de guitare by F. Janinet, after N. Lavrence; Portrait of Edouard Gautier-Dagoty, by C. Lasino, and fancy subjects, by P. L. Debucourt, G. Demarteau and C. M. Descourtis, choice sporting prints in colours, the property of Harold Broadbent, Esq., The Cottage, Petersham, Surrey; and from other sources, including coaching, coursing, fishing, hunting, racing and shooting subjects, by and after H. Alken, etc., fancy subjects printed in colours, after G. Morland; naval actions and steamships in colours, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. (the Rt. Hon. Sir Montague Barlow, Bt., P.C., K.B.E., G. D. Hobson, M.V.O., F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C., C. G. Des Graz, B.A., Miss E. Barlow), auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Tuesday, the 28th of June, 1927, at one o'clock precisely

Catalogue de livres rares et précieux, gravures, dessins, composant la bibliothèque de feu M. H. de V. [La vente aura lieu : les livres, le jeudi 22, salle 9 et 10, entrée particulière : rue Grange-Batelière, et vendredi 23 avril 1926, salle 10, au premier ; les gravures, même salle, le samedi 24 avril 1926, à quatorze heures précises, Hôtel des commissaires-priseurs, 9, rue Drouot]

Objets d’art d’Orient, miniatures et faïences anciennes de perse ; objets d’at d’Extrême-Orient, porcelaines anciennes, statuettes, vases et colliers en cristal de roche, jade, cornaline, agate, spath, améthyste, quartz rose etc., étoffes d’Orient, beaux tapis d’Orient, appartenant à divers amateurs, dont la vente aux enchères publiques aura lieu Hôtel Drouot, salle n° 1, le lundi 26 janvier 1931, à 2 heures et demie, le mardi 27 janvier 1931, à 3 heures

The Huth library. Catalogue of books unsold or returned as imperfect at the sales of the Huth library, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Sir Montague Barlow, K.B.E., LL.D., M.P., G. D. Hobson, M.A. & Major F. W. Warre, O.B.E., M.C.), auctioneers of literary property & works illustrative of the fine arts, at their large galleries, 34 & 35, New Bond Street, W. (1), on Monday, the 27th of February, 1922, at one o'clock precisely