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London, England, 1852-11-18 00:00:00

THE VALENTIA LIBRARY

extends to about

FOUR THOUSAND VOLUMES,
among which will be found, in folio : Catesby's Carolina, Clarendon's
Rebellion, Collins's Families of Cavendish, Holies, aid Pere; De-
non's Egypt, Drake's York, Lodge's Portraits, Purchase's Pilgrims
and Pilgrimages, Nash's Worcestershire (large paper), Plott's Staf-
fordshire (large paper), Shaw's Staffordshire, Sloane's Jamaica,
Norden's Egypt and Nubia, and Hoare's Ancient Wiltshire. In 4to :
Asiatic Researches, Encyclopmdia Britannica, Clark's Travels,
Cook's Voyages, Harleian Miscellany, 'Valenta Travels (large paper
and duplicate copies in sheets, with all the valuable copper plates) ;
Lyson's Magna Britannia, &c., in 8 vols.; Strype's Lives (Oxford
edition) ; the Works of Baxter, Taylor, Lightfoot, Scott, Swift, and
Watts; Milner's and Fuller's Church Histories. In Bvo et infra :
Lardner's Cyclopedia, &c.; a large collection of works on India and
Sicily ; manuscripts and original drawings in India, Egypt, and
Abyssinia, by Home, Marriott, Salt, and others ; Ornithological and
Botanical Drawings, Atlases, Map ' and Charts ; a valuable Botani-
cal Library, including4Bateman's Orchidacem, Besleri Hortus, Rox-
burghs Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, Roscoe's Monandrian
Plants, Roberts' neaten de Plantes, Paxton's and other works ; Per-
sian, Oriental, and Greek MSS.
The COLLECTION of EGYPTIAN and ETRUSCAN
ANTIQUITIES, _ _

formed by the late Earl during many years of travel and research
with Belzoni and Salt, including a fine sarcophagus in red granite,
ornamented with figures and hieroglyphics, 7 ft. long by 3 ft. high,
two remarkably fine lion-headed figures 6 feet 6 high, and several
interesting papyri, one of which is not unrolled, collection of coins,
snuff-boxes, Indian and Persian swords and daggers richly mounted
in gold, silver, and platina ; Oriental dresses in gold and silver lace,
weapons of war and the chase from the South Sea Islands, &c. ; ser-
vice of about 2,000 ounces of plate, comprising salvers, tea and coffee
equipages, gilt caps, cruet frames, spoons, forks, saucepans, castors,
&c. ; plated ware in soup and sauce tureens, dishes and covers,
entree dishes, bread and cake baskets, wine coolers, epergnes, candle-
sticks with branches,l&e. ; cellar of choice wines, including Ports of
the vintages 1820, 1834, and 1840 ; wardrobe of bed and table linen,
services of splendid china and richly cut and engraved glass ; a few
fine proof engravings, including the Wellington Banquet, Return
from Hawking, Bolton Abbey, &c. ; the appendages of the domestic
offices; excellent culinary utensils, pony and garden chairs, brewing
utensils, park roller, and numerous out-door effects.
May be viewed four days prior to the sal* by catalogues only (2s. 6d.
each, to admit three persons), which may be had at the Castle; the
offices of Midland Counties Herald, Birmingham ; Herald-office,
Worcester; Lion Hotel. Kidderminster; of Messrs. 'Nicholas and
Pardoe, solicitors, Betsdley; and at the offices of Messrs. FARE-
BROTHER, CLARK, and LIE, Lancaster-place, Strand, London.

The Castle is six miles from liidderrainster, where there is a rail-
way station, four from Bewdley, ten from Bridgaorth, and 25 cram
Birmingham.