The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-11 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, and Vere ; De-
non's Egypt, Drake's York, Lodge's Portraits, Purchase's Pilgrims
and Pilgrimages, Nash's Worcestershire (large paper), Plott's Stitt-
fordshire (large paper), Shaw's Staffordshire, Sloane's Jamaica,
Norden's Egypt and Nubia, and Hoare's Ancient Wiltshire. In 4to :
Asiatic Researches, Encyelopredia Britannica, Clark's Travels,
Cook's Voyages, Harleian Miscellany,
the Vale valuablentiar Travels
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and duplicate copies in sheets, w
Lyson's Magna Britannia, &c., in 8 vols.; Strype's Lives (Oxford
edition) ; the works of Baxter, Taylor, Lightfoot, Scut*, swift, and
Watts; Miller's and Fuller's Church Historic.. In Bvo et intra
Lardner's Cyclopiedi 1, &c.; a largo collection of works on India and
Sicily ; manuscripts and original drawings in India, Egypt, and
Abyssinia, by Home, Marriott, Salt, and others ; Ornithological and
Doianical Drawings, Atlases, Map and Charts; a valuable Botani-
cal Library, including Batemtn's Orchidaceac, Besleri florins, Rox•
burghs Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, Roscoe's Monandrian
Plants, Roberts' Recueil 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 Site 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,
entrée dishes, bread and cake baskets, wine coolers, epergnes, candle-
sticks with branches, Sze. ; 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, Sae. ; 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. Gd.
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, Be wdley; and at the offices of Messrs. FARE-
BROTHER, CLARK, and LYE, Lancaster-place, Strand, London.
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