The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-18 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

JOUR TROTTER BROCKETT'S LIBRARY.

li. SOTHEBY begs to inform the Public,
that-a-SECOND EDITION of the CATALOGUE,
entire, in Three Parts, of the LIBRARY of JOHN TROT-
TEII BROCKETT, Esq. is now ready fbr delivery.
PREPARING FOR SALE, BY MR. SOTHEBY.
The remaining DUPLICATES of a NOBLEMAN'S LI.
13RA RY. The whole in Choice and Fine Condition.
The entire LAW and MISCELLANEOUS LIBRARY
of SIR ALAN CHAM BRE, Knt., deceased, late one of the
Judges of the ComniOn Pleas. •
The entire; choice, and very valuable Linn:llW of the
late WILLIAM HODGSON, Esq., P. R. S., of Hoddesden,
Hertfordshire; including .Mus6e Franvais. 4 tom, a splendid
copy, in red morocco ; The Galleries of Le Brun, Florence,
and Luxernbourgh, all very line; The Stafford Gallery, a
brilliant coloured copy, in 45 Numbers, complete ; The British
Gallery, proof impreisions of the plates ; Boydell's Collection
of Prints, 4 vol. brilliant impressions; Capt. Bailie's Works,
2 1.0; Sanitb Views, 2 vol. very fine; •The various Works
of Piranest; Original editions; Stuart's Athens. 3 vol.; Camp.
bell's Vitrivius Britannicus, 4 vol. ; Britton's Architectural
Antiquities, 4 Vol.large paper ; Strutt's Manners and Customs
of England with his various other Works • Voyage Pit
toresque de Naples, de Sicile, de la Suisse, &c. 13 tom. bril-
liant impressions, uniformly and superbly bound in red mo-
rocco, gilt leaves ; La horde Voyage de Prance, 12 vol. ;
Boni; Voyage d'Espagne, pnpier velin, 44 Livraisons, coin-
plete ; Ilolbein's Portraits, original edition, very fine; Birch's
Lives, with Houbraken's Portraits, 2 vol. large paper; Clarke
and MeArthur's Life of Lord Nelson, 2. vol. printed on vellum,
royal quarto; Clarke's Travels. in. Russia, 4 vol. ; Horsley's
Byitannia Minutia
;
'thinning and Bray's History of Surrey,
3 vol. ; Surtees' history of Durham, 2 vol. ; Beauties of
England and Wales, complete, large paper; Dibdin's various
Typographical Works; on large paper, superbly bound, &c.:
together with his .Miscellaneous Prints.
N. B. The Books are in the finest Condition, and the Books
of Prints have been selected with great attention and acute dis-
crimination with regard to the early impressions of the plates.
ASTRONOMICAL AND MATHEMATICAL IN:'

STR UM 13-
The very valuable Collection of Astronomical Instruments,
of the late %V 11. HODGSON, Esq. F.R.S., removed from his
Residence, Hoddesden, Hertfordshire; including a capital
Equatorial Instrument, by Dollond ; an Equatorial Circle, by
Ponder; a Theodolite, by Troughton ; capital Achromatic
Telescopes, by Dollond and others: Astronomical Clocks, an
Air Pump ; together with sundry Instruments, Globes, &c. &c.
An elegant Portion of the LIBRARY of a NOBLEMAN,
removed from his late Residence in Albemarle-street; including
Etruscan Antiquities, 4 vols. red morocco; Dug-
dale's Works, complete, some on large paper in russia and
morocco; Illontfaucon Antiquites Expliqu&s, 15 vols. large
paper; Montfaueon Monumens Prangots, 5 vols.; Purchas's
Pilgrimes, frontiTiece, 5 vols., the Lansdowne copy; Picart
Ceremonies Ileligtenses, 11 vols. in 9, russia; He.;
raldry, best edition, russia ' • Galleriedu Patois Royale, 3 vols.,
brilliant impressions; the Houghton Gallery, fine; the Chro-
nicles of liolingshed, Hall, Fabian,
tions, in rugs's, 4te.;
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Chi-
nese Drawings.

An English series of-
silver ; many of
ENCOoLinIsStHinCOOIINdSa.nd
them of extreme rarity, anti in fine condition. The property
of an eminent Collector.
COINS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, &c.
'The Greek, Roman, and English Coins ; Roman Antiqui-
ties; Prints and Drawings; together with the few remaining
Books, of the late THOMAS DUNHAM WHITTAKER;
LLD. F.S.A., Vicar of Whalley, and Rector of Heysham,
Lancashire; Author of the History of Craven, the History of
Whalley, History of Yorkahire,
Among the Drawing, will be found some by Turner and
Craig.
The Entire LIBRARY of the Late JAMES BOSWELL,
Esq., including a complete Collection of the Books printed by
the Roxburghe Club, and the Books privately printed by Sir
A. Boswell, &c. &c.; which will be sold by order of the Ad-
ministrator of the late James Boswell, Esq.
The Entire and Matchless COLLECTION of PRINTS,
the property of the late Sir MARK MASTERMA N SYKES
Bart., of Sledmere, in the County. of York, comprising:—
,
I. The most extensive Series of British Portraits, from the
earliest era down to the present period, that has ever been sub.
mitted for public inspection, embracing the valuable produc-
tions of the most eminent Engravers of the English School, and
particularly an unrivalled Assemblage of the Works of that
admirable Artist W. Faithorne, many of them brilliant Proofs;
together with very nearly the whole of the rarest Portaits of W.
Hollar. Beautiful Equestrian and Historical Prints, some of
them Unique, by Delarem, Elstracke, and the Pass family ; and
whatever of excellence and rarity that has issued from the burin
of other Artists, of equal celebrity, Logger), lAnnbart, Valck,
' Van Voerst,Olover„Vandrebanc Vertue,White, &c. and ofth ose
In mezzotintol J. Smith, Beckett, Williams, Place, Luttrell; as
well as the impeder perferinances of the late Reign, after the
Pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, most of them Proofs or first
Impressions.
IL—A very lerge and remarkably interesting assortment of
Topographical Prints and Drawings,connected with the County
of York, including the late ingenious Mr. Carter's elaborate
Performance of Views, Elevations, Sections, &c. of York Mins-
ter executed with the utmost Taste and Accuracy.
11. Beautiful Proofs of the most valuable IProductions'of
Woollett, Strange, Earlom, Wille, and other celebrated .Artiste
of the present day.
ny. A most capital Collection of the Works of Bartolozzi,
abounding in Proofs and Rare Variations, and comprehending
a complete Set of Proofs of the Marlborough Gems.
V. A Superb Proof of the Last Supper, by Raphael Marg.
hen ; together with a rich display of Proofs and Choice Impres-
sions of the most eminent Works of that great Master.
VI. Splendid Works, indurated with numerous rare Por.
traits and Topography, elegantly bound in russia and morocco.
VII A Selection of the Choicest Works of Rubens and'
Vandyek, remarkable for the beauty of the Impressions.--
And, lastly,
VIII. An invaluable Collection illustrative of the History
and Progress of the Art of Engraving in Italy, from the In-
vention of the Art, about 1445, by Maso Finiguera, to the
commencement of the 17th century, including Genuine Spcci-
mail by the hand of that extraordinary Artist numerous orliti-
nal Works in Niello, upon Silver; Ancientdasts from ditto in
Sulphur (the same described by ; tegether with a more
numerous Assemblage of Impressions of the Works in Niello,
on Paper, than, it is believed, can be produced by any Collec.
tion, in Europe; an extensive and rare Series of the Engravings
of Botticelli. lalilini, Pollajuolo, Mautegna, Robetta, and
other early Italian Masters; a Collection, nearly complete, of
the Prints of Marc Antonio, including amongst other rarities
the Martydoin of St. Lawrence, in its first state ; the finest
Works of Agostino \louden°, Marco de Ravenna, Bonasonc,

the Caracci, &c. &e.
The whole collected without regard to expence, and evincing
in the rarity of the Prints, and their beauty of Impression, the
refined taste and judgment of their late respected possessor.
The Entire Collection of COINS and MEDALS, the Pro.
perty of the late Sir MARK ItIASTERMAN SYKES,
Bart.' of Sledmere, in the County of York, including a very
good Series of Greek Coins of Sicily, in Gold and Silver ; a
fine selection of English Medals, in Gold and Silver (with a few
cop m) among which ate Two of the Commonwealth Premium
Medals for Naval Services, by Thomas Simon; the fine Me..
dallion of Charles H., " Fehcitas Britanniie," by Roettier ;
Patterns; Oliver's Fifty Shilling Piece; the famous Petition
Crown, by Thomas. Simon, formerly Mr. pusen's ; a very
fine and numerous Series of Papal Medals, in Silver, and u
large Collection of Italian Medals in Bronze; together with
his Curiosities and Miniatures, Gems, &c.

PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS.
A very choice collection of Persian Manuscripts, relating
chiefly to the History, Statistics anti Revenue of India, in ex-
cellent condition.
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UNPUBLISHED AUTHENTIC MANUSCRIPT HIS-
TORICA 1, DOCUMENTS, LETTERS, &c., the en.
tiro Ptoperty of a GENTLEMAN of the highest considera-
tion in Holland, by whose family they have been accumu-
lated and preserved.
An invaluable and highly interesting Collection of Ovi).
lished Manuscript Historical Docittneuti, consisting of Papal
Dulls, commencing in 1297; Ancient Charters of the Low
Countries, beginning in 1317, with the appendant Seals of the