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• Illustrated catalogue of a collection of Chinese paintings, Japanese paintings, and colour prints (City Art Gallery, 1910), by Manchester City Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Works of art and artists in England (John Murray, 1838), by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kunstwerke und Künstler in England und Paris (in der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1837), by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A visit to Goodwood : near Chichester, the seat of his grace the Duke of Richmond, with an appendix descriptive of an ancient painting (Chichester : Published by the author, North Street, and by Messrs. Lackington, Hughes & Co., 1822., 1822), by D. Jacques and J. Kennerly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les beaux-arts en Angleterre : ouvrage dans lequel on trouve des notices raisonnées des principaux monumens d'architecture anciens et modernes, et des ouvrages remarquables de peinture et sculpture qui sont dans les collections publiques et particulières de Londres, d'Oxford, et dans les châteaux et maisons de campagne ... : ouvrage propre à servir de guide aux amateurs qui voyagent en Angleterre (F. Buisson, 1807), by James Dallaway and A. L. Millin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the pictures, statues, &c. at Kedleston. (s.n., 1758), by Nathaniel Curzon Scarsdale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the Dyce and Forster collections in the South Kensington Museum. (Published for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman and Hall, 1880), by South Kensington Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the pictures, statues, &c. at Kedleston, with some account of the architecture. (s.n., 1769), by Nathaniel Curzon Scarsdale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the pictures, statues, &c. at Kedleston, with some account of the architecture. (Printed by W. Bemrose, 1861), by Nathaniel Curzon Scarsdale (page images at HathiTrust)

• Water-colour pictures and painter-etchers' art (Bickers and Son, 1900), by Charles Alfred Swinburne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• List of the pictures in Blenheim Palace (Dorrell & son, 1861), by George Scharf (page images at HathiTrust)

• Horace Walpole : a descriptive catalogue of the artistic and literary illustrations collected by Herbert H. Raphael for the extension of the original edition of Walpole's letters into eighteen folio volumes (Edward Everard, 1909), by Herbert H. Raphael (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the very curious and valuable assemblage of miscellaneous articles of taste and virtu, the property of that distinguished artist and virtuoso, Richard Cosway, esq. R.A. : consisting of ancient armour, buhl & India cabinets, ancient bronzes, marbles, terra-cottas, candelabra of rich ormolu, splendid carved tables, tripods and brackets, old china ... and numerous other articles of taste and curiosity : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Stanley, at Mr. Cosway's late residence, no. 20, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, on Tuesday, May 22, 1821, and two following days ... (Catalogues to be had on the premises and of Mr. Stanley, 1821), by George Stanley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the pictures of Richard Cosway, Esq. R.A. : being the choice part of the very numerous collection made by him during the last fifty years ... : to be sold by auction, by Mr. Stanley, at Mr. Cosway's late residence, no. 20, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, ... the 17th of May, 1821, and two following days ... (s.n., 1821), by George Stanley and Richard Cosway (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the remaining pictures and unfinished sketches of Sir Thomas Lawrence ... : comprising among others the celebrated picture of Satan summoning his legions ... : also, the celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence painted by himself : which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Christie & Manson at their great room, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June the 18th, 1831 ... (Catalogues had at Messrs. Christie and Manson's office, 1831), by Christie & Manson and Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the art collection. (Metchim & Son, 1904), by Wyndham Francis Cook, Cecil H. Smith, Richmond Cook Collection, and England) Doughty House (London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A catalogue of the capital and very valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English pictures, and a few casts from the antique, of the late Right Hon. Lord Gwydir, deceased : brought from the family seat, Grimsthorpe Castle, in Lincolnshire, and from the London mansion at Whitehall ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie at his Great Room ... on Friday, May the 8th, 1829, and following day, at one o'clock. (Catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, 1829), by James Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of pictures, 1810 to 1827 (Mr. Christie, 1805), by James Christie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cowdray Park catalogue (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1920), by Annie Cass Pearson Cowdray and Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of modern drawings, a few paintings : a set of cartoons, by L. da Vinci ... for the heads in his picture of The Last Supper; as also numerous ... cinque cento models, in wax and terra cotta, by M. Angelo, and G. di Bologna, antique and modern; a few bronzes and antique marble bustos; and an engraved copper-plate portrait of the young Duke of Reichstadt, never published : the property of Sir Thomas Lawrence ... which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 17th June, and two following days ... (Catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, 1830), by James Christie and Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of a collection of architectural and other casts, late the property of Sir Thomas Lawrence deceased (in the 1830s), by Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole ([London] : [George Robins], [1842], 1842), by George Henry Robins and Horace Walpole (page images at HathiTrust)

• A catalogue of a collection of drawings, prints, books of prints, atlasses, &c : the drawings from original sketches, by the late Francis Grose, Esquire, ... : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms, in King-Street, and Hart Street, Covent-Garden, on Friday, March 22d, 1793, and the following evening ... (Catalogues may be had of Mr. Hutchins ... , 1793), by Mr. Hutchins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the pictures of the late Dr. Mead ([s.n.], 1755), by Mr. Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the noble collection of pictures, miniatures, bronzes, gems, magnificent embossed plate, ornaments in gold and silver, coins and medals, China, Japan, &c. of the right honourable Lady Elizabeth Germain, lately deceas'd : being the collection of the old Earls of Peterborough, and also part of the Arundelian collection : which ... will be sold by auction by Mr. Langford and Son, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Wednesday the 7th of this instant March 1770, and the three following days ... (Catalogues of which may then be had at Mr. Langford's ..., 1770), by Mr. Langford and Son and Elizabeth Germain (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the collection of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford deceas'd ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Cock, at his house in the great piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday the 8th of March, 1741-2, and the five following days. (Mr. Cock, 1742), by Mr. Cock and George Vertue (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings (bound and unbound) of the late Doctor Mead : consisting of the works of the most eminent masters and particularly of a matchless collection, containing 95 drawings of exotics, insects, fruit and flowers in water colours, on vellum, by Merian, in 2 vol. as also of another curious collection, containing 205, in 2 vol. by Ehret ... : which ... will be sold by auction by Mr. Langford at his House in the Great Piazza, Covent-Garden, on Monday the 13th of January 1755, and the thirteen following evenings. (Catalogues of which may be had at Mr. Langford's aforesaid ..., 1755), by Mr. Langford and Richard Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days. The said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock. Catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid. (Mr. Langford, 1755), by Mr. Langford and Richard Mead (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the first part of the museum of Ingham Foster, deceased : consisting of his matchless collection of prints and drawings, amongst which are the scarce works of Hogarth, in 3 vols., Worlidge's works, Bartolozzi's, Woolet's, Strange's, Edelinck's, &c., and also a compleat set of Rembrandt's works ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Barford at his rooms in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Monday the 24th of February, 1783, and the following days : to be viewed three days preceding the sale, when catalogues may be had ... at Mr. Barford's aforesaid. (Mr. Barford, 1783), by Henry Barford and Ingham Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the neat, genuine, and curious collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish pictures of George Montgomerie, Esq. (deceased) : which will be sold by auction at his late dwelling house in Hanover-Square by Mr. Prestage ... on Friday, the 9th of May, 1766 : likewise, on the following day will be sold his genuine and elegant sideboard of wrought and other plate, gold, silver, and other medals at Mr. Prestage's great room, the end of Savile-Row, next Conduit-Street, Hanover-Square. (Catalogues will then be delivered gratis at Mr. Montgomerie's in Hanover-Square and at Mr. Prestage's in Savile-Row, 1766), by John Prestage and George Montgomerie (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of natural and artificial rarities, fossils, ores, shells, plaisters, bronzes, pictures, prints, and drawings, ... coins and medals, mathematical instruments, and other curiosities : including the entire collection of Mr. Edward Steele, painter : which will be sold by auction, by Samuel Paterson, at Essex House in Essex-Street, in the Strand on Friday the 27th of April 1759. (Samuel Paterson, 1759), by Samuel Paterson and Edward Steele (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the large and justly admired museum of curiosities of James West, Esq., deceased, late president of the Royal Society : consisting of a most extensive variety of antique gems, bronzes, bass-relievos, urns and inscriptions ... : together with his large and superb service of plate ... : all which (by order of the administratrix) will be sold by auction by Mess. Langford's, at their house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Saturday the 27th of this instant February 1773, and the six following days (Sunday excepted) ... (Catalogues of which may be had at Mess. Langford's aforesaid ..., 1773), by Mess. Langford (Firm) and James West (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of Bartolozzi's prints, etc., 1801 (Printed by H.D. Steel, no. 51, Lothbury, 1801), by Mr. Christie, Henry Draper Steel, and John Woodhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the well-known and truly valuable collection of drawings, the property of John Woodhouse, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his great room, Pall-Mall, on Friday, the 27th of February, 1801, and following day ... (Printed by H.D. Steel, no. 51, Lothbury, 1801), by Mr. Christie, Henry Draper Steel, and John Woodhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of a magnificent collection of pictures (Printed by C. Clarke ..., 1794), by London Greenwood (Leicester-Square and Charles Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lawrence Gallery, seventh exhibition, April,1836 (Charing-Cross : Messrs. Woodburn's Gallery, [1836], 1836), by S. & A. Woodburn (Gallery) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catalogue of the first part of the valuable collection of original drawings by distinguished modern artists, the property of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence ... : comprising admirable specimens by Gainsborough, Wilson, the celebrated Brown of Rome, Cipriani, Wheatley, Fuseli, Flaxman, Stothard, Cosway, William Locke ... and others, also, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and fine chalk drawings from antique statues in the Louvre, by the most eminent French artists, from which the plates in the Musée Napoleon were engraved : which (by order of the executor) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st of May, 1830 ... (Catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, 1830), by James Christie and Thomas Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original designs of the most celebrated masters of the Bolognese, Roman, Florentine, and Venetian schools : comprising some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, the Caracci, Claude Lorraine, Raphael, Michel Angelo, the Poussins, and others, in His Majesty's collection (Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, Cleveland-Row, and sold by G. and W. Nicol, booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, White and Cochrane, Fleet-Street, and Colnaghi and Co., Cockspur-Street, 1812), by John Chamberlaine, Niccoló Schiavonetti, Peltro William Tomkins, Francesco Bartolozzi, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, Cochrane & Co White, G. and W. Nicol (Firm), and W. Bulmer and Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pictures at Cobham Hall (Mitchell and Hughes, 1877), by Frederic George Stephens (page images at HathiTrust)

• A catalogue of a very choice and valuable collection of capital paintings, purchased from the gallery of the late Duke of San Pietro, in the kingdom of Naples, exhibited at No. 65, Pall-Mall. (Printed by W. Glindon, 1812) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of a collection of pictures, drawings, cloisonné enamels, decorative furniture and other works of art : Burlington Fine Arts Club. (Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905), by Burlington Fine Arts Club (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the collection of paintings, porcelain, bronzes, decorative furniture, and other works of art : lent for the exhibition in the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum by Richard Wallace, June 1872 (Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1874), by Charles Christopher Black, Richard Wallace, and Bethnal Green Branch Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bristol Art Gallery and Museum of Antiquities (Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith, printer, 1905., 1905), by Richard Quick and City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The art collection of Mr. Alfred Beit at his residence, 26 Park Lane, London (Imberg & Lefson, 1904), by Wilhelm von Bode (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British galleries of painting and sculpture : comprising a general historical and critical catalogue, with separate notices of every work of fine art in the principal collections / [First part]. (Sherwood, Jones, 1824), by C. M. Westmacott (page images at HathiTrust)

• The stranger's guide to Holkham : containing a description of the paintings, statues &c. of Holkham House, in the county of Norfolk; the magnificent seat and residence of T.W. Coke, Esq. M.P. Also, a brief account of the park, gardens &c. &c. with a short narrative of the sheep-shearing, annually held at Holkam. Embellished with a view of the south front. (Printed, published and sold by J. Dawson, 1817), by J. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole : with a brief description of the place : embellished with a front and east view of Knole. (Printed for John Stockdale ... , 1795), by Henry Norton Willis, John Stockdale, and John Frederick Sackville Dorset (page images at HathiTrust)

• A description of Fonthill Abbey and demesne, in the county of Wilts : including a list of its paintings, cabinets, &c. (Shaftesbury : Printed and published by J. Rutter ; London : To be had of Longman, Hurst and Co., and of all booksellers, 1822., 1822), by John Rutter, Thomas Higham, and Hurst Longman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Descrizione delle pitture, statue, busti, ed altre curiosità esistenti in Inghilterra à Wilton nella villa di Mylord conte di Pembroke, e di Montgomery (Appresso Andrea Bonducci, 1754), by Richard Cowdry and Antonio Pillori (page images at HathiTrust)
• New account and description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House (Printed at the Salisbury Press, and sold by W. Morris, at Wilton-House, and B.C. Collins ..., 1795), by George Richardson and Thomas Herbert Pembroke (page images at HathiTrust)

• Works of art in the collections of England (Holloway and Son, in the 1870s), by Edouard Lièvre (page images at HathiTrust)

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