Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Christie & Manson
Title:
A catalogue of the very celebrated collection of antique gems of the Prince Poniatowski, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Monday, April the 29th, 1839 and following days, at one o'clock precisely each day.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Printed by W. Clowes and Sons], [1839]
Physical Description:
128 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy is not annotated. Number 8 of 34 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary quarter roan; with the armorial bookplates of the Earl of Normanton and Rupert Gunnis; with a manuscript index on the volume's catalogs on the front endpapers.
Subject Terms:
Poniatowski, Stanisław, książę, 1754–1833 -- Art collections -- Catalogs. | Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Gems -- Catalogs. | Rings -- Catalogs. | Medals -- Catalogs. | Cameros -- Catalogs. | Seals -- Catalogs. | Agar, James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis, Earl of Normanton, 1818–1896 -- Bookplate. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
Contributors:
William Clowes and Sons printer.