PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works of Art,
will Sell by Auction at their Great Room, 191. Piccadilly, on Tuesday, Nov.
12, the well-known and carefully chosen Cabinet of Mediaeval Art, collected
by Mr. George Isaacs, (who is about to leave England for a permanent
residence abroad). Some of the rare objects in this Cabinet are from the
celebrated De Bruge Collection, and several were not unimportant items in
the recent Exhibition of the Society of Arts. Also some curious printed
books, and a few highly interesting heraldic and other MSS., including the
long lost volume of the works of Dr. Dee, and others from the Ashmolean
Collection. Catalogues will be sent on application.
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THE LATE MR. THOMAS DODD'S INTERESTING COLLECTION OF ENGRAVED BRITISH
PORTRAITS, FRAMED AND GLAZED PRINTS, WORKS OF HOGARTH, &c.
MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and JOHN WILKINSON (Auctioneers of Literary
Property and Works illustrative of the Fine Arts,) will Sell by Auction, at
their House, 3. Wellington-street, Strand, on Monday, the 11th day of
November, 1850, and two following days, at One o'clock precisely, in
pursuance of his Will, the interesting Collection of Engraved British
Portraits, combining every class of the community that have figured in
British History and Biography; Governors of the Charter House, from the
date of the foundation of the establishment to the present time. Also, an
illustrated History of the Charter House, in five imperial folio volumes,
containing Two Hundred and Twenty-six Sheets of Prints, illustrative of the
printed text, and accompanied by an elaborate MS. Index, compiled by and in
the hand-writing of the Illustrator; the property of the late Mr. Thomas
Dodd, author of the "Connoisseur's Repertorium," and late a brother on the
foundation of the Charter House. Also, Works of Hogarth, Prints, framed and
glazed, Portrait of Sir T. Lawrence, by Cousins, Five Hundred Impressions,
with the Steel Plate. May be viewed two days prior, and Catalogue had (if
in the country, on receipt of six postage stamps). {400}
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