A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, bound and unbound, of the learned and ingenious Martin Folkes, Esq. late president of the Royal Society, deceas'd; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 15th of this instant January 1756, and the seven following evenings ... / [Martin Folkes].

Martin Folkes

Date:: [1756]

Credit: A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, bound and unbound, of the learned and ingenious Martin Folkes, Esq. late president of the Royal Society, deceas'd; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 15th of this instant January 1756, and the seven following evenings ... / [Martin Folkes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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( >o FiftJi Night’s Sale, Tuefday, Jan. 20, Prints. Lot a 1 A Parcel of modern prints 2 Eight, by Pou]Jiny Carlo Marratti, &£. 3 Ten, by various mailers 4 Twelve landfcapes by Hollar 5 Five large views by Vi-Jdret 6 A parcel of modern prints 7 Eleven* by P. da Cortona, Carlo Marratti, Set. 8 Ten, by Mellan 9 Thirteen mezzotinto heads, by Mr. Faber and other ma¬ ilers 10 Sixteen views in Fenice, by Mariejki 11 Three, of the banquetting houle at Whitehall, by Gri* helin 1 2 Seven of mummies and antiquities, coloured 13 Seven hiftories on vellum 14 Twelve, by he Clerc 15 Nine, of the loves of the Gods, after Titian, and ike title 16 Nineteen fcripture hiflories, by various mailers 17 Twenty-one heads, by Hollar 18 Six large ditto, by Nantueil 19 Eight wood cuts, by Corregio, da Carpi, &c. 20 Twelve ditto, by Guidoy &c. 21 Thirteen mezzotinto heads, by Smith, Faber, &6< .22 Twelve ditto, by Smith 23 Nine, by Callot 24 Nine, by ditto 25 Fifty, by Albert Durer, &c. 26 Eight heads, by various mailers -f 27 Fifteen, Saints, &c. by A. Carracci, &£. 28 Eleven, by old mailers 29 Twenty-live, by Lucas naan .Leyden 30 Six etchings by Claude Lorraine 31 A parcel of maps and plans 32 An old map of London by Mr. Vertue 33 A map of Brijlol by Mr. Rocque 3q Three prints framed and glazed, and a drawing ditto ©f the Moon’s places from her conjundlion of the Sun from Odtob. zq. 1713, to June 9. 1717 35 The head of Monf. Mnupcrtais, framed and glazed 36 The late Prince of ldrales on horfeback, after Mr. Dandridge, a mezzotinto, by Mr. Faber, framed and glazed B z 3 7 A

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