Fine art collections.- Ottley (William Young) & Peltro William Tomkins. Engravings of the Most Noble The Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London, 4 vol. in 1, half-titles to vol.1 and 4 only, 13 engraved plans and numerous engraved illustrations on 126 sheets, contemporary russia, gilt, joints splitting, corners worn, rubbed, g.e, Printed by Bensley and Son, 1818 § Babelon (Ernest) Catalogue des camees antiques et modernes de la Bibliotheque Nationale. 2 vol., including plate vol., half-titles, titles in red and black, 76 photographic plates, a few double-page, 20th century purple half crushed morocco, gilt, spines in compartments and with floral decorations, Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1897; and 24 others, art collections, some sale catalogues, v.s. (27)

⁂ Of the first mentioned Frank Herrmann in his The English as Collectors, (p.432) writes 'This catalogue, in four monumental quarto volumes, was probably the most luxurious to have appeared in England by 1818...The collection was not only the most important of its day but one of the few open to the public...'.