A Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole; Names of purchasers and the princes to the sale catalogue of the ... formed by Hor. Walpole, Earl of Oxford. Lon

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...preservation 486 104 A VERY HANDSOME CARVED MAHOGANY CABINET FOR COINS, pair of folding doors enclosing 60 trays and 6 deep drawers, on finely carved antique frame, locks and key 105 ANOTHER CABINET, PRECISELY SIMILAR FOREIGN SILVER MEDALS. 106 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, 3 varieties; Medallion of Gustavus III., 2 smaller ditto, and Charles XII., 3 varieties, small 9 107 Medallion of John III. of Poland, extremely fine; ditto 2 varieties, smaller, and Stanislaus, 2 varieties 5 108 Henry IV. of France, very fine; Louis XIII., ditto XV., 2 varieties, and ditto XVI. 5 109 Charles III. of Spain, Frederick the Great, Christian VII. of Denmark, Francis I. and Queen of Austria, and 1 other 5 No. 10. 110 German Marriage Medal, 2 chasings and 2 others 5 111 Two fine German Medals, a figure of Charles the Great in the centre, surrounded with Coats of Arms, and 9 smaller ditto, various 11 112 Albert Durer, reverse inscription; 2 on the Death of John Hus, and 2 Satirical ditto 5 113 John and Cornelius De Witt, 2 varieties, and Marshall Toyras 3 114 Cardinal Mazarine, Richelieu, and Chas. Linnaeus 3 115 Hedlinger, by himself, reverse the Owl and Greek inscription, very rare, and a very fine Medallion of Aru Harn, reverse 5 Altars, centre one with Crown, Sceptre, &c, by the same artist 2 116 L. Coster, reverse, a Printing Press; Baron De Stosch, reverse Diogenes; Sir Robert Walpole, reverse Cicero, and Charles Sackville 4 FOREIGN COINS IN SILVER 117 Spanish, various 14 118 French, various, Louis XIV., XV, XVI., &c 15 119 Russian of John III., Peter the Great, Catherine, Elizabeth, &c 11 120 Sweden--Christina, Charles II., XI., XII. 4 121 Papal Crowns, various, some curious reverses 11 122 Ditto, half, quarter, and various part Dollars, &c 32 123 Ditto 23...