xxiv, [1], 94 pp. Small 4to, orig. blue limp cloth boards (spine defective), upper cover stamped in gilt. London: Woodfall & Kinder, 1856.

A rare privately printed catalogue of this important collection featuring works by Titian, Turner, Elsheimer, and Palma Vecchio. The collection began with Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602-68), who was one of the greatest collectors during the Civil War and Restoration periods and a significant patron of Van Dyck. “By the late 1650s, Northumberland’s collection was perhaps the finest in England. His genuine aesthetic appreciation of Venetian pictures, especially by Titian, and portraits by Van Dyck... More