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Excerpt from The Catalogue of the Capital Collection of Uncommonly Choice Paintings, the Genuine Property of a Gentleman, of Distinguished and Acknowledged Taste: Comprising the Most Perfect Works of Alex. Veronese, Guido, Giorgione, Nic. Poussin, Spagnoletto, Mignard, Rubens, Van Dyck, Cuyp, Berchem, Vernet, Gerard Douw, De Huysch, Van De Velde, Gainsborough, and Other Equally Eminent Masters And Lafily. That upon Failure of complying with these Conditiohs, the Money deposited in Pa'rt of Payment shall be forfeited: all Lots hn'élear'ed after the Time limited shall be te-sold by Public or Private Sale; and the Deficiency, if any, attending such Re-sale, together with all Charges, be made good by the Defaulter of the present Sale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.