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A catalogue of a most valuable and unique collection of ancient stained glass : comprising noble altar pieces, windows for churches, collegiate buildings, and Gothic country residences : also many exquisite cabinet pieces of the finest colouring and richest enamel : the whole collected, at a very great expence, by a gentleman of enlarged information and fine taste, during the early part of the French Revolution, from the suppressed churches and religious houses in Germany, France, and the Netherlands : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Thursday, June, 16, 1808, and the following day : the collection to be viewed two days before the sale : catalogues, one shilling each, to be returned to purchasers.