Young (John) A Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Pictures of the late John Julius Angerstein, Esq., large paper copy, text in English and French, 42 etched plates on india paper and mounted, foxing to mounts, engraved portrait of the Earl of Liverpool tipped in at beginning, bookplate of Richard Meux Benson, contemporary half green roan, uncut, spine rubbed and faded, 1823; A Catalogue of the Pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol; the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq., contemporary half roan, uncut, 1822; A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester...at Tabley House, Cheshire, some offsetting, modern half morocco, 1825; A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the...Marquess of Stafford, at Cleveland House, London, 2 vol., mezzotint portrait, engraved plates on india paper and mounted, foxing, original roan-backed cloth, gilt, vol.1 rebacked preserving decorative gilt spine, 1825, first editions, half-titles, engraved plates, most rubbed, folio & 4to (5)*** Good collection of 4 of the 5 catalogues produced by Young (lacking only the Pictures at Grosvenor House). John Julius Angerstein (1735-93) was a London businessman, collector and patron of the arts. When he died his collection of thirty-eight pictures was bought for the nation (for approximately £60,000) and formed the basis of the National Gallery, founded in 1824 and first situated in Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall. It included Rubens' Rape of the Sabine Women, Claude's Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Rembrandt's Woman taken in Adultery, and Sebastiano del Piombo's Raising of Lazarus which Angerstein had bought from the celebrated Orléans Collection in 1798 for 3500 guineas and which became item No.1 in the National Gallery Catalogue. Angerstein's house soon became too small and the present gallery designed by William Wilkins was built between 1832 and 1838.Philip Miles was a railway magnate who bought Leigh Court near Bristol and filled it with a fine collection of Old Master paintings. It included the famous "Altieri Claudes", originally purchased by William Beckford in 1799 for the then astounding price of £6825 for the pair. The collection was dispersed at Christie's in 1884.