17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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RICHARDSON, Samuel, Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady
RICHARDSON, Samuel, Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending The most Important Concerns of Private Life, London: for S. Richardson, 1751, 8vo, Seven volumes, Fourth edition, contemporary speckled calf with gilt tooled spine, gilt stamp for Mary Hill, Marquess of Downshire to head of spine, marbled endpapers, occasional decorative headpieces and initials (7)
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.
Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).
Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.
Sold for £70
RICHARDSON, Samuel, Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending The most Important Concerns of Private Life, London: for S. Richardson, 1751, 8vo, Seven volumes, Fourth edition, contemporary speckled calf with gilt tooled spine, gilt stamp for Mary Hill, Marquess of Downshire to head of spine, marbled endpapers, occasional decorative headpieces and initials (7)
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
THE OMBERSLEY COURT LIBRARY
Chorley’s Auctioneers is to offer The Ombersley Court Library collected by the English aristocratic family of Sandys across five centuries.
Proceeds of the sale will will be donated to the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust (Charity 1127871).
Hartlebury Castle is a historic Worcestershire estate first given to Bishop Aelhun in 855AD. Home of the Bishops of Worcester until 2007. it has a longstanding connection with the Sandys family throughout its history.
endpapers and titles spotted and foxed, scattered foxing and spotting throughout, joints rubbed, spines dry with some flaking, title labels and volume labels rubbed and with some losses, corners bumped, not collated
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