Letters written by Sir W. Temple, Bart. and other Ministers of State, Both at Home or Abroad, London: published by Jonathan Swift, London: for J. Tonson, A. and J. Churchil [sic], et al., 1700-1703, three volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf with gilt tooled spine, bookplate with arms for Blundell with motto 'Unus et idem Ferar', portrait frontispiece
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:[Wing T641; Teerink-Scouten 469 & 472] "Review'd by Sir W. Temple sometime before his death: and published by Jonathan Swift domestick chaplain to his excellency the earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland."
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.
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Letters written by Sir W. Temple, Bart. and other Ministers of State, Both at Home or Abroad, London: published by Jonathan Swift, London: for J. Tonson, A. and J. Churchil [sic], et al., 1700-1703, three volumes, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf with gilt tooled spine, bookplate with arms for Blundell with motto 'Unus et idem Ferar', portrait frontispiece
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
[Wing T641; Teerink-Scouten 469 & 472] "Review'd by Sir W. Temple sometime before his death: and published by Jonathan Swift domestick chaplain to his excellency the earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland."
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.
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