17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
392
Scotland
Scotland to include: [Udall, William] The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland London: John Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624, 4to, contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, title within architectural woodcut border, a few decorative woodcut initials and headpieces, first edition, [This appears to be the first biography in English of Mary Queen of Scots, STC 24509a]; [Anon] Calculations with the Principles and Data ...An act for raising and establishing a Fund for a provision for the Widows and Children ... shewing the Rise and Progress of the Fund, Edinburgh: Thomas Lumisden and Company, 1748, large folio, full calf rebacked, half title, inscribed 'for the Rt. Honble. the Lord Sandys; Maitland (William) The History and Antiquities of Scotland, London: for A. Millar, 1757, two volumes, folio, sprinkled calf, bookplates for Lord Sandys; [ibid] The History of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: for the Author, 1753, folio, calf rebacked; Wallace (James) An Account of the Islands of Orkney, London: Jacob Tonson, 1700, 8vo; Pennant (Thomas) A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX, Chester: John Monk, 1771, 8vo; and others (15)
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 £1,600
Scotland to include: [Udall, William] The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland London: John Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624, 4to, contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, title within architectural woodcut border, a few decorative woodcut initials and headpieces, first edition, [This appears to be the first biography in English of Mary Queen of Scots, STC 24509a]; [Anon] Calculations with the Principles and Data ...An act for raising and establishing a Fund for a provision for the Widows and Children ... shewing the Rise and Progress of the Fund, Edinburgh: Thomas Lumisden and Company, 1748, large folio, full calf rebacked, half title, inscribed 'for the Rt. Honble. the Lord Sandys; Maitland (William) The History and Antiquities of Scotland, London: for A. Millar, 1757, two volumes, folio, sprinkled calf, bookplates for Lord Sandys; [ibid] The History of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: for the Author, 1753, folio, calf rebacked; Wallace (James) An Account of the Islands of Orkney, London: Jacob Tonson, 1700, 8vo; Pennant (Thomas) A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX, Chester: John Monk, 1771, 8vo; and others (15)
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.
Auction: The September Auctions 2024, 17th Sep, 2024
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