17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
450
[Z] Turkey
Turkey to include: Eton (W.) A Survey of the Turkish Empire, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1799, 8vo, half calf with marbled boards, red title label with gilt monogram and coronet for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire; together with Madden (R. R.) Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia and Palestine in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, London: Henry Colburn, 1829, two volumes complete, 8vo, diced full calf with green title labels, gilt monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire to front boards, marbled endpapers and edges, hand coloured frontispiece (3)
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 £650
Turkey to include: Eton (W.) A Survey of the Turkish Empire, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1799, 8vo, half calf with marbled boards, red title label with gilt monogram and coronet for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire; together with Madden (R. R.) Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia and Palestine in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, London: Henry Colburn, 1829, two volumes complete, 8vo, diced full calf with green title labels, gilt monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire to front boards, marbled endpapers and edges, hand coloured frontispiece (3)
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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