17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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[Z] Classical Works - 18th century volumes
Classical Works - 18th century volumes to include: Longi Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe Libri Quatuor, Paris: Guill. de Bure, 1778, 8vo, full green calf, decorative tooled spine, aeg, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, half-title; Plato, Oxford, 1746, 8vo, speckled calf with tan morocco title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, title vignette by Grignion after Gravelot, headpiece vignette; Brunck (Phil.) and Francklin (Rich.) Gnomici Poetae Graeci, Strasbourg: Bibliopolo Acdemica, 1784, 8vo, full red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, title device, printers leaf to back; Robinson (Thomas) Hesiodi, Leipzig: Gotth. Theophilus Georgi, 1778, 8vo, tree calf gilt with red morocco title label, marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, inscribed by Augustus Hill, 1820, 1 engraved plate; and others (9)
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 £550
Classical Works - 18th century volumes to include: Longi Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe Libri Quatuor, Paris: Guill. de Bure, 1778, 8vo, full green calf, decorative tooled spine, aeg, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, half-title; Plato, Oxford, 1746, 8vo, speckled calf with tan morocco title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, title vignette by Grignion after Gravelot, headpiece vignette; Brunck (Phil.) and Francklin (Rich.) Gnomici Poetae Graeci, Strasbourg: Bibliopolo Acdemica, 1784, 8vo, full red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, title device, printers leaf to back; Robinson (Thomas) Hesiodi, Leipzig: Gotth. Theophilus Georgi, 1778, 8vo, tree calf gilt with red morocco title label, marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, inscribed by Augustus Hill, 1820, 1 engraved plate; and others (9)
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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