17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
486
Caesar (Caius Julius) The Commentaries
Caesar (Caius Julius) The Commentaries..., translated by Clement Edmonds, London: R. Daniel for Henry Twyford, 1655, folio, later speckled calf with decorative gilt spine, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 14 plates, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces [Wing C199]; together with Leigh (Edward) Analecta de XII Primis Ceasaribus, select and choyce observations concerning the twelve first Caesars Emperours of Rome, London: Moses Bell for Mathew Walbancke, 1647, 16mo, full calf, title in red and black (2)
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 £450
Caesar (Caius Julius) The Commentaries..., translated by Clement Edmonds, London: R. Daniel for Henry Twyford, 1655, folio, later speckled calf with decorative gilt spine, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 14 plates, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces [Wing C199]; together with Leigh (Edward) Analecta de XII Primis Ceasaribus, select and choyce observations concerning the twelve first Caesars Emperours of Rome, London: Moses Bell for Mathew Walbancke, 1647, 16mo, full calf, title in red and black (2)
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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