17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 53
 

53

Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion

Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion: or an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of The Generall Rebellion raised within the Kingdom of Ireland, in the year 1641, n.p., small 4to, [1724] woodcut initials and headpieces, 19th century half calf with red morocco title block, lacking title and II-X, with table & act, first page opposed with remnant frontispiece woodcut plate pasted in; with two further titles in paginated sequence A Letter of Sir Henry Tichborne to his Lady, of the Siege of Tredagh, Dublin: Aaron Rhames, 1724 and Prynne (William) and Nudigate (M.) The Whole Tryall of Connor Lord Mac-Guire, Dublin: Aaron Rhames, 1724

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Footnote:

An important contemporary history that did much to inflame contemporary English opinion against the Irish [Wing T627]

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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Sold for £220


 

Temple (Sir John) The Irish Rebellion: or an History of the Beginnings and first Progress of The Generall Rebellion raised within the Kingdom of Ireland, in the year 1641, n.p., small 4to, [1724] woodcut initials and headpieces, 19th century half calf with red morocco title block, lacking title and II-X, with table & act, first page opposed with remnant frontispiece woodcut plate pasted in; with two further titles in paginated sequence A Letter of Sir Henry Tichborne to his Lady, of the Siege of Tredagh, Dublin: Aaron Rhames, 1724 and Prynne (William) and Nudigate (M.) The Whole Tryall of Connor Lord Mac-Guire, Dublin: Aaron Rhames, 1724

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

An important contemporary history that did much to inflame contemporary English opinion against the Irish [Wing T627]


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.

READ THE STORY

|Binding a little rubbed with abrasion to back, head and foot of spine dry, rebound with some later paper restorations, p243-244 with restorations affecting text, generally toned and soiled with clear text, lacking title and initial pages as noted

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