17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Dugdale (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated
Dugdale (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated ... beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraictures, London: printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1730, folio, contemporary panelled tan calf, 2 volumes, second edition, volume 2 with bookplate for Lord Sandys
Volume 1: Portrait frontispiece engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar and title page in red and black, dedications, letters and prefaces, list of subscribers, 3 double page maps, multiple vignettes with some almost full page, 38 plates several of which double page
Volume 2: Title page, 2 fold out maps, 36 plates with several double page, multiple vignettes, list of members of parliament, index and supplemental index
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 £380
Dugdale (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated ... beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraictures, London: printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1730, folio, contemporary panelled tan calf, 2 volumes, second edition, volume 2 with bookplate for Lord Sandys
Volume 1: Portrait frontispiece engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar and title page in red and black, dedications, letters and prefaces, list of subscribers, 3 double page maps, multiple vignettes with some almost full page, 38 plates several of which double page
Volume 2: Title page, 2 fold out maps, 36 plates with several double page, multiple vignettes, list of members of parliament, index and supplemental index
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.
Covers with wear, joints and hinges cracked, loose front endpapers, scattered foxing, upper page edges with toning. other signs of use and wear, not collated
Volume 1: page 444 with slight loss to margin
Volume 2: page 878 with loss to margin, page 1079 with tear to edge of plate, list of members of parliament, index and supplemental index
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