17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Education
Education to include: Ash (John) Sentiments on Education, Collected from the Best Writers ... in two volumes, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1777, 8vo, quarter calf and marbled boards, green leather title labels, together with More (Hannah) Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, London: for T. Cadell, 1799, 8vo, quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco title labels coronet and monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, half title, 3rd edition; Hamilton (Elizabeth), Letters on the Elementary Principles of Educattion, Bath: R. Chutwell, 1801-2, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco title labels coronet and monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, volume 1 with 1 page of publisher's adverts (6)
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 £350
Education to include: Ash (John) Sentiments on Education, Collected from the Best Writers ... in two volumes, London: Edward & Charles Dilly, 1777, 8vo, quarter calf and marbled boards, green leather title labels, together with More (Hannah) Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, London: for T. Cadell, 1799, 8vo, quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco title labels coronet and monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, half title, 3rd edition; Hamilton (Elizabeth), Letters on the Elementary Principles of Educattion, Bath: R. Chutwell, 1801-2, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco title labels coronet and monogram for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, volume 1 with 1 page of publisher's adverts (6)
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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