[Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (Jean)] Ariana in two Parts, [London: Printed by John Haviland for Thomas Walkley], [circa 1636-41], 4to, 18th century figured calf wth a gilt tooled border of swags and S motifs, decorative tooled spine with cornucopia in gilt and red morocco title block, marbled endpapers, in two parts of eight books inscribed to top of 1st page 'Mary Colby ii is the true owner of this Book 1660', further inscribed to the margins with scattered notes such as 'the left hand door of the cabinet and 'the inside door the right hand'
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:The notes in the margins may refer to an ebony cabinet now in the Royal Collection known variously as the Wolsey Cabinet, the Retsch Cabinet and the Rubens cabinet. It has been noted in an article by Lunsingh Scheurleer (Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institues, Vol 19 No. 3/4, Dec 1956) that the doors of this cabinet are decorated with scenes after engravings from Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin's L'Ariane.
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 £200
[Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (Jean)] Ariana in two Parts, [London: Printed by John Haviland for Thomas Walkley], [circa 1636-41], 4to, 18th century figured calf wth a gilt tooled border of swags and S motifs, decorative tooled spine with cornucopia in gilt and red morocco title block, marbled endpapers, in two parts of eight books inscribed to top of 1st page 'Mary Colby ii is the true owner of this Book 1660', further inscribed to the margins with scattered notes such as 'the left hand door of the cabinet and 'the inside door the right hand'
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
The notes in the margins may refer to an ebony cabinet now in the Royal Collection known variously as the Wolsey Cabinet, the Retsch Cabinet and the Rubens cabinet. It has been noted in an article by Lunsingh Scheurleer (Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institues, Vol 19 No. 3/4, Dec 1956) that the doors of this cabinet are decorated with scenes after engravings from Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin's L'Ariane.
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.
Lacking frontispiece, title page and plates, binding fair with edgewear, scuffs and scratches, joints starting, pages toned and paper restorations to page edges, in particular page 1 -8, browned edges and occasional spotting and foxing
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