17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 41
 

41

The Ladies Diary, or, the Woman's Almanack 1728

Wilde (A.) The Ladies Diary, or, The Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1728 Being Bissextile, or the Leap-Year: Containing many Delightful and Entertaining Particulars, Peculiarly Adapted for the Use and Diversion of the Fair-Sex, London: Printed by A. Wilde, 1728, Later marbled paper boards and plain calf spine with five raised bands 12mo, bound with interspersed additional pages with annotation in manuscript, title page in red and black with red stamp 'Duty Two Pence' and portrait vignettes, text in red and black, manuscripts inked notes of recipes and marginal notes including 'x Lady Jane died at Derby', another a short hand-written report or draft letter to the Berkshire Constabulary (?) '...the S. J. tho pulled down his Breeches...'; bound with Parkers Ephemeris For the Year of our Lord 1728. The Nine and Thirtieth Impression, London: For the Company of Stationers, 1728, title page in red and black with portrait vignette and red duty stamp, some index pages in manuscript bound in upside down, back endpaper with calculations

Provenance:

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.

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Sold for £300


 

Wilde (A.) The Ladies Diary, or, The Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1728 Being Bissextile, or the Leap-Year: Containing many Delightful and Entertaining Particulars, Peculiarly Adapted for the Use and Diversion of the Fair-Sex, London: Printed by A. Wilde, 1728, Later marbled paper boards and plain calf spine with five raised bands 12mo, bound with interspersed additional pages with annotation in manuscript, title page in red and black with red stamp 'Duty Two Pence' and portrait vignettes, text in red and black, manuscripts inked notes of recipes and marginal notes including 'x Lady Jane died at Derby', another a short hand-written report or draft letter to the Berkshire Constabulary (?) '...the S. J. tho pulled down his Breeches...'; bound with Parkers Ephemeris For the Year of our Lord 1728. The Nine and Thirtieth Impression, London: For the Company of Stationers, 1728, title page in red and black with portrait vignette and red duty stamp, some index pages in manuscript bound in upside down, back endpaper with calculations

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.

READ THE STORY

Binding good with some spot marks and abraded hole to back, a little edgeworn, page torn out after Preface and before 'The Eclipses this Year, 1728', few occasional pages with rubbed through holes to text, a few marginal notes, printing error Table B in Ephermeris and further on page relating to Heliocentric Motions August 1728

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