17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Baskerville: Horatius Flaccus (Quintus), [Opera]
Baskerville: Horatius Flaccus (Quintus), [Opera], Birmingham: S. Baskerville, 1777, 12mo, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, Inscribed for 'Arthur Augustus Edwin Hill, June 19, 1818'
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:One of only 2 books printed by John Baskerville's widow Sarah after his death in 1775.
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 £150
Baskerville: Horatius Flaccus (Quintus), [Opera], Birmingham: S. Baskerville, 1777, 12mo, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, marbled endpapers, Inscribed for 'Arthur Augustus Edwin Hill, June 19, 1818'
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
One of only 2 books printed by John Baskerville's widow Sarah after his death in 1775.
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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