17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de) Journal Historique du Voyage de M. de Lesseps
Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de) Journal Historique du Voyage de M. de Lesseps, Consul de France, employe dans l'expedition de M. le Comte de la Perouse, Paris: Imprimerie Royal, 1790, 8vo, two volumes, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys to both volumes, two fold out maps and one fold out plate, decorative headpieces, errata [Sabin 40208; Hill 1010] (2)
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:De Lesseps, a Russian interpreter and sole survivor of the the ill-fated circumnavigation of captain Lapérouse, was charged with escorting the ship's records overland from Siberia to France. The voyage continued to Australia, ultimately wrecking on the reefs of the Solomon Islands.
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 £600
Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de) Journal Historique du Voyage de M. de Lesseps, Consul de France, employe dans l'expedition de M. le Comte de la Perouse, Paris: Imprimerie Royal, 1790, 8vo, two volumes, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys to both volumes, two fold out maps and one fold out plate, decorative headpieces, errata [Sabin 40208; Hill 1010] (2)
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
De Lesseps, a Russian interpreter and sole survivor of the the ill-fated circumnavigation of captain Lapérouse, was charged with escorting the ship's records overland from Siberia to France. The voyage continued to Australia, ultimately wrecking on the reefs of the Solomon Islands.
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 a little rubbed, a little wear and loss to upper and lower joints, volume 2 with front endapers having fold marks but clean, endpapers and little toned and pastedowns with browned edges, 2cm tears to fold out plate, not collated, generally a good and bright copy.
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