17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 496
 

496

Military & Warfare: 17th century volumes

Military & Warfare: 17th century volumes to include: Grotius (Hugo) De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, editio ultima, post editionem G. Blaeu, Amsterdam: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1632, 8vo, full calf, woodcut device to title and decorative woodcut initials, bound with ibid Mare Liberum sive De Jure quod Batavis competit ad Indicana commercia, Amsterdam: Iohannem Ianssonium, 1632, woodcut device to title; Cellarius (Christophorus) ed C. Silii Italici, Viri consularis de Bello Punico Secundo Libri XVII, Leipzig: J. Thomas Fritsch, 1695, 12mo, full sprinkled calf, additional engraved title, title in red and black and wit woodcut device, six engraved folding maps; Burgersdijck (Franco) Idea Philosophiae, Tum Moralis, Tum Naturalis, Oxford: Jos. Godwin & Ric. Davis, 1667, 48mo, full contemporary calf; Crispus (C. Sallustus) Martial, Amsterdam: Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1675, 48mo, full later calf, engraved title, inscribed 'Sam. Sandys'; Lucain, La Pharsale de ... ou Les Guerres Civiles de Cesar et de Pompe.e en vers Francois par Mr de Brebeve, Cinquiesme Edition, Paris: Jean Ribov, 1666, 16mo, full sprinkled calf with gilt spine and title label, additional engraved title by F. Chauveau, eleven further engraved plates, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Florus (Lucius Annaeus) Rerum Romanorum Libri Quatuor ... Auctore Johanne Minellio, Amsterdam: Stephan Swart, 1683, 32mo, full calf, additional engraved title, woodcut device to title, inscribed 'Samuel Sandys 1718 and with further annotations; Curtius (Rufus Quintus) De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Historiarum...Johannis Loccenii, Oxford: William Hall for Thomas Gilbert, 1672, 32mo, full contemporary calf, additional engraved title, one folding engraved map, one folding engraved plate; Duck (Arthur) De Usu & Authoritate Juris Civils Romanorum per Domina Principum Christianorum, London: Thomas Dring and John Dunmore, 1679, 12mo, full calf, imprimatur leaf to end (8)

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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 £350


 

Military & Warfare: 17th century volumes to include: Grotius (Hugo) De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres, editio ultima, post editionem G. Blaeu, Amsterdam: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1632, 8vo, full calf, woodcut device to title and decorative woodcut initials, bound with ibid Mare Liberum sive De Jure quod Batavis competit ad Indicana commercia, Amsterdam: Iohannem Ianssonium, 1632, woodcut device to title; Cellarius (Christophorus) ed C. Silii Italici, Viri consularis de Bello Punico Secundo Libri XVII, Leipzig: J. Thomas Fritsch, 1695, 12mo, full sprinkled calf, additional engraved title, title in red and black and wit woodcut device, six engraved folding maps; Burgersdijck (Franco) Idea Philosophiae, Tum Moralis, Tum Naturalis, Oxford: Jos. Godwin & Ric. Davis, 1667, 48mo, full contemporary calf; Crispus (C. Sallustus) Martial, Amsterdam: Ex officina Janssonio-Waesbergiana, 1675, 48mo, full later calf, engraved title, inscribed 'Sam. Sandys'; Lucain, La Pharsale de ... ou Les Guerres Civiles de Cesar et de Pompe.e en vers Francois par Mr de Brebeve, Cinquiesme Edition, Paris: Jean Ribov, 1666, 16mo, full sprinkled calf with gilt spine and title label, additional engraved title by F. Chauveau, eleven further engraved plates, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Florus (Lucius Annaeus) Rerum Romanorum Libri Quatuor ... Auctore Johanne Minellio, Amsterdam: Stephan Swart, 1683, 32mo, full calf, additional engraved title, woodcut device to title, inscribed 'Samuel Sandys 1718 and with further annotations; Curtius (Rufus Quintus) De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Historiarum...Johannis Loccenii, Oxford: William Hall for Thomas Gilbert, 1672, 32mo, full contemporary calf, additional engraved title, one folding engraved map, one folding engraved plate; Duck (Arthur) De Usu & Authoritate Juris Civils Romanorum per Domina Principum Christianorum, London: Thomas Dring and John Dunmore, 1679, 12mo, full calf, imprimatur leaf to end (8)

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

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