17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Hollar (Wenceslaus, 1607-1677) Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus / Theatrum Mulierum
Hollar (Wenceslaus, 1607-1677) Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, or The Severall Habits of English Women, from the Nobilitie: to the country Woman, as they are in the these times, 1640, London: Laurie & Whittle, n.d, circa 1790s, small 8vo, 26 etched plates on laid paper, each numbered to lower left or lower right corner of each plate, bound together with Theatrum Mulierum, sive Varietas atq. Differentia Habituum Foeminei Sexus, diversorum Europae Nationum, Londini A 1643, London: Laurie & Whittle, n.d, circa 1790s, 48 etched plates on laid paper, each numbered to lower right corner of the plate, wide margins, first time page ink inscribed for George W. Hill, 19th century half leather with marbled boards
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
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 £650
Hollar (Wenceslaus, 1607-1677) Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, or The Severall Habits of English Women, from the Nobilitie: to the country Woman, as they are in the these times, 1640, London: Laurie & Whittle, n.d, circa 1790s, small 8vo, 26 etched plates on laid paper, each numbered to lower left or lower right corner of each plate, bound together with Theatrum Mulierum, sive Varietas atq. Differentia Habituum Foeminei Sexus, diversorum Europae Nationum, Londini A 1643, London: Laurie & Whittle, n.d, circa 1790s, 48 etched plates on laid paper, each numbered to lower right corner of the plate, wide margins, first time page ink inscribed for George W. Hill, 19th century half leather with marbled boards
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.
A good copy with both title pages with publisher line blacked out but faded to legibility, binding good with light scuffs and abrasions, minor wear to extremities, pages toned
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