17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Medicine: LIND, James (1716-94) An Essay on ... preserving the Health of Seamen
LIND, James (1716-94) An Essay on the most effectual Means, of preserving the Health of Seamen, in the Royal Navy, London: for A. Millar, A. Kincaid, and A. Donaldson, 1757, 12mo, contemporary speckled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red title label, aeg, marbled endpapers, first edition, inscribed 'From the author' in ink opposing title; together with Falck, (Nicolai Detlef) The Seaman's Medical Instructor, In a Course of Lectures on Accidents and Diseases Incident to Seamen, in the various Climates of the World, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1774, 8vo, 18th century full polished calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, 1 fold out plate
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:Garrison & Morton 2151: "Lind is regarded as the founder of naval hygiene in England ... he deals not only with the men but also with the appalling conditions in which they lived afloat"; Blake p.271; Norman 1355
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 £3,800
LIND, James (1716-94) An Essay on the most effectual Means, of preserving the Health of Seamen, in the Royal Navy, London: for A. Millar, A. Kincaid, and A. Donaldson, 1757, 12mo, contemporary speckled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red title label, aeg, marbled endpapers, first edition, inscribed 'From the author' in ink opposing title; together with Falck, (Nicolai Detlef) The Seaman's Medical Instructor, In a Course of Lectures on Accidents and Diseases Incident to Seamen, in the various Climates of the World, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1774, 8vo, 18th century full polished calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, 1 fold out plate
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Garrison & Morton 2151: "Lind is regarded as the founder of naval hygiene in England ... he deals not only with the men but also with the appalling conditions in which they lived afloat"; Blake p.271; Norman 1355
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.
Lind: XXIV +119pp, 'A' would appear to be the blank leaf before the title page (A2). It bears the inscription 'from the author' verso. Spine a little dry and lightly rubbed, generally a fine copy with scattered light spotting and toned endpapers
Falck: Title + XX + 244pp, folding plate at pp 241, Endpapers and Title page browned at edges, ditto last 2/3 leaves, lacking label, joints sound with minor cracking, spine darkened, cover with light wear, corners lightly bumped, pastedowns and endpapers a little foxed, hinges cracked, scattered light foxing
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