17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 74
 

74

Dirom (Major Alexander) A Narrative of the Campaign in India

Dirom (Major Alexander) A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tipoo Sultan, in 1792, London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1793, folio, full calf with gilt edging, marbled endpapers, frontispiece of Seringapatam by I. Smith, 3 fold-out maps/plans, 4 engraved plates of which 1 fold-out, additional plate of the translation of Tippoo Sultan's Great Seal of State, bookplate for Lord Sandys; together with A code of Gentoo Laws or, Ordinations of the Pundits, ...,, from a Persian Translation, London, 1776, 4to, full calf, marble endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys (2)

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Footnote:

Detailing the campaign against the Mahrattas. Lieutenant General Alexander Dirom (1757-1830) was a British Military commander and aide-de-camp to Major General Sir Archibald Campbell and served in India against Tippoo Sultan.

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 £500


 

Dirom (Major Alexander) A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tipoo Sultan, in 1792, London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1793, folio, full calf with gilt edging, marbled endpapers, frontispiece of Seringapatam by I. Smith, 3 fold-out maps/plans, 4 engraved plates of which 1 fold-out, additional plate of the translation of Tippoo Sultan's Great Seal of State, bookplate for Lord Sandys; together with A code of Gentoo Laws or, Ordinations of the Pundits, ...,, from a Persian Translation, London, 1776, 4to, full calf, marble endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys (2)

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Detailing the campaign against the Mahrattas. Lieutenant General Alexander Dirom (1757-1830) was a British Military commander and aide-de-camp to Major General Sir Archibald Campbell and served in India against Tippoo Sultan.


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

Dirom: endpapers foxed and spotted, title browned and frontispiece foxed, pages toned and scattered spotting and foxing, p 117 corner torn not affecting text, not collated

Gentoo: spine split, decorative gilt spine, hinges and joints cracked, scuffs and some scratches to binding, no collated

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