Le Canu (Jean Dominique Etienne) Troupes Francaises, a catalogue of uniforms of the Garde Du Corps, Gard Royal and the Army of France, two volumes, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, decorative gilt tooled spines with red title and green volume labels, n.d., (circa 1807-1811, occasional dates mentioned), 8vo, hand coloured plates, each plate hand-numbered to upper left and right of plate and printed with, ‘A Paris chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq’, some folding, Volume one with 121 plates, Volume two with 114 plates and one additional folding plate ‘Cosaque’ (erratically numbered/sequenced)
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 £1,400
Le Canu (Jean Dominique Etienne) Troupes Francaises, a catalogue of uniforms of the Garde Du Corps, Gard Royal and the Army of France, two volumes, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, decorative gilt tooled spines with red title and green volume labels, n.d., (circa 1807-1811, occasional dates mentioned), 8vo, hand coloured plates, each plate hand-numbered to upper left and right of plate and printed with, ‘A Paris chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq’, some folding, Volume one with 121 plates, Volume two with 114 plates and one additional folding plate ‘Cosaque’ (erratically numbered/sequenced)
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.
Auction: The September Auctions 2024, 17th Sep, 2024
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