17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Le Vaillant (François) Voyage ... dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique
Le Vaillant (François) Voyage de M. Le Vaillant, dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance Dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85, Paris: Chez Leroy, 1790, 8vo, two volumes, 19th century half calf with marbled boards, bookplate for Lord Sandys, Volume one: Frontispiece, three plates and two folding plates, Volume two: five plates, Includes the plate 'La Hottentote' which was subsequently suppressed
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:The narrative provides detailed information on natural history and the Dutch settlers of the interior of southern Africa. The work is "characterised by the intelligent and interesting manner in which it is written, although the rapsodies on the Hottentots must have sounded strange to colonial ears" (Mendelssohn, p890)
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 £110
Le Vaillant (François) Voyage de M. Le Vaillant, dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance Dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85, Paris: Chez Leroy, 1790, 8vo, two volumes, 19th century half calf with marbled boards, bookplate for Lord Sandys, Volume one: Frontispiece, three plates and two folding plates, Volume two: five plates, Includes the plate 'La Hottentote' which was subsequently suppressed
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
The narrative provides detailed information on natural history and the Dutch settlers of the interior of southern Africa. The work is "characterised by the intelligent and interesting manner in which it is written, although the rapsodies on the Hottentots must have sounded strange to colonial ears" (Mendelssohn, p890)
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.
Spines darkened, extremities lightly worn, pages toned and a little foxing throughout, pastedowns and endpapers a little soiled, fold out plate of 'Pampoen Kraal' camp projects beyond page edges and edgeworn, plates a little soiled verso, occasional smudges and light losses to page corners
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