17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 87
 

87

Playfair (James) A System of Chronology

Playfair (James) A System of Chronology, Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1784, first edition, half-title, nine plates, contemporary tree calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title label, tall folio (48.5 x 21.5 cm), [Lowndes pp. 1881]

Provenance:

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.

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Sold for £850


 

Playfair (James) A System of Chronology, Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1784, first edition, half-title, nine plates, contemporary tree calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title label, tall folio (48.5 x 21.5 cm), [Lowndes pp. 1881]

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.

READ THE STORY

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