17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Trade & Commerce
Trade & Commerce to include: Davenant (Charles) Discourses on the Publick Revenues, and on the Trade of England, London: for James Knapton, 1698, 12mo, 18th century calf with raised bands to spine and red morroco title label, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys, volume 1 of 2, half-title with advertisement verso, 3 folding tables, final advertisement leaf; together with Anderson (Adam) An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, London: Logographic Press, 1789. volume 4 only of 4, 4to, half calf and marbled boards, black title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece, 1 folding table, [Kress B.1150] (2)
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:An important early work on economics. Sir Charles Davenant (1656-1714) MP and later Inspector-General of Exports and Imports, became recognized as an leading economist. Part I of his discourses contains five essays on "Political Arithmetic", credit, and other matters of public finance.
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 £150
Trade & Commerce to include: Davenant (Charles) Discourses on the Publick Revenues, and on the Trade of England, London: for James Knapton, 1698, 12mo, 18th century calf with raised bands to spine and red morroco title label, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys, volume 1 of 2, half-title with advertisement verso, 3 folding tables, final advertisement leaf; together with Anderson (Adam) An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, London: Logographic Press, 1789. volume 4 only of 4, 4to, half calf and marbled boards, black title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece, 1 folding table, [Kress B.1150] (2)
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
An important early work on economics. Sir Charles Davenant (1656-1714) MP and later Inspector-General of Exports and Imports, became recognized as an leading economist. Part I of his discourses contains five essays on "Political Arithmetic", credit, and other matters of public finance.
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.
Davenant: wear to extremities and some scuffs , corners bumped, joints starting and hinges cracked, pages toned, lacking front endpaper, pages a little foxed and spotted, especially towards the front and latter sections, not collated
Anderson: joints starting, corners bumped and some scuffing and wear to extremities, endpapers foxed and reverse of frontispiece browned, title toned and browned in parts, front endpaper loose, not collated
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