17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d') A complete body of Ancient Geography
Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d') A complete body of Ancient Geography, London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1777, 13 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline (all but one double-page), elephant folio, half calf with marbled boards; together with another edition of the same, London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1805, 13 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline with a further map 'Indiae Veteris' bound in before map 9, elephant folio, marbled boards with leather spine and corners (2)
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 £550
Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d') A complete body of Ancient Geography, London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1777, 13 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline (all but one double-page), elephant folio, half calf with marbled boards; together with another edition of the same, London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1805, 13 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline with a further map 'Indiae Veteris' bound in before map 9, elephant folio, marbled boards with leather spine and corners (2)
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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