17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Collection Complete des Oeuvres
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Collection Complete des Oeuvres, Geneva, 1782, 8vo, 24 volumes complete, contemporary tree calf with decorative gilt tooled spine, marbled endpapers and edges, red morocco title and volume labels; together with Voltaire, Collection Complette des Oeuvres, Geneva, 1771, 12mo, contemporary tree calf with decorative gillt tooled spines and red morocco title and volume labels, marbled edges and endpapers, 32 volumes (56)
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 £700
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) Collection Complete des Oeuvres, Geneva, 1782, 8vo, 24 volumes complete, contemporary tree calf with decorative gilt tooled spine, marbled endpapers and edges, red morocco title and volume labels; together with Voltaire, Collection Complette des Oeuvres, Geneva, 1771, 12mo, contemporary tree calf with decorative gillt tooled spines and red morocco title and volume labels, marbled edges and endpapers, 32 volumes (56)
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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