17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

Lot 118

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[CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham] Theatre des Rois et des Souverains de la Famille Roiale de France

[CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham] Theatre des Rois et des Souverains de la Famille Roiale de France par des cartes Genealogiques fort curieuses, on fait voir la Genealogie & l'abrege de l'Histoire des Rois d'Austrasie, de Germanie ... , Amsterdam: Freres Chatelain, n.d., [early 18th century, 1704?], landscape elephant folio (58cm x 47.5cm), full calf with decorative gilt tooling, title in red and black, preface and index of plates, hand-coloured throughout, one map, fifteen double-page genealogical tables with armorials, vignettes of maps and buildings, two similar single page tables (one folding)

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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 £1,100

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).

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Binding worn with wear to extremities, loss to joints to foot of spine, pages a little toned and endpapers a little soiled, some old worm damage to inside upper pages affecting plates, scattered ink smudges, not collated

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Auction: The September Auctions 2024, 17th Sep, 2024

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