17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 120
 

120

Bindings [Bretonne (Restif de la)] Works

Bindings [Bretonne (Restif de la)] Les Francaises, Neufchatel, 1786, 12mo, four volumes, finely gilt tooled red leather binding with Sandys coat of arms, aeg, marbled endpapers; bound en suite with [Idem] La Vie de Mon Pere, Neufchatel: La Veuve Duchesne, 1788, third edition, two volumes, frontispiece and title vignette, 11 plates (6)

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 £380


 

Bindings [Bretonne (Restif de la)] Les Francaises, Neufchatel, 1786, 12mo, four volumes, finely gilt tooled red leather binding with Sandys coat of arms, aeg, marbled endpapers; bound en suite with [Idem] La Vie de Mon Pere, Neufchatel: La Veuve Duchesne, 1788, third edition, two volumes, frontispiece and title vignette, 11 plates (6)

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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A fine set with bindings in good condition, bright gilt tooling, minor scuffs and light abrasions, pages a little toned and scattered foxing, not collated

Les Francaises lacking the plates called for

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

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