17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
312
Aldrovandi (Ulisse)
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De Quadrupedibus Solidipedibus, Frankfurt: Typis Ioan. Hofer, impensis Ioannis Treudel, 1623, folio, full calf, woodcut framed title, woodcut vignettes throughout text, decorative initials, headpieces and endpieces bound with De Animalibus, Frankfurt: Ioan. Hofer, 1623, 12 plates, further bound with De Reliquis Animalibus Exanguibus, 17 plates; and further De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber I, 1634, 24 plates
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) Ornithologiae, Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter Sumptibus heredum Nicolas Bassaet, 1610, folio, full calf, woodcut framed title, decorative headpieces, initials and endpieces, 14 plates; bound with Ornithologiae Tomus Alter, 13 plates, further bound with Ornithologiae Tomus Tertius et Ultimus, 1634, 21 plates (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 £1,700
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) De Quadrupedibus Solidipedibus, Frankfurt: Typis Ioan. Hofer, impensis Ioannis Treudel, 1623, folio, full calf, woodcut framed title, woodcut vignettes throughout text, decorative initials, headpieces and endpieces bound with De Animalibus, Frankfurt: Ioan. Hofer, 1623, 12 plates, further bound with De Reliquis Animalibus Exanguibus, 17 plates; and further De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber I, 1634, 24 plates
Aldrovandi (Ulisse) Ornithologiae, Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter Sumptibus heredum Nicolas Bassaet, 1610, folio, full calf, woodcut framed title, decorative headpieces, initials and endpieces, 14 plates; bound with Ornithologiae Tomus Alter, 13 plates, further bound with Ornithologiae Tomus Tertius et Ultimus, 1634, 21 plates (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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