17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Nicols (Thomas) A Lapidary: Or, The History of Precious Stones
Nicols (Thomas) A Lapidary: Or, The History of Precious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, printer to the Universitie, 1652, small 8vo, contemporary gilt tooled decorative vellum, aeg, first edition with "Printer to the Universitie" in imprint, including initial blank and folding table, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary ink shelf marks to head of pastedown [Wing N1145]
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:The first book written in English on gemstones. Nicols begins with a general study of precious stones, discussing their origin, history, physical properties, methods of polishing, types of settings, real and imitation stones, and supernatural properties. He then devotes one chapter to each of more than 60 individual gems.
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 £8,000
Nicols (Thomas) A Lapidary: Or, The History of Precious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, printer to the Universitie, 1652, small 8vo, contemporary gilt tooled decorative vellum, aeg, first edition with "Printer to the Universitie" in imprint, including initial blank and folding table, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary ink shelf marks to head of pastedown [Wing N1145]
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
The first book written in English on gemstones. Nicols begins with a general study of precious stones, discussing their origin, history, physical properties, methods of polishing, types of settings, real and imitation stones, and supernatural properties. He then devotes one chapter to each of more than 60 individual gems.
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.
Front joint with small split, lightly soiled binding, hinges cracked with first blank leaf loose but not detached, pages toned, some blue (ink?), brown spotting to 187-188 & 209-238, a little loss to edge of page 77 not affecting the text, pp 90-96 with brown spot having caused a small hole to text pp 91-92, not collated
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