Elzevir to include: Schreveli (Cornelius) Hesiodi Acsraei, Amsterdam: Ludovico & Daniel Elzevir, 1657, 12mo, green leather, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, aeg with lattice gauffered edges, wood cut device to title, title in red nd black, decorative headpieces; A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant, Amsterdam: Officina Elzeveriana, 1660, 32mo, full calf, engraved title, bookplate for Lord Sandys to back pastedown; Mannaei (L. & M.) Senecae Tragoediae cum notis Th. Farnabii, Amsterdam: Danielem Elsevirium, 1678, 32mo, full calf, marbled endpapers, engraved title, inscribed for Augustus Hill, Lyons, 1820; Rufus (Q. Curtiii) Historiarum Libri, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzaveriana, 32mo, full calf with decorative gilt tooled spine, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved title; Rufus (Q. Curtiii) Historiarum Libri, Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 32mo, full calf, engraved title, inscribed for 'Christopher Makepeace, 1713'; Cicero, De Officiis Libri Tres, Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzaerviriana, 1656, 32mo, full calf, engraved title; Tacitus, ex I. Lipsii Editione cum not. et Emend. H. Grotii, Leide: Ex Officina Ezeviriana, 1640, 32mo, full calf with red title label, engraved title, armorial bookplate for Mr Ambrose Holbech; Grotius (H.) Dissertationes de Studiis Instituendis, Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzervirium, 1645, 32mo, full calf, engraved title; Heinsius (Nic.) Cl. Claudiani Quae extant, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzaviriana, 1650, 32mo, full red calf, decorative gilt spine, aeg, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved title; Breboeuf (M. de) La Pharsale de Lucain, Leiden: Chez Jean Elsevier, 1658, 32mo, full red calf with decorative gilt spine, aeg, engraved title, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Emmius (Ubbo) Vetus Graecia Illustrata, Leiden: Officina Bonaventure & Abraham Elzaevir, 8vo, full calf, woodcut device to title, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; D'Argenton, Les Memoires de Messire Phillipe de Commines, Leiden: Chez les Elzeviers, 1648, 32mo, full red calf gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece, aeg (12)
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 £450
Elzevir to include: Schreveli (Cornelius) Hesiodi Acsraei, Amsterdam: Ludovico & Daniel Elzevir, 1657, 12mo, green leather, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, aeg with lattice gauffered edges, wood cut device to title, title in red nd black, decorative headpieces; A. Gislenii Busbequii omnia quae extant, Amsterdam: Officina Elzeveriana, 1660, 32mo, full calf, engraved title, bookplate for Lord Sandys to back pastedown; Mannaei (L. & M.) Senecae Tragoediae cum notis Th. Farnabii, Amsterdam: Danielem Elsevirium, 1678, 32mo, full calf, marbled endpapers, engraved title, inscribed for Augustus Hill, Lyons, 1820; Rufus (Q. Curtiii) Historiarum Libri, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzaveriana, 32mo, full calf with decorative gilt tooled spine, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved title; Rufus (Q. Curtiii) Historiarum Libri, Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 32mo, full calf, engraved title, inscribed for 'Christopher Makepeace, 1713'; Cicero, De Officiis Libri Tres, Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzaerviriana, 1656, 32mo, full calf, engraved title; Tacitus, ex I. Lipsii Editione cum not. et Emend. H. Grotii, Leide: Ex Officina Ezeviriana, 1640, 32mo, full calf with red title label, engraved title, armorial bookplate for Mr Ambrose Holbech; Grotius (H.) Dissertationes de Studiis Instituendis, Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzervirium, 1645, 32mo, full calf, engraved title; Heinsius (Nic.) Cl. Claudiani Quae extant, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzaviriana, 1650, 32mo, full red calf, decorative gilt spine, aeg, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved title; Breboeuf (M. de) La Pharsale de Lucain, Leiden: Chez Jean Elsevier, 1658, 32mo, full red calf with decorative gilt spine, aeg, engraved title, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Emmius (Ubbo) Vetus Graecia Illustrata, Leiden: Officina Bonaventure & Abraham Elzaevir, 8vo, full calf, woodcut device to title, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys; D'Argenton, Les Memoires de Messire Phillipe de Commines, Leiden: Chez les Elzeviers, 1648, 32mo, full red calf gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece, aeg (12)
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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