17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 44
 

44

Walpole (Horace) Il Castello di Otranto

Walpole (Horace) Il Castello di Otranto: Storia Gotica, translated by Jean Sivrac, London: Presso Molini, Polidori, Molini & Co., 1795, 8vo, contemporary gilt tooled calf, gilt tooled spine with green leather title label, marbled endpapers and edges, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, inscribed to endpapers and title page in ink for 'Maria Collini' (Mary Collins), March 27th 1810

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 £500


 

Walpole (Horace) Il Castello di Otranto: Storia Gotica, translated by Jean Sivrac, London: Presso Molini, Polidori, Molini & Co., 1795, 8vo, contemporary gilt tooled calf, gilt tooled spine with green leather title label, marbled endpapers and edges, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved plates, inscribed to endpapers and title page in ink for 'Maria Collini' (Mary Collins), March 27th 1810

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.

READ THE STORY

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

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