17th Sep, 2024 10:00

The September Auctions 2024

 
Lot 88
 

88

Rymer (Thomas) Foedera

Rymer (Thomas) Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et cuiuscunque generis Acta Publica, inter reges Angliae, et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, vel communitates, ab ineunte saeculo duodecimo, London: A. & J. Churchill, 1704-1735, folio, twenty volumes, uniformly bound contemporary panelled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title labels

Provenance:

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Footnote:

"Rymer's Foedera remains a collection of high value and authority for almost all periods of the middle-ages and for the sixteenth century" (DNB XVII, 556)

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 £750


 

Rymer (Thomas) Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et cuiuscunque generis Acta Publica, inter reges Angliae, et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, vel communitates, ab ineunte saeculo duodecimo, London: A. & J. Churchill, 1704-1735, folio, twenty volumes, uniformly bound contemporary panelled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title labels

Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

"Rymer's Foedera remains a collection of high value and authority for almost all periods of the middle-ages and for the sixteenth century" (DNB XVII, 556)


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

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