17th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September Auctions 2024
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Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia
Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, London: James & John Knapton et al., folio, 1728, 2 volumes, full calf gilt, marbled page edges, folding engraved frontispiece by John Sturt to volume 1, with 20 further engraved plates (some folding)
Provenance:Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
Footnote:One of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English. It was reprinted numerous times in the eighteenth century.
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 £6,000
Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, London: James & John Knapton et al., folio, 1728, 2 volumes, full calf gilt, marbled page edges, folding engraved frontispiece by John Sturt to volume 1, with 20 further engraved plates (some folding)
Ombersley Court, Worcestershire
One of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English. It was reprinted numerous times in the eighteenth century.
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.
Plates collated; text uncollated. Some wear to both volumes, including rubbing, bumping and warping to the bindings, as well as soiling to endpapers. Internal contents are fairly bright for volumes of their age, with some foxing.
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