The Country House Sale | including selected contents of Ombersley Court & Beverston Castle

Demosthenes. Orationes [In Greek], Aldus, Venice 1554, 3 vol., 8vo. old vellum/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Dampier, William. Voyage Autour du Monde, Amsterdam 1723-1724, 4 vol. in 2, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt. Engraved maps and plates/Provenance: Ombe...

Bible, English The Holy Bible, 1696 and Book of Common prayer, folio, fine contemporary blue morocco gilt, a.e.g./Provenance: Ombersley Court

Perrault, Charles. Les Hommes Illustres, Paris 1696-1700, 2 vol. in one, Folio, near contemporary panelled calf. Engraved portraits/see illustrati...

Vitruvius Pollio Marcus. Les Dix Livres d'Architecture, Paris 1684, Folio, near contemporary panelled calf. Engraved additional title and plates/s...

Smith, Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects, 1795, 4to, contemporary red calf, lacks spine label/see illustration/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Ludolf, Hiob. New History of Ethiopia, 1682, Folio, contemporary calf. Folding engraved plates/Provenance: Ombersley Court ...[more]

Rossi, Domerico. Studio d'Architecttura Civile, Rome 1702-1711, 2 vols., contemporary calf, one vol. re-backed. Engraved plates/see illustration/P...

Blackwell, Elizabeth. A Curious Herbal, 1782, 2 vol., folio, contemporary russia (spines crudely repaired). Hand coloured engraved plates/see illu...

Brosses, Charles de. Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, Paris 1756, 4to. 2 vol., contemporary calf gilt folding engraved maps/Provenan...

Outhier, Reginald. Journal d'un Voyage au Nord, Paris 1744, 4to contemporary calf. Folding engraved plates/Provenance: Ombersley Court ...[more]

La Condamine, Charles Marie de. Relation Abregee d'un Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique, Paris 1745, 8vo. cont.calf, folding engraved map: bou...

Egan, Pierce. Boxiana, 1812-1829, 5 vol., 8vo, later half-red calf gilt. Engraved plates/see illustration/Provenance: Ombersley Court ...[more]

Chappe d'Auteroche, Jean. A Voyage to California, 1778, double-page plan of Mexico City, 8vo., contemporary half calf/see illustration/Provenance:...

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de. Essays, 1685-1686-1685, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt. 2 Engraved portraits/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Manstein, Christoph Herman von. Memoirs of Russia, 1770, 4to, contemporary reversed calf (spine worn). Folding engraved maps and plates/Provenance...

Mortimer, Thomas. The Elements of Commerce, Politics and Finances, 1772, 4to, contemporary calf gilt/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Osbeck, Pehr. Voyage to China and the East Indies, 1771, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf (joints cracking)/see illustration/Provenance: Omb...

Vianoli, Alessandro Maria. Historia Veneta, Venice 1680-1684, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary panelled calf (spines browned, upper joint of vol 1 cra...

Mackenzie, Roderick. Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultan, Calcutta: 1793, 2 volumes, 4to, half calf, arms on spines gilt/Provenance: Ombersley Co...

Paley, William. Principles of Philosophy, 1785, 4to, contemporary diced russia gilt/Provenance: Ombersley Court ...[more]

White, Gilbert. Natural History of Selborne, 1789, 4to, contemporary calf, arms on spines (rubbed). Engraved plates/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Horace. Opera (Pine edition), 1773, 2 volumes, contemporary vellum gilt, large 8vo, large paper copy. Engraved frontispieces and text illustration...

Pomet, Pierre. History of Druggs, 1712, 2 volumes in one, 4to. contemporary panelled calf. Engraved plates (some spotting)/Provenance: Ombersley C...

Nicholson, William. Introduction to Natural Philosophy, 1782, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary qtr. calf uncut. Folding engraved plates (some spotting...

Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de. La Pucelle, [Paris] 1789, large 4to, contemporary painted calf gilt, a.e.g. (some spotting)/Provenance: Ombers...

Aristotle. Opera omnia, edited by Du Val, Paris 1654, 4 volumes, folio, cont. russia gilt/Provenance: Ombersley Court

Portlock, Nathaniel. Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's voyage round the world, 1789, 8vo, contemporary half calf. Engraved portrait and folding ...

Adanson, Michel. Familles des Plantes, Paris 1763, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf. Folding engraved frontispiece in Vol 1/Provenance: Ombersley...

Robin, Claude C. Nouveau Voyage dans l' Amerique Septentrionale. A Philadelphie Et se trouve à Paris: 1782. 8vo, contemporary calf (spine browned,...

Portfolio Urbis Romae Sciographia, 8 sheets, around 24 loose views of Venice published by Domenico Louisa (presumably from Il Grand Teatro di Vene...

British Hunts and Huntsmen, three volumes, Biographical Press 1910/Provenance: Beverston Castle

Archive: A collection of Bruton & Knowles auctioneers books 1862 and later, including Toddington House, Barnwood House, etc., Gloucester Cattle Ma...

Mellersh, W L. A Treatise on the Birds of Gloucestershire with a reference list of all the birds known to have appeared in the county, John Bellow...

Playne, Arthur Twisden. A History of the Parishes of Minchinhampton and Avening, John Bellows, Gloucester, 1915 ...[more]

The Spectator 8 volumes, printed for C Bathurst etc., London 1775, 8vo. cont. calf, spines gilt

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Works of, 13 volumes, Smith Elder & Co., London 1892, 8vo. cont. half calf ...[more]

Kingsley, Charles. The Water-Babies, new edition, Macmillan, London 1889 and another copy, illustrated by Ethel F Everett, London, 8vo. cont. half...

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan and Co, London 1871 and Through the Looking Glass, Macmillan and Co, London 1873, 8vo....

Gillanders, A T. Forest Entomology, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London 1912, School Prize, and nine other leather bound books, 8vo.

Atlas to the Topographical Dictionary of England, 1845, 4to, half leather, folding engraved maps, with two others Condition Report: Published by S...

Fitzgerald, E. trans. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan, Methuen and Co, London 1913, 4to. orig. red cloth gilt/see illus...

Malory, Sir Thomas. Morte D'Arthur, 2 volumes, No. 157 of a limited edition of 370 copies, Shakespeare Head Press, Oxford 1933, 4to. half red moro...

Bond, J. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Cum Scholiis Perpetuis, Parisiis 1806 ...[more]

Gatty, Mrs. The Book of Sundials, third and enlarged edition, edited by H K F Eden and Eleanor Lloyd, George Bell and Sons, London 1890, 8vo. orig...

Greenaway, K. Under the Window, Frederick Warne. n.d. 4to; orig. boards. colour plates

Blackmore, Richard Doddridge. Lorna Doone, illustrated by Charles Brittan and Charles Brock, 4to, 1910/Varley, T. Hampshire, illustrated by Wilfri...

Buckler, B. Stemmata Chicheleana or a Genealogical Account of Some of the Families Derived from Thomas Chichele, Clarendon Press, London 1765, boo...

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Works 8 volumes, Carlyle, T. Works 15 volumes, Edinburgh Edition and Hope, A. Works 6 volumes, 8vo. leather Hardy, T. Wor...

Thomson, James. The Book of Silchester, 2 volumes, No 131 of a limited edition of 175, signed and dated by the author, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton...

Shakespeare, William. Complete Works of 40 volumes, No 235 of Editor's Autograph Edition of 250 sets, George D Sproul, New York 1907, 4to. orig. b...

Gray, Thomas. Poems, Eton Leaver's Book 1925 and three others 1946, 1948 and 1968, all dated and inscribed 4to.; orig. vellum gilt

Tilley, Joseph. The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, 2 volumes, 1892, with book plate, 4to. orig. cloth and two others

Yarrell, William. A History of British Birds, second edition, 3 volumes, 1845, 8vo. cont. half green calf, spines gilt. Text illustrations

Trollope, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vols, 1867, half red morocco and another by the same. Illustrated - Strickland, Agnes. How Will...

Lubbock, Sir John. Prehistoric Times, fifth Edition, 1890, 2 copies, 8vo. cont. blue morocco gilt, a.e.g. Winchester School prize with arms on upp...

Fabre, J H. Souvenirs Entomologiques, 10 volumes, Paris 1914 and La Vie, Paris 1915. 8vo. cont. half blue stained calf. Photographic plates

Edwards, Lionel. Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 1st edition 1933 with dust jacket, colour plates, mounted

Evelyn, John. Silva or a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber: Robert Scott, London 1706, Fourth Edition, Folio, cont. panelled...

Richardson, Sir John and others. The Museum of Natural History, 2 volumes, 4to; cont. half calf (rubbed), hand coloured plates