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A large collection of Antiquarian Books from the library of Exbury House (property of the de Rothschild's)
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A large collection of Antiquarian Books from the library of Exbury House (property of the de Rothschild's)

To include: the contents of the library of Exbury House in Hampshire. Exbury House was acquired by Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942) in 1919 and remains in the family to this day.  Many of the volumes on offer were inherited from Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) of Halton Estate who along with his cousin Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898) of Waddesdon Manor, were condsidered as two of the greatest art collectors of their day. 

The library is composed of many books mainly in English, but also some in French and German and cover a variety of subjects including art, and there are some wonderful porfolios, literature, poetry, natural history, travel and exploration, history and military history, sport, economics, politics and religion.

Auction dates
01 Jun 2024 10:00 BST
Lots: 1-325
Viewing dates
27 May 2024 10:00 - 14:00 BST
30 May 2024 09:00 - 17:00 BST
31 May 2024 09:00 - 18:00 BST
01 Jun 2024 09:00 - 10:00 BST
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There are 334 lots within this auction
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Robertson (William), Works,8 vols, nice set in full brown calf, labels, marbled edges, T Cadell,
320 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Arago (Francois),
350 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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La Fontaine (Jean de), Oeuvres, nouveau edition, edited by C A Walckenaer, with frontis and plates,
280 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Lecky (W E H), A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, fourth edition, 8 vols,
170 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Gladstone (W E), Speeches, 4 vols, bound in half brown calf, labels,
130 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Lesage (Alain-Rene), Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, a fine copy on vellum paper,
450 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Smyth (William), Lectures on Modern History, 5 vols, full brown calf, red and blue labels,
120 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Goldsmith (Lewis), Statistics of France, first edition,
140 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Hamilton (Terrick), Antar: A Bedoueen Romance, translated from Arabic, 4 vols, first edition,
900 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Pickering (William) Publisher, Small Book on Great Subjects,
130 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Volney (Constantin-Francois), Oeuvres, deuxieme edition, complete, 8 vols,
400 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Hume(David), A History of England From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688,
550 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Blanc (Louis), Histoire de la Revolution FrancaisE, 12 vols, full brown calf,
320 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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De Quincy (Thomas), Works, fourth edition, 16 vols, finely bound in full brown calf,
400 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Bacon (Francis), The Works, new edition, 10 vols, finely bound in full brown tree calf,
700 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Whewell (William), The Pholosophy of the Inductive Sciences From the Earliest to the Present Times,
200 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Churchill (Winston S), The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill, centenary edition, 38 vols,
650 GBP
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Stevenson (Robert Louis), Works, Edinburgh edition, 32 vols, edition limited to 1205 numbered sets,
150 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Orr-Ewing (Lord) Editor, A Celebration of Lords and Commons Cricket 1850-1988,
135 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Huxley (Leonard), Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Hooker, 2 vols, first edition,
190 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Yriarte (Charles), Florence L'Histoire - Les Medicis - Les Humanistes - Les Lettres - Les Arts,
140 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Wright (T), A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art,
190 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Williamson (George C), The History of Portrait Miniatures, 2 vols, original white cloth,
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Heilbut (Prof E), Die Sammlung, Eduard L Behrens zu Hamburg, catalog with plate,
140 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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De Ricci (Seymour), A Catalogue of Early Italian Majolica in the Collection of Mortimer L Schiff,
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Rand, McNally and Co.
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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British Yachts and Yachtsmen,
250 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Bode (Wilhelm von) Editor, Frans Hals: His Life and Works, with an Essay by M J Binder, 2 vols,
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Eastlake (Charles L), Pictures of the National Gallery London with Descriptive and Critical Notes,
220 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Rousselet (Louis),
480 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Williams (Gardner F), The Diamond Mines of South Africa: Some Account of their Rise and Development,
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Frankau (Julia),
140 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Frankau (Julia),
140 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Dutuit (Eugene), L'Oeuvre Complet de Rembrandt, 2 vols and 4 vols of plates (363 plates),
5,000 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Blanc (Charles), L'Oeuvre Complete de Rembrandt Decrit et Commente Catalogue Raisonne, 2 vols,
800 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Molinier (Emile), Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIe et du XVIIIe Siecle, Musee de Louvre, folio,
350 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Bouchot (Henri), L'Exposition des Primitifs Francais: La Peinture en France sous les Valois, folio,
190 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Rodocanachi (E), La Femme Italienne a L'Epoque de la Renaissance sa Vie Privee et Mondaine,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Furtwangler (Adolf), Die Antiken Gemmen Geschichte der Steinschneidekunst im Klassischen Altertum,
1,100 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Roger Miles (M L), Atelier Rosa Bonheur, 2 vols, folio, full blue morocco,
320 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Kahn (Rodolphe), Catalogue of the Rodolphe Kahn Collection Pictures and Objects d'Art, 4 vols,
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Armstrong (Sir Walter), Turner, edition limited to 350 copies on Japanese paper,
220 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Johnston (Alexander Keith), The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, New Edition, folio,
200 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Schnorr von Carolsfeld (Julius), Die Bibel in Bildern, folio, full dark green morocco,
130 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Blanc (M Charles et al), Histoire des Peintres des Toutes les Ecoles,
0 GBP
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Ward (Humphrey) and W Roberts,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Exposition d'Oeuvres de l'Art Francais au XVIIIeme siecle, folio,
0 GBP
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Mawson (Sir Douglas),
800 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Fourquier (M Marcel), Les Grands Chateaux de France, folio, limited to 600 copies,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Richardson (Charles), A New Dictionary of the English Language, first edition, 2 vols, 4to,
240 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Stieler (Adolf), Hand Atlas, 95 maps, half morocco, worn, 1896; together with Atlas de Venezuela,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Photographs of Pictures in the Six Collection Amsterdam and The Vienna and Berlin Galleries,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Molinier (Emile), The Wallace Collection (Object D'Art) at Hertford House, 2 vols,
320 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Maxwell (Marius), Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, limited edition,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Davies (Hugh W), Bernhard von Breydenbach and his Journey to the Holy Land 1483-4: A Bibliography,
150 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Paris Inonde: la Crue de Janvier, 1910, 207 illus, 4to, rebound in cloth,
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Angus (William), The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales,
140 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Lloyd's Register of Yachts 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1937,
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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MacQuiod (Percy), A History of English Furniture, 4 vols, folio, original cloth,
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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