Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
THREE SECTIONS OF LATE REGENCY OAK OPEN LIBRARY BOOKCASING
Lot 342

THREE SECTIONS OF LATE REGENCY OAK OPEN LIBRARY BOOKCASING

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, PREVIOUSLY FITTED

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 1,750

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THREE SECTIONS OF LATE REGENCY OAK OPEN LIBRARY BOOKCASING
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, PREVIOUSLY FITTED
Each inscribed in ink '253b', with reeded and roundel decoration, one section with plinth, cuts and parts lacking
34 in. (84 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep and similar (3)

Specialist note

These sections of bookcasing were probably removed circa 1892 when John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) sold the 2nd Earl's library to Mrs Rylands for the John Rylands Library in Manchester.