Lyttelton (Charles George, 8th Viscount Cobham) A Catalogue of the

Lyttelton (Charles George, 8th Viscount Cobham) A Catalogue of the Pictures at Hagley Hall, presentation copy from Viscount Cobham to his sister Meriel S.Talbot (née Lyttelton) inscribed on front free endpaper, lacking errata leaf, bookplate partly removed, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., other uncut, 1900 § Fox Strangways (Amelia) Catalogue of Pictures belonging to the Earl of Ilchester, [one of 40 deluxe copies], lacking errata leaf, original morocco, gilt, by Rivière, g.e., privately printed, 1883 § Tennant (Sir Charles) A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare Engravings in First States and Proofs..., second, enlarged edition, one of only 75 copies, signed presentation copy from Tennant to his son-in-law Lord Ribblesdale inscribed on front free endpaper, modern cloth, uncut, 1898 § Williamson (Dr. G.C.) Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures belonging to the Lord Hothfield, number 36 of only 60 copies, presentation inscription from Lord Hothfield to L.S.Myers on front free endpaper, with several manuscript annotations to text and list of additional acquisitions on blank leaf at end, later ink signature of K.M.Guichard, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, stained, 1916, the last three with bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore, all but the third rubbed, 8vo & 4to, all printed at the Chiswick Press (4) *** The first is scarce. Hagley Hall, Worcs., is the seat of the Lyttelton family, a neo-Palladian house built between 1754 and 1760. A fire on Christmas Eve 1925 destroyed the library and some of the pictures. The second is a handsome catalogue of the extensive collection belonging to the Earls of Ilchester, listing the pictures at their country seats of Melbury, Redlynch & Abbotsbury and at 42, Belgrave Square in London. Many of the paintings were acquired by the 4th Earl while serving as diplomat in Florence in the 1820s although he donated several to Christ Church, Oxford (now in the Ashmolean Museum). In 1913 Abbotsbury and its contents were destroyed by fire therefore this catalogue is a useful record of that part of the collection.

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