Lot 234
Auction Catalogue - Dukinfield Lodge, Cheshire
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A Catalogue of the valuable and select Library, splendid books of prints, the extensive and well-known Collection of Pictures, Prints and Drawings... and other Articles of Taste and Curiosity; the Property of Francis Dukinfield Astley, Esq... Liverpool: Messrs Winstanley and Crole, 1817 (20th-29th August). 8vo, most items marked-up in a contemporary hand with prices achieved, with various items of ephemera regarding the sale laid-in; [bound with] a 4pp. 1812 Catalogue of a Choice Selection of Cabinet Pictures, the Genuine Property of Francis Dukinfield Astley..., with many prices realised; [bound with] Dukinfield Lodge. A Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Books..., Collection of Paintings... Manchester: printed by J. Clarke [for Winstanley and Co.], 1825. 8vo, not annotated with prices realised; [bound with] a 3pp. A Descriptive Catalogue of Two Splendid Pictures, late the Property of Francis Dukinfield Astley..., 1828; contemporary red half morocco gilt
Footnote
Provenance: The notes within the text appear to be those of Mr (Francis Dukinfield) Astley, of Dukinfield Lodge. Preliminary notes and the ownership signature are those of William Ford, Book & Print Seller, Manchester. A list of books purchased by Ford is loosely inserted into the book.
Note: William Ford's note to the paste-down endpaper reads: "Mr Astley's Catalogues of pictures. [?] his first sold at Liverpool, and his second, sold under the the commissions of Bankruptcy. The notes throughout are Mr Astley's...
The third sale of his property took place in 1825 after his sudden and lamented Death."
A letter from Mr Astley is laid-down into the book, relating to the sale of a painting, along with pictures of Dukinfield lodge, and a poster advertising the postponment of the sale, due to take place in June 1817, due to fears that prospective buyers, "...may be deterred from attending the Sale... in consequence of the Public Notice given by a Person styling himself the Messenger to a Commission of Bankrupt awarded against F.D. Astley."