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The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate... On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th.) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion..

The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate... On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th.) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion..

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The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate... On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th.) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion..

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[Towcester: F. C. Williams, Printer,] 1921. Folio (380 x 250 mm), 232, [4]pp., catalogue no. 300 of an unspecified limited number, 59 plates, 5 coloured maps and plans (2 folding),inner hinges split but holding, orig. cloth-backed boards, armorial coat of arms on upper cover, tear to upper joint, lightly rubbed otherwise a very good sound copy. The monumental auction catalogue of The ducal estate of Stowe, near Buckingham, containing some major works of art. The first day was devoted to the historic mansion and estate, the following days the contents of the mansion, including "heirloom pictures, tapestries and historic furniture, by the World's Greatest Masters, Superb Statuary and Metal Work, important collection of Rare China, Porcelain, an immense assortment of other Objets d'Art, the Contents of the Magnificent Library, fine collection of Historic Letters and Manuscripts, the Valuable Gold Plate, Carvings and Panellings by Grinling Gibbons, Famous Classic Temples and Other Buildings and Bridges luxuriously built to designs by famous architects." This catalogue presents historical contextualisation in its preface and sections on the arrangement of sale, order of sale and index, index and summary of the whole of the Stowe estate, conditions of sale, a lot listing for each day, as well as an area map and a well-preserved fold-out estate map in color. The plates offer views of the estate, its buildings, spaces, and the items within them. The auction was held over nineteen days and consists of some 3955 lots.

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The Ducal Estate of Stowe, Near Buckingham. The Historical Seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the Late Comte de Paris. Messrs. Jackson Stops will Sell by Auction, at Stowe House, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock the Freehold of the Historic Mansion & Estate... On the Eighteen Days following (from July 5th to July 28th.) will be Sold the Contents of the Mansion..
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[Towcester: F. C. Williams, Printer,] 1921

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