Lot 23
Eyre family of Newhouse, Wiltshire.- Benson (Rev Edmund) & Robert Benson) [Benson's account of the Eyre family], autograph manuscript notes by Rev Edmund Benson and his son Robert Benson, original cloth, gilt, plain paper dust-jacket, sm. 4to, [c.. 1830s]; and another (2).
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Eyre family of Newhouse, Wiltshire.- Benson (Rev Edmund, vicar of Salisbury Cathedral, d. 1835) & Robert Benson, judge and local historian of Salisbury, 1797-1844) [Benson's account of the Eyre family], autograph manuscript notes by Rev Edmund Benson and his son Robert Benson, 80pp. excluding blanks, a few manuscript notes loosely inserted, some slight brown staining at beginning, original cloth, gilt, torn plain paper dust-jacket, sm. 4to, [c. 1830s]; and another, an album (disbound) relating to the Long family of Seale, Surrey, including ALs.s. from John Claudius Loudon and Joseph Wolff (2).
⁂ Ink inscription reads: "The following account of the Eyre family (in my Fathers handwriting) was compiled by my friend George Matcham Esqr. of Newhouse from deeds and other authentic muniments R. Benson Dr. Recorder Salisbury."
Description
Eyre family of Newhouse, Wiltshire.- Benson (Rev Edmund, vicar of Salisbury Cathedral, d. 1835) & Robert Benson, judge and local historian of Salisbury, 1797-1844) [Benson's account of the Eyre family], autograph manuscript notes by Rev Edmund Benson and his son Robert Benson, 80pp. excluding blanks, a few manuscript notes loosely inserted, some slight brown staining at beginning, original cloth, gilt, torn plain paper dust-jacket, sm. 4to, [c. 1830s]; and another, an album (disbound) relating to the Long family of Seale, Surrey, including ALs.s. from John Claudius Loudon and Joseph Wolff (2).
⁂ Ink inscription reads: "The following account of the Eyre family (in my Fathers handwriting) was compiled by my friend George Matcham Esqr. of Newhouse from deeds and other authentic muniments R. Benson Dr. Recorder Salisbury."