Illustrated Particulars and Plan of the Shipton Court Estate: Oxfordshire. Situate in the centre of the Heythrop Country and covering an area of about 2,055 Acres. A Perfect Specimen of the Elizabethan Period. For Sale by Private Treaty

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folio. 41x 27.5cm, frontis map, 36p., 10 sepia photogravure plates (plus an extra copy of one plate loosely inserted), large folding map in rear pocket, in have dark green morocco, printed green paper over boards, glazed white doublure endpapers, boards slight dust worn else very good to fine (fods). - An elaborate real estate book published to advertise the auction of an extensive estate in the Cotswalds, about twenty miles from the City of Oxford. The acreage included a mansion (1603), farms, small holdings, cottages, and gardens. With historical notes on the estate taken from the "Magna Britannia" (1727), a article taken from "Country Life" (1900) and the agents detailed description. The auction was held on July, 14th 1913 and laid in are documents, both typed and hand-written, of prices realized along with commissions paid; including a three page detailed accounting invoice. A fascinating look at a pre-World War One British real estate transaction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25680

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