Author: Messrs. Burr & Son
Title: Cobham Hall Estate, Annual Sale
Description: Rochester, Caddel and Son, 1849. Large brochure; 13 1/4 x 8 1/4; pp. [4]; heavy, cream stock, printed in several fancy fonts; smal nick to tail of spine; two horizontal crease lines with a bit of dust-dulling along creases; a few minor spots of foxing; in very good condition. An elegant and elaborate auction sale announcement, it advertised the sale of prime timber - hundreds of oak, chestnut, maple, elm, birch, etc. trees - belonging to the Earl of Darnley and "lying in the several woods in the parishes of Frindsbury, Cobham, Shorne, and Cuxton." Each lot was described with its location, markings, cubic ft, and so on. Cobham Hall, one of the largest and, arguably, most important country houses in Kent, which traces its history back to the 12th century, nowadays houses Cobham Hall School - a private, boarding school for gilrs. Very good .

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