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Gladstone books go under hammer | |
(about 16 hours later) | |
A collection of books belonging to 19th Century prime minister William Gladstone has been auctioned in Angus. | |
About 2,000 books from the library at Fasque House - the former Gladstone family home in Aberdeenshire - went under the hammer in Montrose. | |
More than 400 lots raised a total in excess of £65,000. | |
Gladstone was a four-time Liberal prime minister - taking up the post in 1868, 1880, 1886 and 1892. In total, he spent more than 12 years in the role. | Gladstone was a four-time Liberal prime minister - taking up the post in 1868, 1880, 1886 and 1892. In total, he spent more than 12 years in the role. |
Auctioneer Jonathan Taylor said it had been a "busy day". | |
"The auction went very well. I am very pleased and looking forward to the next one," he added. | |
Mr Taylor said that the most expensive lots had been a collection of family diaries which had been found in the attic of the house. | |
They were sold to an Edinburgh professor for £3,400. | |
Family bibles were among the books being auctioned in Montrose | |
Before the auction Mr Taylor said: "The library itself is quite widespread. There are a lot of books on travel, military history, politics obviously, religion, there are books on everything... you name it. | |
"There are a lot of very unusual books, there are books on travel to the likes of Hindustan and there are unusual books on Scotland. | |
"We've got some of their bibles, the actual family bible of the Gladstone family with the family tree - it's got births and deaths of the family, we've got some personal diaries of the Gladstones and there are some books with inscriptions from one family member to another." | |
Gladstone was so fond of books that he created an even larger library at Hawarden in Wales. | Gladstone was so fond of books that he created an even larger library at Hawarden in Wales. |
A second auction from Gladstone's Fasque collection - containing about another 2,000 books - is expected to take place in October. | A second auction from Gladstone's Fasque collection - containing about another 2,000 books - is expected to take place in October. |
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