NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. RUFFORD ABBEY.. Catalogue of the Rufford Collection. Including Treasures Acquired by the Ancestors of the Savile Family During Three Centuries. To be Sold by Auction on the Premises by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley in conjunction with Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods on Tuesday, the 11th day of October, 1938 and 9 subsequent days...1938

[London: Ward & Foxlow Ltd., 4to (280 x 216 mm), 202pp., orig. printed wrappers, slightly soiled, 2923 lots. Auction catalogue of the contents of Rufford Abbey. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. Granted to George Talbot, the Earl of Shrewsbury and later it passed by marriage to the Yorkshire Savile family, and grew from a hunting lodge into a magnificent country house.