Live auction - Lot 1101

[Nuneham House - Oxfordshire]

"General Expenditure": account book recording the monthly expenses in both Nuneham and the London house of the Harcourt family.

England, 1848-1855

€ 300 / 400

Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

Bidding is closed


Lot description

Manuscript folio-size fair-copy, c. 36,5 x 24 cm: 197 pp., English (1 f. removed at the back).

Original leather binding by W. Massey (London stationer and bookbinder; ticket; rubbed).

Fascinating insight into the running of a 19th-c. "great house" with grounds landscaped by "Capability Brown" and at the centre of an estate wich covered over 1000 acres. Recording the monthly expenses in both houses, from May 1848 to August 1855. Regular housekeeping bills are recorded first and a sub-total produced, followed by the extraordinary bill and then a grand total for the month. The entries range from the everyday "Butcher; Poulterer; Fishmonger; Butterman" etc., tot the more rarified, one-off "Barry - Engraver & painter … £7/8/=".

More photos

Live bidding

Bidding is closed


Lot 1101

"General Expenditure": account book recording the monthly expenses in both Nuneham and the London house of the Harcourt family.

Please log in to bid
create an account here .
Log in
© Arenberg Auctions 2025 – Webdesign Webit
Voorwaarden | Privacy Policy | Cookiebeleid