The David Stather Library

Date: 25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 228

A single-owner sale of the Library of David Stather (1940-2022)

The library comprises a large collection of early books, pamphlets and manuscripts on English history, focusing on the English Civil War, the ‘Popish Plot’,  the Monmouth Rebellion and the Glorious Revolution, early Parliament and the Monarchy of that period, the development of English law, the Reformation, early bibles and prayer books, chronicles of English history and some very early books on witchcraft.

The earliest manuscript dates from 1285, and the earliest book is an incunable from 1486, however the majority date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Interestingly, many are books that contribute to English history rather than just reporting on it, for example the collection includes books reporting the Popish Plot, which were written specifically to create social division through what is now known as ‘fake news’.

 The books have been lovingly preserved by David Stather and the auction provides a rare opportunity to purchase books from a very focused collection built up over his lifetime.

Please submit any enquiries for the sale to books@tennants-ltd.co.uk 

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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (228)

 

Lot 1
[Addison, Steele et al.] The Lucubrations of...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 2
Aesop L'Estrange (Sir Roger), Fables, of Aesop...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 3
Agrippa (Henry Cornelius) The Vanity of Arts...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 4
[Allestree (Richard)] The Art of Contentment....

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 5
Anti-Catholic Periodical [Henry Care et al.],...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 6
Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum: or A...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 7
Baldwin (William) A Treatise of Morall...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 8
Bale (John) The first two partes of the Actes...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 9
Barckley (Sir Richard) The Felicitie of Man,...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 10
Batman [Stephen], [Lykosthenes (Konrad)] The...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 11
Bell (Thomas) The Woefull crie of Rome,...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 12
Bilson (Thomas) The True Difference betweene...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 13
Bishops - Manuscript A Treatise concerninge...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 14
[Bligh (William)] A Voyage to the South Sea,...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 15
Bloody Assizes 'T.S.', An Account of the...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 16
Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Novels and Tales of...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 17
Book of Martyrs Foxe (John), Actes and...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 18
Brand (John) The History and Antiquities of...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 19
[Brant (Sebastian)] Stultifera navis, qua...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 20
Bristol (John) [Thornborough (John, Bishop of...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 21
Brown (Sir Thomas) The Works of the Learned Sr...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 22
Bruys (Francois) The Art of Knowing Women: or,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 23
Buckingham (George Villiers, 1st Duke),...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 24
[Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 25
[Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 26
[Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 27
Carion (John) The thre bokes of Cronicles,...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 28
Carlisle Garrison An interesting collection of...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 29
Carlisle Siege - English Civil War Glemham...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 30
Cavendish (George)] The Negotiations of Thomas...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 31
Charles I - Chirk Castle Manuscript [Warwick...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 32
[Charles I (King of England)] The Kings...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 33
Charles I [Balcanquhall (Walter)] A Large...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 34
Charles I Association Griffith (Matthew),...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 35
Charles II (King of England) Warrant 'To Our...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 36
Charles I Nalson [John], A True Copy of the...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 37
Chaucer [Geoffrey] The Workes of Our Ancient...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 38
Chronicles [Lanquet (Thomas) and Cooper...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 39
Church of England Constitutions and Canons...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 40
Church of England Iniunccions [Injunctions]...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 41
Civil War Pamphlets (Yorkshire) Terrible Newes...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 42
Civil War Pamphlets Fairfax (Lord), A...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 43
Clarendon (Edward, Earl of) The History of the...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 44
Coke (Edwardo) [Sir Edward] The First Part of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 45
Collins (Arthur) Historical Collections of the...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 46
Common Prayer The Book of Common Prayer and...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 47
Common Prayer The Booke of Common Prayer, and...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 48
Cotton (Sir Robert) An Exact Abridgement of...

Sold for £400
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Lot 49
Crime and Poverty Hunt (Henry), Investigation...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 50
'Daily Observations, Divine and Moral ...'...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 51
Deering (Charles) Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 52
[Defoe (Daniel), controversially attributed]...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 53
[Defoe (Daniel)] 'A Gentleman', A Tour Thro’...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 54
[Defoe (Daniel)] The History of the Devil, as...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 55
Dugdale (William) The Baronage of England, or...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 56
Dugdale (William) The History of St. Pauls...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 57
[Elyot (Sir Thomas)] Bibliotheca Eliotae,...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 58
[Elyot (Sir Thomas)] Of the Knowledeg [sic]...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 59
English Parliament The Names of the Members of...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 60
Essex - Bicknacre Manuscript Power of Attorney...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 61
Essex - High Ongar Deed of Feoffment, for £4...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 62
Fabyan (Robert) The Chronicle of Fabian,...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 63
Falstaffian Bar Bill Manuscript Board and...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £50 - £100

Lot 64
[Ferguson (Robert)] A Representation of the...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 65
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, A...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 66
French Almanac Almanach Royal, Annee MDCCLXVI ....

Sold for £600
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 67
French Revolution Paine (Thomas), Rights of...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 68
French Royal Dedicatee Office de la Semaine...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 69
Frith (John) A Boke made by Johan Fryth,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 70
Froissart (Jean) Here begynneth the first...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 71
Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 72
Gloucestershire - Inventory 'A Schedule or...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 73
Godfrey (Sir Edmond Berry) Manuscript...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 74
Grafton (Richard) A Chronicle at large and...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 75
Grand Tour Manuscript compilation of extracts...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 76
Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of England and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 77
Guillermus (Parisiensis) edit. Postilla super...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 78
Hakluyt (Richard) The Principall Navigations,...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 79
Hale (Sir Matthew) Historia Placitorum Coronae,...

Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 80
Hall (Edward) The union of the two noble and...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 81
Hall (Jos.) A Recollection of such Treatises...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 82
Henry VIII (King of England) et al A Necessary...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 83
Henry VIII (King of England) Anno primo...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 84
Heraldry Guillim (John), A Display of Heraldry:...

Sold for £320
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Lot 85
Heylyn (Peter) Ecclesia Restaurata; or, The...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 86
Heywood (Thomas) Gynaikeion: or, Nine bookes...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 87
History A large collection of books,...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 88
Holinshed (Raphael) The First and Second...

Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 89
Holinshed (Raphael) The Laste volume of the...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 90
Holy Bible [Geneva] The Bible Translated...

Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 91
Holy Bible [The Great Bible] The Byble in...

Sold for £8,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £5,000

Lot 92
Holy Bible The Bible that is, The Holy...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 93
Holy Bible The Holy Bible Containing the Old...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 94
Homilies and Sermons Latimer (Hugh), Frutefull...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 95
Homilies [Taverner (Richard) edit.], Postilles...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 96
Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400