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 97
House of Commons - Manuscript Callendar or...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 98
House of Commons - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 99
House of Commons - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 100
House of Commons Journals of the House of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 101
House of Lords - Manuscript A Collection of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 102
House of Lords - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 103
House of Lords - Manuscript Remembrances for...

Sold for £280
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Lot 104
Indentures The Marriage agreement ... made &...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 105
Jacobite Confession - Manuscript The Whole...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 106
James I (King of England) The Workes of the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 107
Jerome (Saint) [translated into English by...

Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £10,000

Lot 108
[Johnson (Richard)] The Famous History of the...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 109
Johnson [Captain Charles] A General History of...

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

Lot 110
Judge Jeffreys Jeffreys (George, 1st Baron of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 111
Law Reports A good collection of seventeenth...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 112
Law [Henry VIII, King of England], Anno primo...

Sold for £720
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 113
Law [Saint German (Christopher)], The Dialogue...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 115
Law Dalton (Michael), The Countrey Justice,...

Sold for £460
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 116
Law Grotius (Hugo), Of the Rights of War and...

Sold for £320
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Lot 117
Law Treason, A Collection of the several...

Sold for £850
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Lot 118
Lilburn (John) The Legal Fundamentall...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 119
Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Humane...

Sold for £250
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Lot 120
London Charity School - St Margaret's Hospital...

Sold for £1,700
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Lot 121
London De-Laune (Tho.), The Present State of...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 122
London Howel (Jam), Londinopolis; An...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 123
London Stow (John) [edited by Munday...

Sold for £850
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Lot 124
Luther (Martin) Dris Martini Lutheri,...

Sold for £250
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Lot 125
Machiavelli (Niccolo) The Works of the Famous...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 126
Macky (John) A Journey Through England. In...

Sold for £190
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Lot 127
Manuscript Anon. Hoverfaria, In all Arts and...

Sold for £1,200
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Lot 128
Marbeck (John) A Booke of Notes and Common...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 129
[Markham (Gervase)] G.M., Country Contentments:...

Sold for £250
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Lot 130
Martin (Thomas) [or Gardiner (Stephen)] A...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 131
'Martyrs' Mason (Thomas), Christs Victorie...

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

Lot 132
[Miege (Guy)] A Relation of Three Embassies...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 133
[Milles (Thomas) transl.] The Treasurie of...

Sold for £450
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Lot 134
Miscellaneous A large quantity of...

Sold for £4,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 135
Monarchy [Bacon (Francis)], The Historie of...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 136
Monarchy [Camden (William)], The Historie of...

Sold for £500
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Lot 137
Monarchy Buck (Geo.), The History of the Life...

Sold for £380
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Lot 138
Monmouth (James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth...

Sold for £300
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Lot 139
More (Sir Thomas, Saint) The Workes of Sir...

Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000

Lot 140
[Munday (Anthony)] A Briefe Chronicle, of the...

Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 141
Musculus (Wolfgang) Common Places of Christian...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 142
Norfolk - nr. Dereham Early charter, a three...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 143
North Briton [Wilkes (John)] et al., The North...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 144
Nostradamus (Michel) Les Propheties de M....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 145
Nottinghamshire - The Manor of Epperstone A...

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

Lot 146
[Nowell (Alexander)] A true report of the...

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

Lot 147
[Oldmixon (John)] Arcana Gallica: or, The...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 148
Parliamentary Papers, etc. Pulteney (William),...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 149
Patents, Pardons, Privy Seals - Manuscript....

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

Lot 150
Peck [Francis] Desiderata Curiosa: or, A...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 151
Periodicals The Gentleman's Magazine: or,...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 152
Periodical The Annual Register, or a View of...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 153
Pilgrim Fathers Winslow (Edward), A manuscript...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 154
Plague Certain necessary Directions As well...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 155
Poor Law - Devon Warrant to the Constable of...

Sold for £250
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Lot 156
Poor Law Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Poor...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 157
'Popish Plot' - Narratives Jenison (Robert),...

Sold for £400
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Lot 158
'Popish Plot' - Trials The Tryal of William...

Sold for £420
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Lot 159
'Popish Plot' [Oates] Otes (Titus), A True...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 160
[Prynne (William)] The Treachery and...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 161
Quakers Bishop (George), New-England Judged,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 162
Recipe Book A late 17th to early 18th century...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 163
Reynolds (John) The Triumphs of Gods Revenge...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 164
Richardson [Samuel] Clarissa. Or, The History...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 165
[Ruscelli (Girolamo)] The Secretes of the...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 166
Rushworth (John) Historical Collections of...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 167
'Rye House Plot' and others - Trials and...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 168
[Sadler (John)] Rights of the Kingdom; or,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 169
[Saint Jerome] [Erasmus] Tomus Nonus Operum...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 170
Sidney (Algernon) Discourses Concerning...

Sold for £200
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Lot 171
Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 172
Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 173
Spectator [Addison (Joseph) et al.] The...

Sold for £270
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 174
Sprigge (Joshua) Anglia Rediviva; England's...

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

Lot 175
Stafford Gaol A Callender of Prissoners in Ye...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 176
Stow (John) Annales, or, A Generall Chronicle...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 177
Strype (John) Memorials of the most reverend...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 178
Symmons (Edw.) A Vindication of King Charles:...

Sold for £2,000
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Lot 179
The Inquisition Renneville (Constantin de),...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 180
'The Paston Letters' Fenn (John) edit.,...

Sold for £350
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Lot 181
Theology Kellett (Edward), Tricoenium Christi;...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 182
Thou (Jacques-Auguste de.) The History of the...

Sold for £280
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Lot 183
Trelawney (Sir Jonathan, 3rd Bart., Bishop of...

Sold for £420
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Lot 184
Tremaine (Sir John) Placita Coronae: or Pleas...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 185
Trial - Association Copy A Defence and...

Sold for £420
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Lot 186
Trials - Aristocracy Rushworth (John), The...

Sold for £200
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Lot 187
Trials - Murder and Wounding The Tryal and...

Sold for £400
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Lot 188
Trials - State A Complete Collection of...

Sold for £350
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Lot 189
Trials A Hellish Murder Committed by a French...

Sold for £850
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Lot 190
Trials Gordon (Delahay), A General History of...

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

Lot 191
Trials Select Trials at the Sessions-House in...

Sold for £700
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Lot 192
Trials Jones (George Henry), Account of the...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500