25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Cotton (Sir Robert)
An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London, From the reign of King Edward the Second, unto King Richard the Third ..... Collected by Sir Robert Cotton, Revised .... by William Prynne.
William Leake, 1657, folio in fours, [34], 204, 281-444, 449-483, [1], 533-716, [142] pages as called for, pencil annotation at beginning of book, small hole in 3N4 (no loss of text), marginal tears 3R1, 4R2, H2 of final table torn with loss, Q1 is a singleton with text continuous, calf (restoration to spine). ESTC R1629;
Lyttelton (George, Lord), The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the Age in which he lived, in five books: To which is prefixed, A History of the Revolutions of England from the Death of Edward the Confessor to the Birth of Henry the Second.
W. Sandby and J. Dodsley, 1767, bound in four volumes, quarto, lacking half titles, volume 3 and second part of volume 4 printed for J. Dodsley 1771, volume 3 with second errata leaf, fourth volume (Notes to ...) may lack errata, bookplate to each pastedown and name to each title page (Charlton), contemporary calf. [Sold not collated]. ESTC T79258?
With three others (8)
Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: The David Stather Library, 25th Jan, 2023
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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