25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
100
House of Commons
Journals of the House of Commons, From November the 8th 1547, In the First Reign of King Edward the Sixth to March the 2d 1628. In the Fourth Reign of King Charles the First.
By Order of the House of Commons, no date, two folio volumes, some staining to early leaves of first volume, final index leaves of second volume are mounted, half calf (re-backed retaining original back-strips);
D'Ewes (Sir Simonds), A Compleat Journal of the Votes, Speeches and Debates of Both the House of Lords and House of Commons Throughout the whole Reign of Queen Elizabeth, of Glorious Memory.
Printed by J.S. and sold by Jonathan Robinson, 1708, folio in fours, engraved frontis, contemporary panelled calf (re-backed, spine head worn). [Sold not collated] (3)
Sold for £250
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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