25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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House of Lords - Manuscript
Journal of the House of Lords, March 1645 - April 1646,
'Die Mercurij Il Martii 1645' to 'Die Lunae 13 Aprilis 1646', ink manuscript on paper, borders ruled in red, folio, page size 357mm x 235mm, written in English with latin dates, unpaginated, some foxing and staining, armorial bookplate of Wm. Bedford, restored and re-backed half calf binding.
A blank before the work is inscribed 'A leaf of this journal was picked up by me in 1856, in the ditch opposite the Rectory back gate. I purchased the remainder from the Chandler's shop, at the Boot, public house, at the price of waste paper - it having been bought at the same rate by the proprietor in the Market Hall, Birmingham, W.K.R. Bedford'.
[William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (1826-1905), antiquary and genealogist, rector of Sutton Coldfield]
Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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