25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Law
[Saint German (Christopher)], The Dialogue in English, betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, and a Student in the Lawes of England: Newly corrected and Imprinted, with new Additions.
Thomas Wright and Bonham Norton, 1598, small octavo, 176, [94] leaves, underlining and extensive marginal annotation in early hand, possibly 16th and 17th century, 'Stephen Tayler, 1667' written on final page. Titles, woodcut and imprint excised from original title page and mounted on replacement laid paper, with ink borders drawn around each section, marginal tear to C4, re-backed calf binding. ESTC S116373
Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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