25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Bloody Assizes
'T.S.', An Account of the Proceedings Against The Rebels at an Assize holden at Exeter, In the 14th of this Instant September 1685, where to the Number of 26 Persons were Tryed for High-Treason and found Guilty. As also an Account of the several Persons Names that were appointed to be Executed and the places they are to be Executed at. ..... The Heads and Quarters of these Persons are to be fixed where the King shall appoint. Printed by E. Mallet in Black-Horse-Alley, 1685, two pages on single sheet, 296mm x 185mm, disbound, lower part of left margin cropped without loss of text. ESTC R8479;
Popish Plot, The Speech and Carriage of Stephen Colledge before the Castle at Oxford, Wednesday, Aug. 31. 1681. Taken Exactly from his Mouth at the place of Execution.
T. Bassett and John Fish, 1681, two pages on single sheet, 29cm x 19cm, lower edge cropped out of square with loss of text to last line and imprint, disbound. ESTC R171435/R29303
Sold for £160
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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