25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Sprigge (Joshua)
Anglia Rediviva; England's Recovery: Being the History of the Motions, Actions, and Successes of the Army under the Immediate Conduct of His Excellency Sr. Thomas Fairfax, Kt. Captain-General Of all the Parliaments Forces in England.
Printed by R.W. for John Partridge, 1647, folio, [24], 171, 176-335, [5] pages, text continuous despite pagination, coat of arms on A1v. (?lined), folding portrait, folding battle plan and folding table, (ESTC mentions four folding plates in a copy at one institution but all other copies found have had no more than the three folding plates present here), soot marking and other stains throughout, odour of soot, tear to 2H1 without loss, a few small marginal tears, shelf label and inscription to front endpaper [Ex lib Bibl: Scribar ... ?1809], re-backed calf with gilt arms of the 'Writers to the Signet' to boards. ESTC R18123
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £150 - £250
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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