25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Stultifera navis, qua omnium mortalium narratur stultitia, ........ An. Do. 1570. The Ship of Fooles, wherin is shewed the folly of all States with divers other workes adioyned unto the same, very profitable and fruitfull for all men. Translated out of Latin into Englishe by Alexander Barclay Priest.
John Cawood (from facsimile), [1570], second edition in English, folio in sixes, [12], 240, 257-259, [3], [42], [1] leaves, title page and imprint leaf replaced by good quality facsimiles on laid paper, lacking fo. 241-256 and the final work 'Certayn Eclogues of Alexander Barclay' (24 leaves). Repairs to fore-edges of [par.]2-6 and corner of fo.84, several repaired holes in preliminaries with some loss of text. Top edge trimmed close in places, partially cropping several running titles, repaired tear to [par.]3, fo.133, fo.184-185, with some loss of text, tear to 194, some light staining, eighteenth century half red morocco gilt with marbled paper boards (paper rubbed). ESTC S107135.
Accompanied by facsimile reproductions of the sixteen missing folios 241-256, printed single sided on 32 leaves, bound separately in marbled paper boards, with leather spine label, in order to avoid distortion of the binding.
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
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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