25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Witchcraft
Hutchinson (Francis), An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. With Observations upon Matters of Fact .....
R. Knaplock and D. Midwinter, 1718, first edition, [iii-xv], [5], 270, [2] pages, including final advert leaf, lacks half title, some worming in text; single hole from I2 to M7, two holes from M8 to O4, extending on to 1cm track then back to single hole at Q7, more significant tracking from S3 (p. 261) to end, tanning/staining to margins, corner creasing to some leaves, modern quarter calf binding. ESTC T99484
Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400
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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