25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Chronicles
[Lanquet (Thomas) and Cooper (Thomas)], Coopers Chronicle Contenynge the vvhole discourse of the histories as well of thys realme, as all other countreis. with the succession of theyr kynges, the tyme of theyr raign, and what notable actes were done by the newely enlarged and augmented ..... Unto the vii yere of our most gracious Quene Elizabeth that nowe is.
[London], 1565, the first day of Auguste, small quarto in twos, fours and eights, [30], 66, 71- 216, 225-262, [fo.264], 276-277, 321-375, [8] leaves, final leaf supplied in facsimile, lacking leaves 67-70, 217-224, 263, 265-275 and 278-320. Annotation throughout in early hand, some staining, worm track to title leaf and preliminaries, hole in fo.8 with a little loss of text, bookplate recording ownership of Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Moira (1808), panelled calf (wear to spine label). ESTC S122052.
Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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