25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

The David Stather Library

 
  Lot 39
 

39

Church of England
Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall, Treated upon by the Bishop of London, President of the Convocation for the Province of Canterbury, and the rest of the Bishops and Clergie of the said Province ....
Robert Barker, 1604, small quarto, A-Y4, first and last leaves are blank, the last blank supplied, top edge of headlines cropped in places, notes in early hand to both sides of first blank A1, some minor early underlining of text, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, full calf with blind-stamped borders. ESTC S101546
Church of England, Articles Agreed Upon by the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of both Provinces, and the Whole Clergie, In the Convocation holden in London in the yeer 1562 ......
Robert Barker, 1638, small quarto, [2], 6, [22] pages, lacking the first blank leaf, head margin clopped to headline in places, a few stains to title and final page, title reinforced at head, signed manuscript declaration to title verso by John Rogers, parson of Croghlin (Cumberland) who confirms that on Sunday 24th March, 1660 [?1661] at afternoon prayer, he read all of the Articles in 'this booke' and declared his assent to the Articles. The memorandum is also signed by three witnesses 25th March 1661, quarter vellum. ESTC S125374;
L'Estrange (Hamon), The Alliance of Divine Offices Exhibiting all the Liturgies of the Church of England since the Reformation ...,
Charles Brome, 1690, second edition, folio in fours, [16], 264, 275-313, [1], 325-348, 337-339, [1] pages, text continuous despite pagination, general age tanning, occasional spot stains, small hole in 2H2, several marginal tears, worn sprinkled calf.
With one other (4)

Sold for £380
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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