25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

The David Stather Library

 
  Lot 40
 

40

Church of England
Iniunccions [Injunctions] geve' by the moste excellent prince, Edward the sixte, by the grace of God, kyng of England, Frau'ce, and Irelande: defendor of the faythe, and in earthe under Christ, of the churche of Englande and of Ireland, the supreme hedde ....
Richard Grafton, laste daie of Julii ...1547, small quarto, unpaginated, register a-c4, d2, title page worn with a few small holes affecting text and border, and with repairs to gutter and head margins, repairs to gutter margin of a2-5, annotation in early hand to title and b1 margin, some staining, full page publisher's device on final page. ESTC S108704; [bound with]
Cranmer (Thomas) et al., Certayne Sermons, or Homelies, appoynted by the kynges Maiestie, to be declared and redde, by all persones, vicars or Curates, every Sondaye in the churches where they have cure.
Richard Grafton, laste daie of Julii ...1547, small quarto, unpaginated, register A-Z4, some annotation and scribbles in early hand, particularly blank area of k2v, full page publisher's device on final page. ESTC S110029; [bound with]
Articles to bee inquired of, in the kynges Majesties Visitacion.
Richard Grafton, no date [1547?], unpaginated, [12] pages, register A4, B2, caption title, repairs to gutter margins of B1-2, some staining, a few small scribbles on final page. ESTC S92268.
Nineteenth century panelled calf (name on front endpaper, joints starting to crack)

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000


 

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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