25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
41
Civil War Pamphlets (Yorkshire)
Terrible Newes from York sent in a Letter to London concerning great and weighty Affairs of high Consequence. Allo, A Great Mutiny and Uproar ....
John Coe, 1642, small quarto, [8] pages, top edge cropped (just touching letters in top lines of A3, stain to lower margins, title fore-edge chipped, marginal annotation to one page, armorial bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron, quarter morocco (rubbed). ESTC R22278;
[P.H.], Terrible and True Newes from Beverley and the City of Yorke. Wherein is a true Relation of the beseiging of the Town of Hull by his Kings Majesty .....
Printed for M.T., 1642, small quarto, [8] pages, manuscript foliation to upper corner, age tanning, extracted from binding. ESTC R19712;
Wortley (Sir Francis), A Declaration from York ....
Printed by A.N. for Thomas Warren, 1642, small quarto, [2], 6 pages, modern paper covers. ESTC R20916;
With seven others (10)
Sold for £3,800
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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