25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Common Prayer
The Booke of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England.
Christopher Barker, 1580, folio in eights, [*8] [par10] A(2)-P8, Q6, 2A-2K8 leaves, Psalter or Psalmes of David with separate title page. Lacks A1 and A8, worming to margins of first part, just touching last line of text in places, ownership inscription to lower margin of P7v, fore-edge margin of title page replaced, fore-edge margins throughout have damp decay, damp staining to front pastedown, replacement free endpapers, contemporary panelled calf (re-backed and re-cornered, retaining most of original backstrip). Bound with a defective book of psalmes with musical scores. [ESTC S93790 and Griffiths 1580:1]
Sold for £400
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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