25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Anti-Catholic Periodical
[Henry Care et al.], The Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome: or The History of Popery ... The Popish Courant, The First and Second Volumes.
Langley Curtis, 1679-1680, Numbers 1 to 31 and 1 to 47 (second volume lacks No. 34), two volumes, small quarto, [8], 248, [8], 264, 273-376 pages. Loss of text from lower part of third preliminary (a3) of first volume, other marginal tears without loss of text, minor annotation to titles, some age tanning and light foxing, uniform modern half calf;
idem, The Third Volume of the Pacquets of Advice from Rome: or The History of Popery ...
Langley Curtis, 1682, Numbers 1 to 80, small quarto, [16], 32, 1- 568, 4, 569-640 pages including four page supplement, loss of text from Y1, significant staining in places, some worming, modern full calf;
With a fourth volume containing parts of Volumes 3, 4 and 5, contemporary calf with recent labels. (4)
Sold for £750
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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