25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
51
Deering (Charles)
Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova or an Historical Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Town of Nottingham ...,
Nottingham: George Ayscough & Thomas Willington, 1751, quarto, vi, [2], 13, [1], 370 pages, 24 plates (5 folding), lacking plan and its reference leaf, 6 leaves of tables, contemporary calf. ESTC T145699, Upcott 1057;
[Lambarde (W.)], A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre ...,
Imprinted by Edm. Bollifant, 1596, small quarto in eights, [10], 588, [6] pages, two maps (the folding Beacons map replaced by single page facsimile), title page and final three leaves (Table) replaced by facsimiles, edge wear at end of book with repairs to 2P1-3 (2P2-3 with loss of text), repaired tear to Y7 and 2C4, a little annotation in early hand, some staining, early limp vellum binding with later ties, early manuscript on (now detached) vellum strip used in the binding. ESTC S108239.
With two others (4)
Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250
Kilburne, A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent, 1659, ex-library
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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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