25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Fabyan (Robert)
The Chronicle of Fabian, whiche he nameth the concordaunce of histories, newly pe-rused. And continued from the beginnyng of Kyng Henry the seuenth, to thende of Queene Mary.
Imprinted at London by Jhon Kyngston, April 1559, two volumes bound in one, folio in sixes, [24], 46, 46-119, 121-286, 288-369, [2], 1-526 pages, lacks pages 562-571 and blank (the continuation from Henry VII to Queen Mary by other hands), but complete as far as Fabyan's original text went in it's Protestant version). Final leaf is 2X6 (see ESTC). Some misnumbering of pages but text and register continuous. 'Slayn' and 'English' variant. Re-backed early calf with gilt armorial device of George Wilmer (1582-1626) to boards. Marginal repairs to title-page (extending into border at fore-edge) and A4-6, y1, 2 E2 (slight loss of text), 2J1 and 2K1, closed tear to lower margin of 2N1, some annotation in early hand, staining in places. ESTC S92506 or S122517
Sold for £650
Estimated at £500 - £800
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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