25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Frith (John)
A Boke made by Johan Fryth, prysoner in the Towr of London, answering unto M. Mores letter, which he wrote against the fyrst lytle treatyse that Johan Fryth made concerning the sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ .... his Examination before the Bysshoppes .... for which John Frith was condemned ...
Anthony Scoloker and Wyllya Seres, newely revised, corrected and printed ... 1548, the last daye of June. Small octavo, signatures A - O8, P5. Title page, E8, G2, G7, K1, K8, L3, L6, M8 and P3 supplied in facsimile, P6 is a later blank. Neat repair to head corner of E2 with ms. replacement of text, some marginal annotation. Manuscript notes regarding Frith to two blank leaves before title. Full calf binding. ESTC S102658
Sold for £600
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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