25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Gloucestershire - Inventory
'A Schedule or Inventory indented or made this 27th day of March 1700, ?expressing particularly all such Goods and Implements of Household Stuff & Chattles as are now ???ing in ye House and Grounds of William Tindall of ye Parish of Cam in ye County of Glocester ....' Lists a range of items including livestock, with their values which give a total value of £160: 14: 08.
Manuscript on two sides of paper sheet, 38.5cm x 15.5cm, duty stamps, two folds;
'A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chattles rights and Creditts of Thomas Dalsome of Woodland in the Parish of Bitton and County of Gloucester, Weaver Deceased, taken and appraised by us this Twenty Six day of April 1725'. Lists seven looms, cloth and a quantity of household possessions to a total value of £23: 18: 2.
Manuscript on single side of paper sheet, 41.5cm x 16.5cm, signed by valuers, several folds. (2)
Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £120
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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