25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
77
Guillermus (Parisiensis) edit.
Postilla super epistolas et evangelia.
Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut, 1486, folio in sixes and eights, 212 leaves, first leaf a1 blank with manuscript recto, coloured initial with gilt to a3, red and blue initials throughout (with staining around each, possibly a protective varnish), some other staining (mainly marginal), gutter gaping in early part of book, first gather partially detached, gutter margin of b1 and b4 taped, worm holes and tracks within text area and margins, marginal tears including repaired tear to lower margin of R5, a few marginal annotations in early hand, B1 & B2 reversed, ink splashes to J4v and J5r, no endpapers, worn contemporary calf with blind-stamps believed to be from Dinckmut's bindery [see Amelung], restoration including repair to spine (retaining early label), worm holes to slightly splayed boards, remains of metal clasps with initials (possibly those of Konrad Manz).
[Provenance; bookplate of George Dunn of Woolley Hall, whose collection was sold by Sotheby's in 1913]
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Page size 271mm x 198mm. Binding approx 285mm x 215mm.
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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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