25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Bale (John)
The first two partes of the Actes or unchast examples of the Englyshe votaryes, gathered out of theyr owne legenades and Chronycles by Johan Bale, and dedycated to our most redoubted soveraigne kynge Edward the syxte.
Imprinted at London by Abraham Vele, 1551 (first part) [and] Imprinted at London for Johan Bale, MD & LI (second part), small octavo, [4], 78, [2], cxx, [4] leaves, two parts, each with separate register and foliation, general title with replacement fore-edge (without loss of text), neat repairs to fore-edges of *2-4 and A1-2, G4, lower margin corner of F2 torn, marginal annotation to H8r, J7v and N6r of second part, small worm track to lower margin at end of second part from N6 to P4, touching catchword in places, first and last page dust marked, general age tanning, bookplates including the Biblical Collection of James Dix, all edges gilt, re-backed calf gilt with blind-stamped boards. ESTC S100593 and S1000594
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £600 - £1,000
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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