25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
85
Heylyn (Peter)
Ecclesia Restaurata; or, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England: Containing the Beginning, Progress, and Successes of it; the Counsels, by which it was conducted; the Rules of Piety, and Prudence, upon which it was Founded ......The second edition, with the addition of a very useful table
Printed for H. Twyford, J. Place et al., 1670, folio in fours, [16], 168, [2], 84, [2], 85-196, [36] pages, light age tanning, occasional spotting, small hole in H3, small marginal tear to 3G4, creasing to lower corners, contemporary calf with restoration to joints and head and tail of spine. ESTC R9841;
With five others. (6)
Sold for £550
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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