25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
86
Heywood (Thomas)
Gynaikeion: or, Nine bookes of Various History. Concerning Women; Inscribed by ye names of ye Nine Muses. Writted by Thomas Heywoode.
Adam Islip, 1624, folio in sixes, [10], 466 pages, title page and leaf 2F6 supplied in facsimile, lacking first and final blanks, repaired tear to Z2, wear to edges of early and final leaves, small hole in K1, owner's names to index and page 1, annotation to fore-edge of p.317, a few small stains. Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked or rejointed and re-headed retaining original backstrip with later spine label). ESTC S119701;
With three others (4)
Sold for £700
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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