25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Holinshed (Raphael)
The Laste volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, with their descriptions. Conteyning The Chronicles of England, from William Conquerour to this present tyme.
Imprinted for John Harrison (from facsimile title), 1577, folio in eights, the second volume of the illustrated first edition with woodcuts throughout, modern full calf binding. A recently restored copy with facsimile replacement of the title page and preliminary leaf (on three leaves), t2, t8, R8, S1-3 and last three leaves of index, significant repairs to t3-7 and N1 of index with loss of text, wear to upper corners in places. ESTC S121346
Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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