25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
92
Holy Bible
The Bible that is, The Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament ....
Imprinted at London by Christopher Barkar [Barker], dwelling in Paternoster Rowe ..., 1577, [Geneva Version], folio in sixes, [6], 360, 72, [2], 115, [11], leaves, double page plate (bird's eye view of the Temple and city), text illustrations and maps. Title page and the five preliminary leaves replaced by facsimiles, lacks last four leaves of the Old Testament (4N1-4). Lacks map. New Testament title page and the following preliminary leaf with significant loss and repair, both leaves (and worn leaf 3O6) with 16th century manuscript family history of the Cotton family of Combermere Abbey. Repair to corners of 2D5, 2E4, 2M3, 2P1, 2R3-4, 5P3, 5R5 with some loss of text, slight loss of text to 5Q3. tear to text area of 2B4, 3A4, 4M6, 5A1, 5G5, 5K3 without loss of text, marginal tears and repairs throughout (without loss of text), water staining to final leaves. Herbert 148, ESTC S673 [bound with];
[Psalmes], The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into Englishe by Thomas Sternh, John Hopkins and others ....
Imprinted by John Day, 1576, folio, [7], 35, 35-62 pages, lacking all leaves after Psalme 106 v39, water staining up to page 50, following leaves appear washed or possibly supplied. ESTC S107010. Modern period style calf binding.
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £800
Repairs to margins (not affecting text) include A1, X4, 2A1, 2J2, 2M4, 2N2, 2N4, 2N6, 2O3-5, 2P5-6, 2Q1, 2Q4, 2R2, 2R5-6, 2V1, 2X3, 2Y1, 3L1, 4H1, 4H6, 5A1-2, 5A5, 5B6, 5C2-3, 5D1, 5E2, 5E5, 5G1-2, 5J4, 5K4, 5L3-4, 5N2-5, 5P1, 5P4-6, 5Q5, 5R3-4, 5S2, 5S4-5, 5T5 (not affecting text),
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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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