25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Homilies
[Taverner (Richard) edit.], Postilles or Homilies upon the Epistles and Gospels from Ester untyll Trinitie sondaye, wyth certayne other frutefull and godly Sermons drawen forth by dyverse lerned men for the syngular edificacion and commoditie of al good Christen parsons and in especiall of prestes and Curates.
1540, small quarto, [8], 72 (numbered 70), [1], 67-72, 72-104, [3] leaves, the second part with title page within pagination ('The Epistles and Gospelles with a brief Postyll upon the same from Trinitie Sonday tyll Advent ....', 1540), believed to lack a general title page and several leaves, preface of first work misbound at end of second, head of first title torn to remove inscribed name, some age tanning, marginal tears and staining, a little annotation, quarter calf with marbled boards (edges worn). [cf. ESTC S718]
Sold for £1,100
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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