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
Lot 107 - Jerome (Saint) [translated into English by...
Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £10,000
Lot 109 - Johnson [Captain Charles] A General History of...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £600 - £1,000
Lot 111 - Law Reports A good collection of seventeenth...
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 120 - London Charity School - St Margaret's Hospital...
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 139 - More (Sir Thomas, Saint) The Workes of Sir...
Sold for £10,000
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
Lot 153 - Pilgrim Fathers Winslow (Edward), A manuscript...
Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 181 - Theology Kellett (Edward), Tricoenium Christi;...
Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £500 - £800