The David Stather Library

Date: 25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Lots: 228

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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Books, Maps and Manuscripts (228)

 

Lot 97 - House of Commons - Manuscript Callendar or...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 98 - House of Commons - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 99 - House of Commons - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 100 - House of Commons Journals of the House of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 101 - House of Lords - Manuscript A Collection of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 102 - House of Lords - Manuscript Journal of the...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 103 - House of Lords - Manuscript Remembrances for...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 104 - Indentures The Marriage agreement ... made &...

Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 105 - Jacobite Confession - Manuscript The Whole...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 106 - James I (King of England) The Workes of the...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 107 - Jerome (Saint) [translated into English by...

Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £6,000 - £10,000

Lot 108 - [Johnson (Richard)] The Famous History of the...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 109 - Johnson [Captain Charles] A General History of...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 110 - Judge Jeffreys Jeffreys (George, 1st Baron of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 111 - Law Reports A good collection of seventeenth...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 112 - Law [Henry VIII, King of England], Anno primo...

Sold for £720
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 115 - Law Dalton (Michael), The Countrey Justice,...

Sold for £460
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 116 - Law Grotius (Hugo), Of the Rights of War and...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 117 - Law Treason, A Collection of the several...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 118 - Lilburn (John) The Legal Fundamentall...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 119 - Locke (John) An Essay Concerning Humane...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 120 - London Charity School - St Margaret's Hospital...

Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 121 - London De-Laune (Tho.), The Present State of...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 122 - London Howel (Jam), Londinopolis; An...

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 123 - London Stow (John) [edited by Munday...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 124 - Luther (Martin) Dris Martini Lutheri,...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 125 - Machiavelli (Niccolo) The Works of the Famous...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 126 - Macky (John) A Journey Through England. In...

Sold for £190
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 127 - Manuscript Anon. Hoverfaria, In all Arts and...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 128 - Marbeck (John) A Booke of Notes and Common...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 130 - Martin (Thomas) [or Gardiner (Stephen)] A...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 131 - 'Martyrs' Mason (Thomas), Christs Victorie...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 132 - [Miege (Guy)] A Relation of Three Embassies...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 133 - [Milles (Thomas) transl.] The Treasurie of...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 134 - Miscellaneous A large quantity of...

Sold for £4,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 135 - Monarchy [Bacon (Francis)], The Historie of...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 136 - Monarchy [Camden (William)], The Historie of...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 137 - Monarchy Buck (Geo.), The History of the Life...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 138 - Monmouth (James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth...

Sold for £300
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 140 - [Munday (Anthony)] A Briefe Chronicle, of the...

Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 142 - Norfolk - nr. Dereham Early charter, a three...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 144 - Nostradamus (Michel) Les Propheties de M....

Sold for £420
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 145 - Nottinghamshire - The Manor of Epperstone A...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 146 - [Nowell (Alexander)] A true report of the...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 147 - [Oldmixon (John)] Arcana Gallica: or, The...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 149 - Patents, Pardons, Privy Seals - Manuscript....

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 150 - Peck [Francis] Desiderata Curiosa: or, A...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 151 - Periodicals The Gentleman's Magazine: or,...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 152 - Periodical The Annual Register, or a View of...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 153 - Pilgrim Fathers Winslow (Edward), A manuscript...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 154 - Plague Certain necessary Directions As well...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 155 - Poor Law - Devon Warrant to the Constable of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 157 - 'Popish Plot' - Narratives Jenison (Robert),...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 158 - 'Popish Plot' - Trials The Tryal of William...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 159 - 'Popish Plot' [Oates] Otes (Titus), A True...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 160 - [Prynne (William)] The Treachery and...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 161 - Quakers Bishop (George), New-England Judged,...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 162 - Recipe Book A late 17th to early 18th century...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 163 - Reynolds (John) The Triumphs of Gods Revenge...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 164 - Richardson [Samuel] Clarissa. Or, The History...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 165 - [Ruscelli (Girolamo)] The Secretes of the...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 166 - Rushworth (John) Historical Collections of...

Sold for £220
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 167 - 'Rye House Plot' and others - Trials and...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 168 - [Sadler (John)] Rights of the Kingdom; or,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 169 - [Saint Jerome] [Erasmus] Tomus Nonus Operum...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 170 - Sidney (Algernon) Discourses Concerning...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 172 - Sleidanus (Johannes) A Famouse Cronicle of...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 173 - Spectator [Addison (Joseph) et al.] The...

Sold for £270
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 174 - Sprigge (Joshua) Anglia Rediviva; England's...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 176 - Stow (John) Annales, or, A Generall Chronicle...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 177 - Strype (John) Memorials of the most reverend...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 178 - Symmons (Edw.) A Vindication of King Charles:...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 179 - The Inquisition Renneville (Constantin de),...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 180 - 'The Paston Letters' Fenn (John) edit.,...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 181 - Theology Kellett (Edward), Tricoenium Christi;...

Sold for £4,200
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 182 - Thou (Jacques-Auguste de.) The History of the...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 183 - Trelawney (Sir Jonathan, 3rd Bart., Bishop of...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 184 - Tremaine (Sir John) Placita Coronae: or Pleas...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 185 - Trial - Association Copy A Defence and...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 186 - Trials - Aristocracy Rushworth (John), The...

Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 187 - Trials - Murder and Wounding The Tryal and...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 188 - Trials - State A Complete Collection of...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 189 - Trials A Hellish Murder Committed by a French...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 190 - Trials Gordon (Delahay), A General History of...

Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 191 - Trials Select Trials at the Sessions-House in...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 192 - Trials Jones (George Henry), Account of the...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500