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 1 - [Addison, Steele et al.] The Lucubrations of...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 2 - Aesop L'Estrange (Sir Roger), Fables, of Aesop...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 3 - Agrippa (Henry Cornelius) The Vanity of Arts...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 4 - [Allestree (Richard)] The Art of Contentment....

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

Lot 5 - Anti-Catholic Periodical [Henry Care et al.],...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 6 - Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum: or A...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 7 - Baldwin (William) A Treatise of Morall...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 8 - Bale (John) The first two partes of the Actes...

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

Lot 9 - Barckley (Sir Richard) The Felicitie of Man,...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 10 - Batman [Stephen], [Lykosthenes (Konrad)] The...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 11 - Bell (Thomas) The Woefull crie of Rome,...

Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 12 - Bilson (Thomas) The True Difference betweene...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 13 - Bishops - Manuscript A Treatise concerninge...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £700 - £1,000

Lot 14 - [Bligh (William)] A Voyage to the South Sea,...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 15 - Bloody Assizes 'T.S.', An Account of the...

Sold for £160
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 16 - Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Novels and Tales of...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 17 - Book of Martyrs Foxe (John), Actes and...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 18 - Brand (John) The History and Antiquities of...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 19 - [Brant (Sebastian)] Stultifera navis, qua...

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 20 - Bristol (John) [Thornborough (John, Bishop of...

Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 21 - Brown (Sir Thomas) The Works of the Learned Sr...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 22 - Bruys (Francois) The Art of Knowing Women: or,...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 23 - Buckingham (George Villiers, 1st Duke),...

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

Lot 24 - [Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

Sold for £380
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 25 - [Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

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

Lot 26 - [Burton (Robert)] The Anatomy of Melancholy....

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 27 - Carion (John) The thre bokes of Cronicles,...

Sold for £950
Estimated at £600 - £1,000

Lot 28 - Carlisle Garrison An interesting collection of...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 29 - Carlisle Siege - English Civil War Glemham...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 30 - Cavendish (George)] The Negotiations of Thomas...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 31 - Charles I - Chirk Castle Manuscript [Warwick...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 32 - [Charles I (King of England)] The Kings...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 33 - Charles I [Balcanquhall (Walter)] A Large...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 34 - Charles I Association Griffith (Matthew),...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 35 - Charles II (King of England) Warrant 'To Our...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 36 - Charles I Nalson [John], A True Copy of the...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 37 - Chaucer [Geoffrey] The Workes of Our Ancient...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 38 - Chronicles [Lanquet (Thomas) and Cooper...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 39 - Church of England Constitutions and Canons...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 40 - Church of England Iniunccions [Injunctions]...

Sold for £3,200
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 41 - Civil War Pamphlets (Yorkshire) Terrible Newes...

Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 42 - Civil War Pamphlets Fairfax (Lord), A...

Sold for £16,000
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 43 - Clarendon (Edward, Earl of) The History of the...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 44 - Coke (Edwardo) [Sir Edward] The First Part of...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 45 - Collins (Arthur) Historical Collections of the...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 46 - Common Prayer The Book of Common Prayer and...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 47 - Common Prayer The Booke of Common Prayer, and...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 48 - Cotton (Sir Robert) An Exact Abridgement of...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 49 - Crime and Poverty Hunt (Henry), Investigation...

Sold for £900
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 50 - 'Daily Observations, Divine and Moral ...'...

Sold for £2,800
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 51 - Deering (Charles) Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova...

Sold for £380
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 52 - [Defoe (Daniel), controversially attributed]...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 53 - [Defoe (Daniel)] 'A Gentleman', A Tour Thro’...

Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 54 - [Defoe (Daniel)] The History of the Devil, as...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 55 - Dugdale (William) The Baronage of England, or...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 56 - Dugdale (William) The History of St. Pauls...

Sold for £850
Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 57 - [Elyot (Sir Thomas)] Bibliotheca Eliotae,...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 58 - [Elyot (Sir Thomas)] Of the Knowledeg [sic]...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 59 - English Parliament The Names of the Members of...

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

Lot 60 - Essex - Bicknacre Manuscript Power of Attorney...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 61 - Essex - High Ongar Deed of Feoffment, for £4...

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

Lot 62 - Fabyan (Robert) The Chronicle of Fabian,...

Sold for £650
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 63 - Falstaffian Bar Bill Manuscript Board and...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £50 - £100

Lot 64 - [Ferguson (Robert)] A Representation of the...

Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 65 - Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, A...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £150 - £250

Lot 67 - French Revolution Paine (Thomas), Rights of...

Sold for £400
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 68 - French Royal Dedicatee Office de la Semaine...

Sold for £420
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 69 - Frith (John) A Boke made by Johan Fryth,...

Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 70 - Froissart (Jean) Here begynneth the first...

Sold for £3,500
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 71 - Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 72 - Gloucestershire - Inventory 'A Schedule or...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £80 - £120

Lot 73 - Godfrey (Sir Edmond Berry) Manuscript...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 74 - Grafton (Richard) A Chronicle at large and...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 75 - Grand Tour Manuscript compilation of extracts...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 76 - Grose (Francis) The Antiquities of England and...

Sold for £280
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 77 - Guillermus (Parisiensis) edit. Postilla super...

Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 78 - Hakluyt (Richard) The Principall Navigations,...

Sold for £800
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 80 - Hall (Edward) The union of the two noble and...

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

Lot 81 - Hall (Jos.) A Recollection of such Treatises...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 82 - Henry VIII (King of England) et al A Necessary...

Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 83 - Henry VIII (King of England) Anno primo...

Sold for £450
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 85 - Heylyn (Peter) Ecclesia Restaurata; or, The...

Sold for £550
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 86 - Heywood (Thomas) Gynaikeion: or, Nine bookes...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 87 - History A large collection of books,...

Sold for £320
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 88 - Holinshed (Raphael) The First and Second...

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

Lot 89 - Holinshed (Raphael) The Laste volume of the...

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 90 - Holy Bible [Geneva] The Bible Translated...

Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 91 - Holy Bible [The Great Bible] The Byble in...

Sold for £8,500
Estimated at £4,000 - £5,000

Lot 92 - Holy Bible The Bible that is, The Holy...

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 93 - Holy Bible The Holy Bible Containing the Old...

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 94 - Homilies and Sermons Latimer (Hugh), Frutefull...

Sold for £1,600
Estimated at £500 - £800

Lot 95 - Homilies [Taverner (Richard) edit.], Postilles...

Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £200 - £400

Lot 96 - Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman...

Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400