25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Jacobite Confession - Manuscript
The Whole Precedings in the House of Lords upon the Bill of Attainder against Sr John Fenwick. Together with his Several Letters, Papers and Depositions relating to the Correspondence held between the Earle of Monmouth, Duchess of Norfolk and the Lady Mary Fenwick. As alsoe a Copy of Sr John Fenwicks Confession sent to the King. With his private Examination taken by Mr Vernon concerning the late plott. 1696.
Ink manuscript on paper, title and 208 pages, folio, page size 314mm x 185mm, borders ruled in red, recent plain full morocco binding. Loosely inserted is a folded document (latin manuscript on two sides of one sheet), dated 1633 and relating to an earlier John Fenwicke, as well as a Fenwick armorial bookplate.
[Sir John Fenwick (1645-1697) was a supporter of the Jacobite cause. Implicated in plots to assassinate William III, he was arrested in 1696 and beheaded in 1697].
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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