25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
The David Stather Library
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Trial - Association Copy
A Defence and Substance of the Trial of John Donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for the Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton, Bart. at the Assizes held at Warwick on Friday the 30th of March 1781 ...
Printed for John Bell, 1781, folio, iv, 27-72, xii, 25, [1] pages, tipped in errata slip, misbound but complete, several leaves with reinforced gutter margins, tears to horizontal crease lines, G1 with large repaired tear (laid down), extensive contemporary marginal annotation in ink, pencil note in book identifies the handwriting as that of 'Sir Wm. Wheeler, Guardian of Sir Theodosius Boughton, & one of the Witnesses in the trial, quarter calf with marbled boards. ESTC T93425.
'A Barrister at Law', The Trial of John Donnellan, Esq. (Late Master of the Ceremonies at the Pantheon in Oxford-Street) ....
T. Brewman, no date [1781], octavo in fours, 43, [1] pages, modern half calf. ESTC T92907. (2)
Sold for £420
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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