25th Jan, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

The David Stather Library

 
  Lot 187
 

187

Trials - Murder and Wounding
The Tryal and Condemnation of George Borosky alias Boratzi, Christopher Vratz and John Stern; for the Barbarous Murder of Thomas Tynn, Esq. .... Thomas Basset, 1682, folio, [4], 56 pages, lacking portrait, institution stamp verso of title, recent boards. ESTC R235837;
Worcester, The Truth of the Case: Or, A Full and True Account of the Horrid Murders, Robberies and Burnings, Committed at Bradforton and Upton-Snodsbury in the County of Worcester ....
Printed by G.J for Jonah Bower, 1708, folio, 44, 49-52 pages, text continuous despite pagination, some annotation in early hand, recent quarter calf. ESTC T65496;
The Tryal and Condemnation of Arundel Coke alias Cooke Esq. and of John Woodburne, Labourer for Felony, in Slitting the Nose of Edward Crispe, Gent.....
John Darby and Daniel Midwinter, 1722, folio, 16, 17*-18*, 17-37 [1] pages, restoration to top margin of first three leaves and to final leaf, which is reinforced verso, first four letters of 'Finis' neatly inserted, lacking final 'S', recent quarter calf. ESTC T136036;
The Tryal of Mary Blandy, Spinster; for The Murder of her Father, Francis Blandy, Gent. At the Assizes held at Oxford .....
John and James Rivington, 1752, folio, [2], 46 pages, title, B2, G1-2 and H1, cropped at lower edge affecting text or catchwords, recent half calf. ESTC T51990. (4)

Sold for £400
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

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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