Lot 291 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
biathanatos [first word in greek]. a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise. wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. london: printed by john dawson, [for henry seile, 1644]
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts, New York · 4 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 195 x 145 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423475
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., biathanatos [first word in greek]. a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise. wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. london: printed by john dawson, [for henry seile, 1644]. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 291. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423475.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., biathanatos [first word in greek]. a declaration of that paradoxe, or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise. wherein the nature, and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed. london: printed by john dawson, [for henry seile, 1644]. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 291. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423475.
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From the same sale Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts · Dec 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Volume of Six Tracts | — | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Establishment Book | — | $8,000–$10,000 | |
| Scribal copies of two letters | Donne, John. 1573-1631. | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Speech adjourning the House of Commons | Charles II | $500–$700 | |
| The vith booke of vergills Eneads | Sir John Harington | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Autograph letter, to James Gillman | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | $2,000–$3,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | ignatius his conclave: or his inthronisation in a late elect | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwove | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: pr | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: pr | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: pr | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | five volumes | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | "meditation upon a good friday, ryding from london towards e | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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