Lot 275 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
juvenilia or certaine paradoxes and problemes. london: printed by e[lizabeth]. p[urslowe]. for henry seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the tygers head, in st. pauls church-yard, 1633
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 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
- 176 x 122 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423983
- Record
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., juvenilia or certaine paradoxes and problemes. london: printed by e[lizabeth]. p[urslowe]. for henry seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the tygers head, in st. pauls church-yard, 1633. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423983.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., juvenilia or certaine paradoxes and problemes. london: printed by e[lizabeth]. p[urslowe]. for henry seyle, and are to be sold at the signe of the tygers head, in st. pauls church-yard, 1633. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 275. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423983.
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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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| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | xxvi sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine jo | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | a sermon upon the xv. verse of the xx. chapter of the booke | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | polydoron: or a miscellania of morall, philosophicall, and t | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Hemingway, Ernest. 1899-1961. | Two Christmas Tales. [Berkeley, CA]: The Hart Press, 1959. | Bonhams, Aug 2022 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | letters to several persons of honour. london: printed by j. | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Hemingway, Ernest. 1899-1961. | For Whom the Bell Tolls, first edition, New York: Charles Sc | Bonhams, Nov 2022 |
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