Lot 257 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
polydoron: or a miscellania of morall, philosophicall, and theologicall sentences. london: printed by tho. cotes for george gibbes dwelling in popes-head alley at the signe of the flower de luce, 1631 — the auncient history of the septuagint. written in greeke, by aristeus 1900. yeares since. of his voyage to hierusalem, as ambassador from ptolomeus philadelphus, unto eleazer then pontiffe of the jewes. concerning the first translation of the holy bible, by the 72. interpreters. … newly done into english by j. done. london: printed by n.okes, 1633
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- Estimate
- $1,200–$1,800 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
- 8 x 3 in
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4424602
- Record
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., polydoron: or a miscellania of morall, philosophicall, and theologicall sentences. london: printed by tho. cotes for george gibbes dwelling in popes-head alley at the signe of the flower de luce, 1631 — the auncient history of the septuagint. written in greeke, by aristeus 1900. yeares since. of his voyage to hierusalem, as ambassador from ptolomeus philadelphus, unto eleazer then pontiffe of the jewes. concerning the first translation of the holy bible, by the 72. interpreters. … newly done into english by j. done. london: printed by n.okes, 1633. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 257. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424602.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., polydoron: or a miscellania of morall, philosophicall, and theologicall sentences. london: printed by tho. cotes for george gibbes dwelling in popes-head alley at the signe of the flower de luce, 1631 — the auncient history of the septuagint. written in greeke, by aristeus 1900. yeares since. of his voyage to hierusalem, as ambassador from ptolomeus philadelphus, unto eleazer then pontiffe of the jewes. concerning the first translation of the holy bible, by the 72. interpreters. … newly done into english by j. done. london: printed by n.okes, 1633. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 257. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424602.
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|---|---|---|---|
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