Lot 177 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
[the workes of geffray chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere.] (printed at london: by thomas godfray, the yere of our lord m.d.xxxii)
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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 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
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4424956
- Record
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Geoffrey Chaucer, [the workes of geffray chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere.] (printed at london: by thomas godfray, the yere of our lord m.d.xxxii). Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 177. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424956.
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Geoffrey Chaucer, [the workes of geffray chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before: as in the table more playnly dothe appere.] (printed at london: by thomas godfray, the yere of our lord m.d.xxxii). Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 177. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4424956.
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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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| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, barnaby rudge, 1841, first separate edition, presen | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, posthumous papers of the pickwick club, 1837, prese | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, oliver twist, 1841, third edition, presentation cop | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, mrs. gamp,1868, author's annotated reading copy, in | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, sketches by boz, first and second series, 1836-1837 | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, david copperfield, 1850, presentation copy inscribe | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 |
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