Lot 296 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is added a book of epigrams … as also ignatius his conclave, a satyr. … london: printed by t:n: for humphrey moseley at the prince’s armes in st pauls churchyard, 1652 — essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t.m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstan’s church-yard fleet-street, 1651
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- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000 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
- 150 x 85 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4425980
- Record
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is added a book of epigrams … as also ignatius his conclave, a satyr. … london: printed by t:n: for humphrey moseley at the prince’s armes in st pauls churchyard, 1652 — essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t.m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstan’s church-yard fleet-street, 1651. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 296. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4425980.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is added a book of epigrams … as also ignatius his conclave, a satyr. … london: printed by t:n: for humphrey moseley at the prince’s armes in st pauls churchyard, 1652 — essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwoven with meditations and prayers: before he entred into holy orders. now made publick by his son j.d. london: printed by t.m. for richard marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstan’s church-yard fleet-street, 1651. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 296. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4425980.
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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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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | a sermon upon the xv. verse of the xx. chapter of the booke | $1,875 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | |
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | xxvi sermons preached by that learned and reverend divine jo | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | ignatius his conclave: or his inthronisation in a late elect | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | donne, poems, 1669 | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | letters to several persons of honour. london: printed by j. | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | six sermons upon severall occasions, preached before the kin | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | lxxx sermons. london: printed [by miles flesher] for richard | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Hemingway, Ernest. 1899-1961. | To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 193 | Bonhams, Aug 2022 |
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