Lot 1066 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
a roland for an oliver or brief remarks upon the preface and notes of g.a. crapelet, attached to his translation of the thirtieth letter of the bibliographical, antiquarian, and picturesque tour. london: printed at the shakespeare press, by w. bulmer and w. nicol, 1821
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 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
- Large 8vo (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 271 x 174 mm). Half-title. Roxburghe binding (as the other copies): red boards, roan backstrip lettered in gilt; binding scuffed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4426011
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, a roland for an oliver or brief remarks upon the preface and notes of g.a. crapelet, attached to his translation of the thirtieth letter of the bibliographical, antiquarian, and picturesque tour. london: printed at the shakespeare press, by w. bulmer and w. nicol, 1821. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1066. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426011.
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, a roland for an oliver or brief remarks upon the preface and notes of g.a. crapelet, attached to his translation of the thirtieth letter of the bibliographical, antiquarian, and picturesque tour. london: printed at the shakespeare press, by w. bulmer and w. nicol, 1821. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1066. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426011.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in Franc | $8,125 | Bonhams, Jun 2013 | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | bibliotheca steevensiana. a catalogue of the curious and val | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | poems by t.f. dibdin. london: printed for the author, 1797 — | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | collection of dibdin's works bound in one volume with a cont | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Johnson, Samuel. 1709-1784. | A Dictionary of the English Language. London: W. Strahan for | Christie's, Dec 2023 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discour | Bonhams, Jun 2013 | ||
| Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. | The Poems of William Shakespeare. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Pr | Bonhams, Dec 2024 | ||
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin | collection of seventeen autograph letters signed | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.