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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

Thomas Frognall Dibdin

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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
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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

LotArtistEstimateResult
A Volume of Six Tracts $5,000–$7,000
Establishment Book $8,000–$10,000
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Speech adjourning the House of Commons Charles II $500–$700
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