Lot 270 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknesse. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. and are to be sold by richard royston in ivie lane, 1638
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 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
- 109 x 54 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4426073
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknesse. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. and are to be sold by richard royston in ivie lane, 1638. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 270. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426073.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknesse. london: printed by a[ugustine]. m[athewes]. and are to be sold by richard royston in ivie lane, 1638. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 270. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426073.
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | five volumes | $8,125 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | |
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: pr | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
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| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | deaths duell, or, a consolation to the soule, against the dy | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | three sermons upon speciall occasions. london: printed for t | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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