Lot 286 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
poems, &c. by john donne, late dean of st. pauls. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand, never before printed. [london:] in the savoy, printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for harry herringman, at the sign of the anchor, in the lower walk-way of the new-exchange, 1669
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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
- 166 x 105 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4426093
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., poems, &c. by john donne, late dean of st. pauls. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand, never before printed. [london:] in the savoy, printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for harry herringman, at the sign of the anchor, in the lower walk-way of the new-exchange, 1669. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 286. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426093.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., poems, &c. by john donne, late dean of st. pauls. with elegies on the authors death. to which is added divers copies under his own hand, never before printed. [london:] in the savoy, printed by t[homas]. n[ewcomb]. for harry herringman, at the sign of the anchor, in the lower walk-way of the new-exchange, 1669. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 286. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426093.
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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. | lxxx sermons. london: printed [by miles flesher] for richard | $3,500 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | |
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my | 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. | deaths duell, or, a consolation to the soule, against the dy | 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. | paradoxes, problemes, essayes, characters … to which is adde | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | letters to severall persons of honour. london: printed by j. | 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.