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Lot 1056 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

here begyneth a littel tome and hathe to name the lincolne nosegay beynge a brefe table of certaine bokes in the possession of maister thomas frognall dibdin clerk. which bookes be to be sold to him who shal gyue the moste for ye same. london: printed by w. bulmer and co. cleveland-row, st. james's, [1814]

Thomas Frognall Dibdin

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Estimate
$15,000–$25,000 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
183 x 120 mm
Record ID
TB-2026-4426407
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, here begyneth a littel tome and hathe to name the lincolne nosegay beynge a brefe table of certaine bokes in the possession of maister thomas frognall dibdin clerk. which bookes be to be sold to him who shal gyue the moste for ye same. london: printed by w. bulmer and co. cleveland-row, st. james's, [1814]. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1056. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426407.

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Thomas Frognall Dibdin, here begyneth a littel tome and hathe to name the lincolne nosegay beynge a brefe table of certaine bokes in the possession of maister thomas frognall dibdin clerk. which bookes be to be sold to him who shal gyue the moste for ye same. london: printed by w. bulmer and co. cleveland-row, st. james's, [1814]. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 1056. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426407.

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From the same sale Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts · Dec 2015

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