Lot 279 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts
poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1635
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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 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
- 143 x 90 mm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4426412
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1635. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 279. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426412.
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Donne, John. 1573-1631., poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: printed by m[iles]. f[lesher]. for john marriot, and are to be sold at his shop in st dunstans church-yard in fleet-street, 1635. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 279. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4426412.
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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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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | Poems . London: M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1633. | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | poems, by j.d. with elegies on the authors death. london: pr | Sotheby's, Oct 2016 | ||
| Donne, John. 1573-1631. | essayes in divinity … being several disquisitions, interwove | 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. | 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 | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 |
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