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Lot 103 · Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

ar’t asleepe husband? a boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of philocles and doriclea. by philogenes panedonius. london: printed by r. bishop, for r[ichard]. b[est]. or his assignes, 1640

Richard Brathwaite

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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
8 x 4 in
Record ID
TB-2026-4427917
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Richard Brathwaite, ar’t asleepe husband? a boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of philocles and doriclea. by philogenes panedonius. london: printed by r. bishop, for r[ichard]. b[est]. or his assignes, 1640. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4427917.

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Richard Brathwaite, ar’t asleepe husband? a boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages; extracted, from the choicest flowers of philosophy, poesy, antient and moderne history. illustrated with examples of incomparable constancy, in the excellent history of philocles and doriclea. by philogenes panedonius. london: printed by r. bishop, for r[ichard]. b[est]. or his assignes, 1640. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2015, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4427917.

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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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