Lot 41 · Fine Books & Manuscripts
the friend; a literary, moral, and political weekly paper, excluding personal and party politics, and the events of the day. numbers 1-27, and one unnumbered issue [28 total all issued]. penrith: printed and published by j. brown, 1 june 1809-15 march 1810.
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- $7,000–$9,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Books & Manuscripts, New York · 14 June 2016
- Dimensions
- 28 numbers bound in one volume, 8vo (257 x 156 mm). Uncut; lower corner repaired. Full blue morocco, gilt
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4490336
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4490336 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4490336
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the friend; a literary, moral, and political weekly paper, excluding personal and party politics, and the events of the day. numbers 1-27, and one unnumbered issue [28 total all issued]. penrith: printed and published by j. brown, 1 june 1809-15 march 1810. Sotheby's, 14 Jun 2016, lot 41. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4490336.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4490336.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the friend; a literary, moral, and political weekly paper, excluding personal and party politics, and the events of the day. numbers 1-27, and one unnumbered issue [28 total all issued]. penrith: printed and published by j. brown, 1 june 1809-15 march 1810. Sotheby's, 14 Jun 2016, lot 41. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4490336.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale Fine Books & Manuscripts · Jun 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| an important archive of the swiss sculptor including two autograph le… | — | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| joseph and his brethren. london: chatto and windus, 1876. | — | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Furmer, Bernardus. | — | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| poems. j.r. collected 1850. london: spottiswood and shaw, 1850. | — | $8,000–$10,000 | |
| prometheus unbound. a lyrical drama in four acts, with other poems. l… | — | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| the golden treasury of the best songs and lyrical poems in the englis… | — | $5,000–$8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | coleridge, samuel taylor | christabel: kubla khan, a vision; | $5,000 | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | the plot discovered; or an address to the people, against mi | Sotheby's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | the fall of robespierre. cambridge: printed by benjamin flow | Sotheby's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | sibylline leaves: a collection of poems. rest fenner, 1817 | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | autograph manuscript note, signed | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | the watchman. numbers i-x [all issued]. bristol: "published | Sotheby's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | christabel: kubla khan, a vision; the pains of sleep. london | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | poems on various subjects. for c.g. and j. robinson, and j. | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 |
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.