Lot 58 · English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
defoe, conjugal lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom, 1727, rare first issue
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,787–$16,180
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations, London · 9 July 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4757622
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731., defoe, conjugal lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom, 1727, rare first issue. Sotheby's, 9 Jul 2019, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4757622.
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Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731., defoe, conjugal lewdness, or matrimonial whoredom, 1727, rare first issue. Sotheby's, 9 Jul 2019, lot 58. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4757622.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| potter, seven volumes, comprising larger format books, 1905-1909 | Potter, Beatrix. 1866-1943. | £800–£1,200 | |
| barrie--rackham, the peter pan portfolio, [1912] | Rackham, Arthur--[barrie, J.m.] | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| mao, [quotations of chairman mao], 1964 | Mao Tse Tung | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| winston churchill, a cigarette case once owned by him, 1907 | — | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| travers, mary poppins comes back, 1935, inscribed to mrs henry moriss | P.l. Travers | £2,000–£2,500 | |
| carr, a month in the country, 1990, deluxe binding | — | £800–£1,200 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. | La Vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoë. Paris, An VIII - | $8,043 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
| Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. | la vie et les avantures de robinson crusoé.paris, veuve panc | Sotheby's, Nov 2011 | ||
| Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. | the life and strange surprizing adventures of robinson cruso | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. | A collection of poems, in two volumes; being all the miscell | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, david copperfield, 1850, first edition in book form | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. | shakespeare, william. the tragedy of richard the third... fr | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Wilde, Oscar. 1854-1900. | Autograph letter signed (‘Oscar Wilde’) to Miss [Blanche] Me | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Defoe, Daniel. 1660-1731. | the life and strange surprizing adventures of robinson cruso | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 |
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.