MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) - A major collection of rare early English literature is slated to be sold at a December auction in New York City.

Sotheby's will offer the 16th and 17th century material by leading book collector and New York financier Robert Pirie on Dec. 2-5.The 1,500-volume collection is expected to bring more than $15 million.Focused on the Elizabethan and post-Shakespeare periods, it includes works by Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and John Donne.Highlights include a rare copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," with a presale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.A copy of King Charles I's bound third folio edition of the King James Bible is estimated to bring $50,000 to $70,000.Highlights will be on view in London Oct. 3-6.