Abraham Munting
Phytographia curiosa, Amsterdam, 1702, contemporary calf
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 163
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 163
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Abraham Munting
Phytographia curiosa, exhibens arborum, fruticum, herbarum & florum icones... Pars prima (-secunda) [translated by Franz Kiggelaer]. Amsterdam and Leiden: François Halma and Pieter vander Aa, 1702
Folio (417 x 277mm.), half-title, additional engraved title-page, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication leaf, engraved headpieces, second engraved title and letterpress title to part 2 bound between pp. 24-25, 245 engraved plates, contemporary patterned calf, some dampstaining at beginning and end, tear to plate 162 (affecting image but without loss)
The first Latin edition of Munting's Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen of 1696 (see lot 162 for a hand-coloured copy), using the same plates, but without the descriptive text.
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 1429; STCN 298547600
PROVENANCE:
Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 3rd Bart (1692-1760), Melton Constable, Norfolk, eighteenth-century armorial bookplate
Phytographia curiosa, exhibens arborum, fruticum, herbarum & florum icones... Pars prima (-secunda) [translated by Franz Kiggelaer]. Amsterdam and Leiden: François Halma and Pieter vander Aa, 1702
Folio (417 x 277mm.), half-title, additional engraved title-page, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication leaf, engraved headpieces, second engraved title and letterpress title to part 2 bound between pp. 24-25, 245 engraved plates, contemporary patterned calf, some dampstaining at beginning and end, tear to plate 162 (affecting image but without loss)
The first Latin edition of Munting's Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen of 1696 (see lot 162 for a hand-coloured copy), using the same plates, but without the descriptive text.
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 1429; STCN 298547600
PROVENANCE:
Sir Jacob Henry Astley, 3rd Bart (1692-1760), Melton Constable, Norfolk, eighteenth-century armorial bookplate
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In May last year Sothebys in London held the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, which included the work Phytographia curiosa, Amsterdam, 1702, contemporary calf by Abraham Munting. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 8,190.00 (€ 9,634.76). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Abraham Munting achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Naauwkeurige Beschryving des Aardgewassen, Leiden, 1696, red morocco gilt in May last year with an auction result of GBP 100,800.00 (€ 118,581.60).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Phytographia curiosa, Amsterdam, 1702, contemporary calf von Abraham Munting zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 8.190,00 (€ 9.634,76) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Abraham Munting erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Naauwkeurige Beschryving des Aardgewassen, Leiden, 1696, red morocco gilt im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 100.800,00 (€ 118.581,60).
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