Benjamin Heyne
Unknown
Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP
Price realised: 375 GBP
Price realised: 375 GBP
Description
BENJAMIN HEYNE (1770-1819)
Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India. London: C. Baltwin, 1814. 4° (275 x 230mm). Engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved geological maps hand-coloured in outline and 4 engraved plates of which one hand-colored. (Occasional soiling, spotting and browning, small tear to folding map.) Original boards, uncut edges (sometime rebacked in red cloth, extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Sir Clive Milnes-Coates of Helperby (1879-1971, ownership inscription and book label).
FIRST EDITION of Heyne's major work. He was a Scottish surgeon, naturalist and botanist whom joined the service of the British East India Company in 1793. He was assigned as botanist to Samalkot in southeast India where a fundamental task was dealing with malaria.
Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India. London: C. Baltwin, 1814. 4° (275 x 230mm). Engraved frontispiece, 2 folding engraved geological maps hand-coloured in outline and 4 engraved plates of which one hand-colored. (Occasional soiling, spotting and browning, small tear to folding map.) Original boards, uncut edges (sometime rebacked in red cloth, extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Sir Clive Milnes-Coates of Helperby (1879-1971, ownership inscription and book label).
FIRST EDITION of Heyne's major work. He was a Scottish surgeon, naturalist and botanist whom joined the service of the British East India Company in 1793. He was assigned as botanist to Samalkot in southeast India where a fundamental task was dealing with malaria.
Despite a disappointment, a good price for Benjamin Heyne
This work of art by Benjamin Heyne could be acquired at Christies in London in October 2012 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Travel, Science and Natural History auction, the work Unknown changed hands for GBP 375.00 (€ 466.25) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 400.00 – 600.00. Despite this disappointing result, Unknown is the most expensive artwork by Benjamin Heyne that we have observed at auction so far.
Trotz Enttäuschung ein guter Preis für Benjamin Heyne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Benjamin Heyne konnte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History wechselte die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 375,00 (€ 466,25) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 400,00 – 600,00. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist Unknown das teuerste Kunstwerk von Benjamin Heyne, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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