Daniel Giraud Elliot
A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats, 1883
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 74
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 74
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Daniel Giraud Elliot
A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats. [London:] printed for the subscribers, by the author, 1883
FIRST EDITION, folio (600 x 470mm.), list of plates, 43 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Smit after J. Wolf, printed by M. and N. Hanhart, green three-quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, upper wrappers to 11 original parts bound in at end, occasional spotting
"Among the best illustrated of the numerous treatises by Elliot" (Wood). The fine plates in this volume are the result of painstaking research by Elliot, who trawled the collections of museums in America, Britain and Europe. After an exhaustive survey of the previous literature, Elliot found it necessary to rationalise the taxonomy of the cat family, and reduced the amount of recognised species by about a third.
LITERATURE:
Nissen ZBI 1279; Wood, p.332;
A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats. [London:] printed for the subscribers, by the author, 1883
FIRST EDITION, folio (600 x 470mm.), list of plates, 43 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Smit after J. Wolf, printed by M. and N. Hanhart, green three-quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, upper wrappers to 11 original parts bound in at end, occasional spotting
"Among the best illustrated of the numerous treatises by Elliot" (Wood). The fine plates in this volume are the result of painstaking research by Elliot, who trawled the collections of museums in America, Britain and Europe. After an exhaustive survey of the previous literature, Elliot found it necessary to rationalise the taxonomy of the cat family, and reduced the amount of recognised species by about a third.
LITERATURE:
Nissen ZBI 1279; Wood, p.332;
A top price for Daniel Giraud Elliot
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 A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats, 1883 by Daniel Giraud Elliot. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 40,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 40,320.00 (€ 47,432.64). With this result, A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats, 1883 is even the most expensive work of art by Daniel Giraud Elliot that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Daniel Giraud Elliot
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 A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats, 1883 von Daniel Giraud Elliot zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 40.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 40.320,00 (€ 47.432,64) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist A monograph of the felidae or family of the cats, 1883 sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Daniel Giraud Elliot, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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