Daniel Giraud Elliot
A monograph of the pittidae, 1893-1895, red morocco gilt
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 75
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 75
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.080 GBP
Price realised: 10.080 GBP
Description
Daniel Giraud Elliot
A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893-1895
Second edition, revised and expanded, folio (577 x 370mm.), 51 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Elliot, P. Oudart, J.G. Keulemans, W. Hart and Maupert, double-page letterpress table, red morocco gilt by Riviere, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, occasional spotting, dampstain to plate 17 ("Pitta Brachyura"), ringstain to recto of plate 24 (not visible on illustration), one small closed tear, extremities lightly bumped
THE REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. The original monograph, which was published between 1861 and 1863, contained plates and descriptions of 31 species. For the present edition, Elliot completely rewrote the text and Hart and Keulemans produced several new drawings.
In the preface to the present edition, Elliot writes of his love of this particular subject and of his enjoyment in revisiting it ("It is not often that one returns to his first love and finds her, after many years, more beautiful than ever..."). His work includes examples of species from Borneo, Nepal, Ceylon, the Philippines, New Guinea and Cambodia.
LITERATURE:
Fine Bird Books, p. 74; Nissen IVB 292; Zimmer, p. 208
A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893-1895
Second edition, revised and expanded, folio (577 x 370mm.), 51 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Elliot, P. Oudart, J.G. Keulemans, W. Hart and Maupert, double-page letterpress table, red morocco gilt by Riviere, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, occasional spotting, dampstain to plate 17 ("Pitta Brachyura"), ringstain to recto of plate 24 (not visible on illustration), one small closed tear, extremities lightly bumped
THE REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. The original monograph, which was published between 1861 and 1863, contained plates and descriptions of 31 species. For the present edition, Elliot completely rewrote the text and Hart and Keulemans produced several new drawings.
In the preface to the present edition, Elliot writes of his love of this particular subject and of his enjoyment in revisiting it ("It is not often that one returns to his first love and finds her, after many years, more beautiful than ever..."). His work includes examples of species from Borneo, Nepal, Ceylon, the Philippines, New Guinea and Cambodia.
LITERATURE:
Fine Bird Books, p. 74; Nissen IVB 292; Zimmer, p. 208
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
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 pittidae, 1893-1895, red morocco gilt by Daniel Giraud Elliot. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 10,080.00 (€ 11,858.16), 26% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Daniel Giraud Elliot - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A monograph of the paradiseidae, or family of birds of paradise, 1873, which sold at auction in May last year for GBP 40,320.00 (€ 47,432.64).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % 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 A monograph of the pittidae, 1893-1895, red morocco gilt von Daniel Giraud Elliot zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 10.080,00 (€ 11.858,16) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Daniel Giraud Elliot mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A monograph of the paradiseidae, or family of birds of paradise, 1873 beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für GBP 40.320,00 (€ 47.432,64) versteigert wurde.
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