Eleazar Albin
A natural history of English insects, 1735, contemporary calf
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 3
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 3
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.276 GBP
Price realised: 3.276 GBP
Description
Eleazar Albin
A Natural history of English insects. Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously engraven from life... to which are added, large notes, and many curious observations by W[illiam] Derham. London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1735
Fourth edition, 4to (285 x 225mm.), title-page with engraved vignette, dedication, list of subscribers, index leaf, 100 hand-coloured plates after Albin, contemporary mottled calf gilt, central foliate arabesque within wide border composed of flowers and crowns, red edges, spine ends slightly worn
LITERATURE:
Lisney 122; Nissen ZBI 58
PROVENANCE:
Sir John Barker, Bart, engraved armorial bookplate
A Natural history of English insects. Illustrated with a hundred copper plates, curiously engraven from life... to which are added, large notes, and many curious observations by W[illiam] Derham. London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1735
Fourth edition, 4to (285 x 225mm.), title-page with engraved vignette, dedication, list of subscribers, index leaf, 100 hand-coloured plates after Albin, contemporary mottled calf gilt, central foliate arabesque within wide border composed of flowers and crowns, red edges, spine ends slightly worn
LITERATURE:
Lisney 122; Nissen ZBI 58
PROVENANCE:
Sir John Barker, Bart, engraved armorial bookplate
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Eleazar Albin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May last year. In the The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I auction, the work A natural history of English insects, 1735, contemporary calf sold for GBP 3,276.00 (€ 3,853.90) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Eleazar Albin - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A natural history of birds [and A natural history of English insects, 1738-1749, 4 volumes, contemporary calf|AID711744], which sold at auction in May last year for GBP 12,600.00 (€ 14,822.70).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Eleazar Albin erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I wurde die Arbeit A natural history of English insects, 1735, contemporary calf für GBP 3.276,00 (€ 3.853,90) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Eleazar Albin mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A natural history of birds [and A natural history of English insects, 1738-1749, 4 volumes, contemporary calf|AID711744] beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für GBP 12.600,00 (€ 14.822,70) versteigert wurde.
Eleazar Albin - Auction history
![Eleazar Albin - A natural history of birds [and] A natural history of English insects, 1738-1749, 4 volumes, contemporary calf](/images/eleazar-albin_a-natural-history-of-birds-and-a-natural-history-of-english-insects-1738-1749-4-volumes-contemporary-calf_AID711744_320x320.jpg)
![Eleazar Albin - [Moths and Butterflies]: Two Plates](/images/eleazar-albin_moths-and-butterflies-two-plates_AID647199_320x320.jpg)
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