Frans Balthazar Solvyns
Unknown
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Description
FRANS BALTHAZAR SOLVYNS (1760-1824)
Les Hindoûs. Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1808-1812. 48 parts in 4 volumes, 2° (569 x 400mm). Text in English and French. Half-titles, 4 titles with hand-coloured etched vignettes of views and a portrait of Solvyns, 288 etched plates, partly printed in colour, partly hand-coloured, including 36 double-page plates. (Double-page plates backed with linen, spotted throughout, heaviest to vol. I and three double-page plates in vol. III, 2 plates and one text leaf in vol. II with very minor marginal tears without loss, pl.58 with irregularly wiped plate tone, 5 plates at the beginning of vol. II lightly creased at top corner.) Contemporary quarter calf over green marbled paper-covered boards, by Antoine Chaumont (Paris binder's ticket), gilt spines, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving original spines, edges and corners strengthened, extremities rubbed).
A RARE COLOURED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Arranged in sections, the four volumes illustrate the customs, festivals, occupations, caste system and costume of the Hindus, encompassing all social classes. The images are of tradesmen and their tools, princes, doctors (vol. I), dances, religious devotees, different types of musical instruments, customs associated with marriage and death (vol. II), types of boats, games, modes of transportation, games and various methods of smoking (vol. III), classes of domestic servant and native flora and fauna (vol. IV). The accompanying text provides explanations and descriptions of Hindu customs and habits, such as the rituals of religious ceremonies, meetings for conversation, servants' duties and the cultivation of plants for domestic use. A native of Antwerp, Balthazar Solvyns arrived in India in 1791. In 1792 He provided illustrations for a report Alexander Kyd's (the Surveyor-General in Calcutta) expedition to Penang and the Andaman Islands. Late
Les Hindoûs. Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1808-1812. 48 parts in 4 volumes, 2° (569 x 400mm). Text in English and French. Half-titles, 4 titles with hand-coloured etched vignettes of views and a portrait of Solvyns, 288 etched plates, partly printed in colour, partly hand-coloured, including 36 double-page plates. (Double-page plates backed with linen, spotted throughout, heaviest to vol. I and three double-page plates in vol. III, 2 plates and one text leaf in vol. II with very minor marginal tears without loss, pl.58 with irregularly wiped plate tone, 5 plates at the beginning of vol. II lightly creased at top corner.) Contemporary quarter calf over green marbled paper-covered boards, by Antoine Chaumont (Paris binder's ticket), gilt spines, marbled endpapers (rebacked, preserving original spines, edges and corners strengthened, extremities rubbed).
A RARE COLOURED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Arranged in sections, the four volumes illustrate the customs, festivals, occupations, caste system and costume of the Hindus, encompassing all social classes. The images are of tradesmen and their tools, princes, doctors (vol. I), dances, religious devotees, different types of musical instruments, customs associated with marriage and death (vol. II), types of boats, games, modes of transportation, games and various methods of smoking (vol. III), classes of domestic servant and native flora and fauna (vol. IV). The accompanying text provides explanations and descriptions of Hindu customs and habits, such as the rituals of religious ceremonies, meetings for conversation, servants' duties and the cultivation of plants for domestic use. A native of Antwerp, Balthazar Solvyns arrived in India in 1791. In 1792 He provided illustrations for a report Alexander Kyd's (the Surveyor-General in Calcutta) expedition to Penang and the Andaman Islands. Late
A top price for Balthazar Solvyns
This artwork by Balthazar Solvyns achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2012. In the Travel, Science and Natural History auction, the work Unknown sold for GBP 13,750.00 (€ 17,095.71) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00. This high result makes Unknown the most expensive artwork by Balthazar Solvyns that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Balthazar Solvyns
Dieses Kunstwerk von Balthazar Solvyns erzielte im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History wurde die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 13.750,00 (€ 17.095,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Unknown zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Balthazar Solvyns, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Balthazar Solvyns - Auction history
![Frans Balthazar Solvyns - The Costume of Hindostan. London: W. Bulmer for Edward Orme, 1804 [-1805] [plates watermarked 1802 and 1804]. 2° (362 x 249mm). Text in English and French, 4 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings and 56 hand-coloured line- or stipple-engraved plates by Scott](/images/frans-balthazar-solvyns_the-costume-of-hindostan-london-w-bulmer-for-edward-orme-1804-1805-plates-watermarked-1802-and-1804-2deg-362-x-249mm-text-in-english-and-french-4-hand-coloured-soft-ground-etchings-and-56-hand-coloured-line-or-stipple-engraved-plat_AID596950_320x320.jpg)
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