James Forbes
Unknown
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Description
JAMES FORBES (1749-1819)
Oriental Memoirs ... including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America. London: for the author by T. Bensley, 1813 [but Henry G. Bohn, c.1839]. 4 volumes, 4° (305 x 246mm). Engraved portrait and 121 plates of which 5 lithographic (3 hand-coloured) and the remainder engraved (23 hand-coloured). (Light spotting and browning throughout.) Contemporary maroon roan over pink cloth-covered boards, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed).
BOHN'S EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED REMAINDER ISSUE, collating almost identically as per Abbey's copy. Originally issued in 1813, at the time of the author's death in 1819, the unsold copies of Oriental Memoirs were deposited in a warehouse where some twenty years later they were rediscovered and reissued with an additional twenty-seven plates. These plates come from the remaindered stock of the quarto edition of the Daniells' Oriental Scenery (see lot 201). There is one discrepancy between Abbey's copy and the present lot: pl. 110 in the present work is 'Mausoleum of Kausim Solemanee at Chunar Gur' replacing 'The Charles Satoon on the Jumna side of the Fort of Allahabad'. Abbey Travel 436. (4)
Oriental Memoirs ... including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America. London: for the author by T. Bensley, 1813 [but Henry G. Bohn, c.1839]. 4 volumes, 4° (305 x 246mm). Engraved portrait and 121 plates of which 5 lithographic (3 hand-coloured) and the remainder engraved (23 hand-coloured). (Light spotting and browning throughout.) Contemporary maroon roan over pink cloth-covered boards, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed).
BOHN'S EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED REMAINDER ISSUE, collating almost identically as per Abbey's copy. Originally issued in 1813, at the time of the author's death in 1819, the unsold copies of Oriental Memoirs were deposited in a warehouse where some twenty years later they were rediscovered and reissued with an additional twenty-seven plates. These plates come from the remaindered stock of the quarto edition of the Daniells' Oriental Scenery (see lot 201). There is one discrepancy between Abbey's copy and the present lot: pl. 110 in the present work is 'Mausoleum of Kausim Solemanee at Chunar Gur' replacing 'The Charles Satoon on the Jumna side of the Fort of Allahabad'. Abbey Travel 436. (4)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
The work Unknown by James Forbes was auctioned at Christies in London in October 2012. It achieved a price of GBP 1,875.00 (€ 2,331.23), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. Admittedly, works by James Forbes have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mr Grant shooting near Rothes, on the Spey in May 2007 with an auction result of GBP 11,400.00 (€ 16,775.87).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Unknown von James Forbes kam im Oktober 2012 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 1.875,00 (€ 2.331,23) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von James Forbes auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mr Grant shooting near Rothes, on the Spey im Mai 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 11.400,00 (€ 16.775,87).
James Forbes - Auction history
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