Jean-Jacques Rousseau
La Botanique, Paris, 1821, with additional watercolour illustrations, the Hoe copy
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 191
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 191
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.320 GBP
Price realised: 40.320 GBP
Description
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
La Botanique. Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1821
Folio (346 x 258mm.), 65 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, after Redouté, printed by Langlois, 52 pages decorated with additional marginal watercolour illustrations, 3 additional watercolour portraits (of Rousseau, after La Tour, of Madame Gautier, and of Madame Delessert), additional engraved portrait (of 'J. J. Rousseau Herborisant'), green morocco gilt by Belz-Niedrée, spine with raised bands in six compartments, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, upper hinge cracked, some plates cropped at lower and outer margins (not affecting illustrations)
A unique copy, extra-illustrated with 3 watercolour portraits and 52 pages ornamented with floral and other designs in watercolour.
LITERATURE:
Dunthorne 252; Great Flower Books, p. 134; Nissen BBI 1688; Stafleu TL2 9688
PROVENANCE:
Book label of Robert Hoe III; The Anderson Auction Company, Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York, Part I: L-Z, 1 May 1911, lot 2818
La Botanique. Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1821
Folio (346 x 258mm.), 65 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, after Redouté, printed by Langlois, 52 pages decorated with additional marginal watercolour illustrations, 3 additional watercolour portraits (of Rousseau, after La Tour, of Madame Gautier, and of Madame Delessert), additional engraved portrait (of 'J. J. Rousseau Herborisant'), green morocco gilt by Belz-Niedrée, spine with raised bands in six compartments, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, upper hinge cracked, some plates cropped at lower and outer margins (not affecting illustrations)
A unique copy, extra-illustrated with 3 watercolour portraits and 52 pages ornamented with floral and other designs in watercolour.
LITERATURE:
Dunthorne 252; Great Flower Books, p. 134; Nissen BBI 1688; Stafleu TL2 9688
PROVENANCE:
Book label of Robert Hoe III; The Anderson Auction Company, Catalogue of the Library of Robert Hoe of New York, Part I: L-Z, 1 May 1911, lot 2818
A top price for Jean Jacques Rousseau
The work La Botanique, Paris, 1821, with additional watercolour illustrations, the Hoe copy by Jean Jacques Rousseau was worth GBP 40,320.00 (€ 47,432.64) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 9,000.00 many times over. This high result makes La Botanique, Paris, 1821, with additional watercolour illustrations, the Hoe copy the most expensive artwork by Jean Jacques Rousseau that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean Jacques Rousseau
Die Arbeit La Botanique, Paris, 1821, with additional watercolour illustrations, the Hoe copy von Jean Jacques Rousseau war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres GBP 40.320,00 (€ 47.432,64) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 9.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht La Botanique, Paris, 1821, with additional watercolour illustrations, the Hoe copy zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean Jacques Rousseau, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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