Johann Theodor de Bry
Florilegium renovatum et auctum, Frankfurt, 1641, coloured plates, calf gilt
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 35
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 35
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 107.100 GBP
Price realised: 107.100 GBP
Description
Johann Theodor de Bry
Florilegium renovatum et auctum. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1641 (-1644)
Folio (308 x 197mm.), additional engraved title-page, double-page engraved plate of the large garden of Johannes Schwindt (the dedicatee) in Frankfurt, 175 (of 176) engraved plates (numbered 1-32 and 1-142, final plate unnumbered, of which 6 double-page), all hand-coloured and enhanced with liquid gold, later manuscript index on 7 pages bound in after title-page, coloured drawing of a cyclamen on blank after plate 71, 4 leaves of drawings of fruits and seeds at end, blank interleavings throughout (with watermark of a foolscap and countermark DV, close to Piccard DE8085-PO-211569, dated 1659), old manuscript pagination (including blank leaves), contemporary calf gilt (the centrepiece older than the roll-tooled borders), rebacked retaining original gilt spine with later green morocco lettering-piece "Florum cultura", lacking letterpress title and all 6 text leaves (containing dedication, preface and a brief description of the garden), lacking plate 50 (of irises), title-page colouring pa
Florilegium renovatum et auctum. Frankfurt: Matthias Merian, 1641 (-1644)
Folio (308 x 197mm.), additional engraved title-page, double-page engraved plate of the large garden of Johannes Schwindt (the dedicatee) in Frankfurt, 175 (of 176) engraved plates (numbered 1-32 and 1-142, final plate unnumbered, of which 6 double-page), all hand-coloured and enhanced with liquid gold, later manuscript index on 7 pages bound in after title-page, coloured drawing of a cyclamen on blank after plate 71, 4 leaves of drawings of fruits and seeds at end, blank interleavings throughout (with watermark of a foolscap and countermark DV, close to Piccard DE8085-PO-211569, dated 1659), old manuscript pagination (including blank leaves), contemporary calf gilt (the centrepiece older than the roll-tooled borders), rebacked retaining original gilt spine with later green morocco lettering-piece "Florum cultura", lacking letterpress title and all 6 text leaves (containing dedication, preface and a brief description of the garden), lacking plate 50 (of irises), title-page colouring pa
A top price for Jan Theodor de Bry - as previously expected
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 Florilegium renovatum et auctum, Frankfurt, 1641, coloured plates, calf gilt by Jan Theodor de Bry. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 100,000.00 – 150,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 107,100.00 (€ 125,992.95) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Florilegium renovatum et auctum, Frankfurt, 1641, coloured plates, calf gilt is the most expensive artwork by Jan Theodor de Bry that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
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 Florilegium renovatum et auctum, Frankfurt, 1641, coloured plates, calf gilt von Jan Theodor de Bry zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 107.100,00 (€ 125.992,95) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Florilegium renovatum et auctum, Frankfurt, 1641, coloured plates, calf gilt das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jan Theodor de Bry, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jan Theodor de Bry - Auction history
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