![John Gould - The Birds of Australia, [1840-] 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement](/images/john-gould_the-birds-of-australia-1840-1848-1869-8-volumes-including-supplement_AID711784.jpg?f=grey)
John Gould
The Birds of Australia, [1840-] 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 88
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 88
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 302.400 GBP
Price realised: 302.400 GBP
Description
John Gould
The Birds of Australia. London: Taylor and Francis for the author, [1840-] 1848-1869
FIRST EDITION, 8 volumes including Supplement, folio (525 x 362mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 681 hand-coloured lithographed plates by John and Elizabeth Gould or by Gould and H.C. Richter, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, 3 plates double-page, contemporary brown morocco gilt by Wickwar, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, occasional spotting and offsetting, dampstaining affecting a few plates, one caption cropped, tissue repair to recto of 'Splendid Parakeet', final gathering of Volume VI beginning to split, two marks to upper cover of Volume VI, extremities slightly rubbed
The Birds of Australia. London: Taylor and Francis for the author, [1840-] 1848-1869
FIRST EDITION, 8 volumes including Supplement, folio (525 x 362mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 681 hand-coloured lithographed plates by John and Elizabeth Gould or by Gould and H.C. Richter, printed by Hullmandel & Walton, 3 plates double-page, contemporary brown morocco gilt by Wickwar, edges gilt, marbled endpapers, occasional spotting and offsetting, dampstaining affecting a few plates, one caption cropped, tissue repair to recto of 'Splendid Parakeet', final gathering of Volume VI beginning to split, two marks to upper cover of Volume VI, extremities slightly rubbed
A top price for John Gould
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 The Birds of Australia, 1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement by John Gould. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 302,400.00 (€ 355,744.81), 51% above the upper estimate. This high result makes The Birds of Australia, 1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement the most expensive artwork by John Gould that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Gould
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 The Birds of Australia, 1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement von John Gould zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 302.400,00 (€ 355.744,81) und damit 51% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Birds of Australia, 1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von John Gould, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
John Gould - Auction history
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![John Gould - The Mammals of Australia, London, [1845-] 1863, 3 volumes, contemporary green morocco gilt](/images/john-gould_the-mammals-of-australia-london-1845-1863-3-volumes-contemporary-green-morocco-gilt_AID711789_320x320.jpg)
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![John Gould - The Birds of Australia, [1840-] 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement](/images/john-gould_the-birds-of-australia-1840-1848-1869-8-volumes-including-supplement_AID711784_320x320.jpg)
![John Gould - The birds of Australia [suppressed parts], 1837-1838](/images/john-gould_the-birds-of-australia-suppressed-parts-1837-1838_AID711782_320x320.jpg)
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