![John Gould - The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes](/images/john-gould_the-birds-of-europe-1832-1837-5-volumes_AID711781.jpg?f=grey)
John Gould
The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 85
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 85
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 40.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 69.300 GBP
Price realised: 69.300 GBP
Description
John Gould
The Birds of Europe. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, [1832-] 1837
FIRST EDITION, 5 volumes, folio (531 x 354mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, list of plates, 448 hand-coloured lithographed plates, the majority drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould from sketches and designs by the author, the remainder drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear, some heightened with white or gum Arabic, printed by C. Hullmandel, contemporary maroon morocco with central cloth panel, spines gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, scattered spotting and browning at extremities, repaired closed tear to one leaf in Volume 2
Gould's second major work, The Birds of Europe, was published in twenty-two parts over five years between 1832 and 1837. This work is notable for the contribution of Edward Lear, who produced 67 of the plates. As Isabella Tree notes "in volume Lear's contribution may not have been prolific, but its impact was revelatory. Lear's participation transformed the work of Mrs Gould, which in the Himalayan Birds was little more than a continuation of eighteenth-century productions, into dynamic and expressive works of art. Like an ornithological Michelangelo he propelled her limited sense of perspective into the third dimension" (Isabella Tree, The Ruling Passion of John Gould, p. 43).
For more information about Gould, please refer to Lot 88.
LITERATURE:
Anker 169; Fine Bird Books, p. 77; Nissen IVB 371; Sauer 2; Wood, p. 364
The Birds of Europe. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, [1832-] 1837
FIRST EDITION, 5 volumes, folio (531 x 354mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, list of plates, 448 hand-coloured lithographed plates, the majority drawn and lithographed by Elizabeth Gould from sketches and designs by the author, the remainder drawn and lithographed by Edward Lear, some heightened with white or gum Arabic, printed by C. Hullmandel, contemporary maroon morocco with central cloth panel, spines gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, scattered spotting and browning at extremities, repaired closed tear to one leaf in Volume 2
Gould's second major work, The Birds of Europe, was published in twenty-two parts over five years between 1832 and 1837. This work is notable for the contribution of Edward Lear, who produced 67 of the plates. As Isabella Tree notes "in volume Lear's contribution may not have been prolific, but its impact was revelatory. Lear's participation transformed the work of Mrs Gould, which in the Himalayan Birds was little more than a continuation of eighteenth-century productions, into dynamic and expressive works of art. Like an ornithological Michelangelo he propelled her limited sense of perspective into the third dimension" (Isabella Tree, The Ruling Passion of John Gould, p. 43).
For more information about Gould, please refer to Lot 88.
LITERATURE:
Anker 169; Fine Bird Books, p. 77; Nissen IVB 371; Sauer 2; Wood, p. 364
Upper estimate price exceeded by 39 %.
The work The Birds of Europe, 1832- 1837, 5 volumes by John Gould was sold in the The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I auction at Sothebys in London in May last year. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 69,300.00 (€ 81,524.85), 39% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by John Gould have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Birds of Australia, [1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement|AID711784] in May last year with an auction result of GBP 302,400.00 (€ 355,744.81).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 39 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Birds of Europe, 1832- 1837, 5 volumes von John Gould wurde im Mai letzten Jahres in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 69.300,00 (€ 81.524,85) und damit 39% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Gould auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Birds of Australia, [1840- 1848-1869, 8 volumes including Supplement|AID711784] im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 302.400,00 (€ 355.744,81).
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