John Hill
Eden, or a compleat body of gardening, London, 1757, modern red morocco
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 109
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 109
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
[John Hill]
Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening. Containing plain and familiar directions for raising the several useful products of a garden, fruits, roots, and herbage... London: for T. Osborne. T. Trye, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, 1757
Folio (427 x 251mm.), hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, crushed red morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges, title-page and frontispiece slightly worn and repaired, frontispiece laid down
This comprehensive and practical work on plants and gardening is arranged chronologically, reflecting its original publication in weekly parts, costing sixpence each from 28 August 1756 until 16 November 1757. The whole work was then published in November 1757 with a title-page and frontispiece, mentioning a Mr Hale but not John Hill, who signs the preface; Hill was a controversial character and this may have been a way to avoid alienating potential readers.
LITERATURE:
Cleveland Herbal 442; Nissen BBI 880
Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening. Containing plain and familiar directions for raising the several useful products of a garden, fruits, roots, and herbage... London: for T. Osborne. T. Trye, S. Crowder and H. Woodgate, 1757
Folio (427 x 251mm.), hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, crushed red morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt edges, title-page and frontispiece slightly worn and repaired, frontispiece laid down
This comprehensive and practical work on plants and gardening is arranged chronologically, reflecting its original publication in weekly parts, costing sixpence each from 28 August 1756 until 16 November 1757. The whole work was then published in November 1757 with a title-page and frontispiece, mentioning a Mr Hale but not John Hill, who signs the preface; Hill was a controversial character and this may have been a way to avoid alienating potential readers.
LITERATURE:
Cleveland Herbal 442; Nissen BBI 880
A top price for John Hill
The work Eden, or a compleat body of gardening, London, 1757, modern red morocco by John Hill was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May last year. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 6,300.00 (€ 7,411.35). With this result, Eden, or a compleat body of gardening, London, 1757, modern red morocco is even the most expensive work of art by John Hill that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Hill
Die Arbeit Eden, or a compleat body of gardening, London, 1757, modern red morocco von John Hill kam im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 6.300,00 (€ 7.411,35) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Eden, or a compleat body of gardening, London, 1757, modern red morocco sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Hill, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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