John Latham
A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1821-1828, 11 volumes in 10
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 129
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 129
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
John Latham
A general history of birds. Winchester: Jacob and Johnson for the author, 1821-1828
11 volumes in 10 (index bound in volume 10), 4to (271 x 210mm.), 193 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Latham, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, near contemporary green morocco elaborately gilt with ornithological motifs, spine in six compartments with raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, light scattered spotting, missing corner of Volume II, pp. 139-140 (not affecting text), extremities lightly rubbed
Revised and expanded second edition. Latham undertook this revision of his General Synopsis of Birds (1781-85) at the age of eighty. It incorporated the matter of his earlier published Supplement with his main work and added entirely new plates and text as well.
LITERATURE:
Fine Bird Books, p. 87; McGill/Wood, p. 427; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer, p. 376
PROVENANCE:
Charles Douglas Halford (1793-1865), bookplate
A general history of birds. Winchester: Jacob and Johnson for the author, 1821-1828
11 volumes in 10 (index bound in volume 10), 4to (271 x 210mm.), 193 hand-coloured etched plates by and after Latham, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, near contemporary green morocco elaborately gilt with ornithological motifs, spine in six compartments with raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, edges gilt, light scattered spotting, missing corner of Volume II, pp. 139-140 (not affecting text), extremities lightly rubbed
Revised and expanded second edition. Latham undertook this revision of his General Synopsis of Birds (1781-85) at the age of eighty. It incorporated the matter of his earlier published Supplement with his main work and added entirely new plates and text as well.
LITERATURE:
Fine Bird Books, p. 87; McGill/Wood, p. 427; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer, p. 376
PROVENANCE:
Charles Douglas Halford (1793-1865), bookplate
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
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 A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1821-1828, 11 volumes in 10 by John Latham. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 8,190.00 (€ 9,634.76). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Latham achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Triptych 1954 in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 79,250.00 (€ 100,688.02).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
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 A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1821-1828, 11 volumes in 10 von John Latham zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 8.190,00 (€ 9.634,76) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Latham erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Triptych 1954 im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 79.250,00 (€ 100.688,02).
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