John White
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1790
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 238
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 238
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
John White
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions. London: J. Debrett, 1790
FIRST EDITION, 4to (292 X 231 mm .), engraved title-page vignette, list of subscribers, 65 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, red and green morocco labels in second and fourth compartments, upper board detached
“White’s Journal is of key importance to any collection of Australiana and is essential to a collection of Foundation books" (Wantrup, p. 78). John White was surgeon general to the settlement of New South Wales and sailed with the First Fleet. His account makes good some omissions in that of Governor Phillip, and is the best of the early descriptions of the natural history of the colony.
LITERATURE:
Ferguson 97; Hill (2004) 1858; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17
PROVENANCE:
Bookplate of the Earls of Durham, Lampton Castle
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions. London: J. Debrett, 1790
FIRST EDITION, 4to (292 X 231 mm .), engraved title-page vignette, list of subscribers, 65 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary brown calf, spine gilt, red and green morocco labels in second and fourth compartments, upper board detached
“White’s Journal is of key importance to any collection of Australiana and is essential to a collection of Foundation books" (Wantrup, p. 78). John White was surgeon general to the settlement of New South Wales and sailed with the First Fleet. His account makes good some omissions in that of Governor Phillip, and is the best of the early descriptions of the natural history of the colony.
LITERATURE:
Ferguson 97; Hill (2004) 1858; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17
PROVENANCE:
Bookplate of the Earls of Durham, Lampton Castle
Upper estimate price exceeded by 26 %.
The work Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1790 by John White 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 5,040.00 (€ 5,929.08), 26% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John White - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sketches of some of the Various Classes and Tribes inhabiting the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the Interior of South Africa, which sold at auction in October 2015 for GBP 11,250.00 (€ 15,735.94).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 26 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1790 von John White 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 5.040,00 (€ 5.929,08) und damit 26% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von John White mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sketches of some of the Various Classes and Tribes inhabiting the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the Interior of South Africa beobachtet, die im Oktober 2015 für GBP 11.250,00 (€ 15.735,94) versteigert wurde.
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