Joseph Dalton Hooker
Illustrations of Himalayan plants, London, 1855, original boards
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 113
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 113
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Price realised: 8.820 GBP
Description
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Illustrations of Himalayan plants chiefly selected from drawings made by the late J.F. Cathcart Esq.re of the Bengal Civil Service. The descriptions and analyses by J.D. Hooker... the plates executed by W.H. Fitch. London: Lowell Reeve, 1855
Folio (507 x 369mm.), half-title, hand-coloured lithographed title, 24 coloured lithographed plates, original printed boards reproducing the lithographed title, rebacked with black morocco, boards rubbed and scraped
Hooker was the renowned director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, as well as a seasoned traveller and plant hunter. He travelled to India and the Himalayas in 1848-1851, becoming the first European to collect plants in the Himalayas. Some of the plants he named after people he met in India; Magnolia Campbellii was named for Archibald Campbell of the East India Company, and both Hodgsonia heteroclita and Talauma Hodgsoni for Brian Houghton Hodgson, a naturalist and linguist living in India. John Ferguson Cathcart, whose illustrations commissioned from local artists were the basis for Fitch's plates, was recognised by Michela Cathcarti. Hooker's account of his travels was published as Himalayan Journals, dedicated to his friend Charles Darwin.
LITERATURE:
Great Flower Books, p. 60; Nissen BBI 910
Illustrations of Himalayan plants chiefly selected from drawings made by the late J.F. Cathcart Esq.re of the Bengal Civil Service. The descriptions and analyses by J.D. Hooker... the plates executed by W.H. Fitch. London: Lowell Reeve, 1855
Folio (507 x 369mm.), half-title, hand-coloured lithographed title, 24 coloured lithographed plates, original printed boards reproducing the lithographed title, rebacked with black morocco, boards rubbed and scraped
Hooker was the renowned director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, as well as a seasoned traveller and plant hunter. He travelled to India and the Himalayas in 1848-1851, becoming the first European to collect plants in the Himalayas. Some of the plants he named after people he met in India; Magnolia Campbellii was named for Archibald Campbell of the East India Company, and both Hodgsonia heteroclita and Talauma Hodgsoni for Brian Houghton Hodgson, a naturalist and linguist living in India. John Ferguson Cathcart, whose illustrations commissioned from local artists were the basis for Fitch's plates, was recognised by Michela Cathcarti. Hooker's account of his travels was published as Himalayan Journals, dedicated to his friend Charles Darwin.
LITERATURE:
Great Flower Books, p. 60; Nissen BBI 910
A top price for Joseph Dalton Hooker
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 Illustrations of Himalayan plants, London, 1855, original boards by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 8,820.00 (€ 10,375.89). With this result, Illustrations of Himalayan plants, London, 1855, original boards is even the most expensive work of art by Joseph Dalton Hooker that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Joseph Dalton Hooker
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 Illustrations of Himalayan plants, London, 1855, original boards von Joseph Dalton Hooker zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 8.820,00 (€ 10.375,89) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Illustrations of Himalayan plants, London, 1855, original boards sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Joseph Dalton Hooker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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