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Joseph Wolf
Zoological Sketches, [1856-] 1861-1867, 2 volumes of loose plates in red morocco-backed boxes
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 243
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 243
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 12.600 GBP
Price realised: 12.600 GBP
Description
Joseph Wolf
Zoological Sketches by J.W. made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park, edited with notes by Philip Lutley Sclater. London: Henry Graves and Company, 1861-1867
2 volumes, folio (584 x 435 mm.), lithographed frontispiece (volume 1), hand-coloured lithographed title-pages, letterpress title-pages, list of subscribers, lists of plates, 100 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf, plates with gilt-lettered captions, loose in contemporary red morocco-backed box, spotting (mostly at prelims, some light spotting affecting plates), dampstain to plate XLV 'The Great Bustard' and to verso of corresponding explanatory text leaf, some leaves frayed at margins or with small marginal closed tears (not affecting illustrations or text), morocco-backed boxes bumped at extremities, box for volume I becoming fragile
An exceptional collection of 100 plates after Wolf’s drawings, commissioned by the Zoological Society in 1852 and depicting the various species from the society’s vivarium in Regent’s Park. Joseph Wolf was already established as the illustrator of choice for figures including John Gould and David Livingstone and Charles Darwin, and the brief given was to produce “an accurate artistic record of the living form and expression of the many rare species of animals which exist from time to time in the menagerie”.
LITERATURE:
Anker 539; Fine Bird Books, p. 115; Nissen IVB 1012; Wood, p. 633
Zoological Sketches by J.W. made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park, edited with notes by Philip Lutley Sclater. London: Henry Graves and Company, 1861-1867
2 volumes, folio (584 x 435 mm.), lithographed frontispiece (volume 1), hand-coloured lithographed title-pages, letterpress title-pages, list of subscribers, lists of plates, 100 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf, plates with gilt-lettered captions, loose in contemporary red morocco-backed box, spotting (mostly at prelims, some light spotting affecting plates), dampstain to plate XLV 'The Great Bustard' and to verso of corresponding explanatory text leaf, some leaves frayed at margins or with small marginal closed tears (not affecting illustrations or text), morocco-backed boxes bumped at extremities, box for volume I becoming fragile
An exceptional collection of 100 plates after Wolf’s drawings, commissioned by the Zoological Society in 1852 and depicting the various species from the society’s vivarium in Regent’s Park. Joseph Wolf was already established as the illustrator of choice for figures including John Gould and David Livingstone and Charles Darwin, and the brief given was to produce “an accurate artistic record of the living form and expression of the many rare species of animals which exist from time to time in the menagerie”.
LITERATURE:
Anker 539; Fine Bird Books, p. 115; Nissen IVB 1012; Wood, p. 633
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Zoological Sketches, 1856- 1861-1867, 2 volumes of loose plates in red morocco-backed boxes by Joseph Wolf 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 price achieved of GBP 12,600.00 (€ 14,822.70) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Admittedly, works by Joseph Wolf have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work 120 original drawings of animals in May last year with an auction result of GBP 119,700.00 (€ 140,815.66).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Zoological Sketches, 1856- 1861-1867, 2 volumes of loose plates in red morocco-backed boxes von Joseph Wolf wurde im Mai letzten Jahres in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 12.600,00 (€ 14.822,70) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Joseph Wolf auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit 120 original drawings of animals im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 119.700,00 (€ 140.815,66).
Joseph Wolf - Auction history
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