Le Rouge, Georges Louis
Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional Contenant Les Details Des Differentes Provinces, De Ce Vaste Continent. Traduit Des Cartes Levées Par Ordre Du Gouvernement Britannique. Par Le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography, Lot 112
17. Jan - 17. Jan 2018
Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography, Lot 112
17. Jan - 17. Jan 2018
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Price realised: 68.750 USD
Description
Le Rouge, Georges Louis
ATLAS AMERIQUAIN SEPTENTRIONAL CONTENANT LES DETAILS DES DIFFERENTES PROVINCES, DE CE VASTE CONTINENT. TRADUIT DES CARTES LEVÉES PAR ORDRE DU GOUVERNEMENT BRITANNIQUE. PAR LE MAJOR HOLLAND, EVANS, SCULL, MOUZON, ROSS, COOK, LANE, GILBERT, GARDNER, HILLOCK &C. &C. PARIS: CHEZ LE ROUGE, 1778
Engraved frontispiece depicting William Penn meeting with the Indians after Benjamin West, engraved title incorporating table of contents. ILLUSTRATION: 17 engraved maps (9 double-page, 8 folding, 14 with period hand-coloring in outline), maps numbered in contemporary manuscript.
Folio (21 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.; 535 x 400 mm). BINDING: Expertly bound to style in 18th century Russia over contemporary marbled paper covered boards, flat spine in seven compartments divided by gilt rules, brown morocco lettering piece in the second compartment. PROVENANCE: Unidentified European ink stamp on title with Royal arms — Leander van Ess (1772-1847, bookplate on verso of title)
Expert repairs to lower left margins, clean splits to folds of a few maps.
ATLAS AMERIQUAIN SEPTENTRIONAL CONTENANT LES DETAILS DES DIFFERENTES PROVINCES, DE CE VASTE CONTINENT. TRADUIT DES CARTES LEVÉES PAR ORDRE DU GOUVERNEMENT BRITANNIQUE. PAR LE MAJOR HOLLAND, EVANS, SCULL, MOUZON, ROSS, COOK, LANE, GILBERT, GARDNER, HILLOCK &C. &C. PARIS: CHEZ LE ROUGE, 1778
Engraved frontispiece depicting William Penn meeting with the Indians after Benjamin West, engraved title incorporating table of contents. ILLUSTRATION: 17 engraved maps (9 double-page, 8 folding, 14 with period hand-coloring in outline), maps numbered in contemporary manuscript.
Folio (21 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.; 535 x 400 mm). BINDING: Expertly bound to style in 18th century Russia over contemporary marbled paper covered boards, flat spine in seven compartments divided by gilt rules, brown morocco lettering piece in the second compartment. PROVENANCE: Unidentified European ink stamp on title with Royal arms — Leander van Ess (1772-1847, bookplate on verso of title)
Expert repairs to lower left margins, clean splits to folds of a few maps.
A top price for Georges Louis Le Rouge - as previously expected
The work Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional Contenant Les Details Des Differentes Provinces, De Ce Vaste Continent. Traduit Des Cartes Levées Par Ordre Du Gouvernement Britannique. Par Le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock by Georges Louis Le Rouge was sold in the Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2018. The price achieved of USD 68,750.00 (€ 55,318.64) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional Contenant Les Details Des Differentes Provinces, De Ce Vaste Continent. Traduit Des Cartes Levées Par Ordre Du Gouvernement Britannique. Par Le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock is the most expensive artwork by Georges Louis Le Rouge that we have observed at auctions s
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional Contenant Les Details Des Differentes Provinces, De Ce Vaste Continent. Traduit Des Cartes Levées Par Ordre Du Gouvernement Britannique. Par Le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock von Georges Louis Le Rouge wurde im Januar 2018 in der Auktion Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 68.750,00 (€ 55.318,64) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 60.000,00 – 80.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional Contenant Les Details Des Differentes Provinces, De Ce Vaste Continent. Traduit Des Cartes Levées Par Ordre Du Gouvernement Britannique. Par Le Major Holland, Evans, Scull, Mouzon, Ross, Cook, Lane, Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock das teuerste Kunstwerk von Georges Louis
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