![Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot - Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l\'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 [-1808], 2 volumes](/images/louis-jean-pierre-vieillot_histoire-naturelle-des-oiseaux-de-lamerique-septentrionale-paris-1807-1808-2-volumes_AID711708.jpg?f=grey)
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 [-1808], 2 volumes
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 235
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 235
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.900 GBP
Price realised: 18.900 GBP
Description
Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois. Paris: Desray, 1807 [-1808]
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (525 x 352 mm.), 131 engraved plates after J.G. Prêtre by L. Bouquet, printed in colours by Langlois and finished by hand, modern green half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, leaves uncut, marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, some transfer from illustrations onto facing leaves, spines faded to brown
A classic of American ornithology. The present work contains descriptions of many North American birds, some of which predate those of Alexander Wilson. Vieillot, along with Wilson, was a pioneer in a new kind of ornithology in which birds were no longer assessed as specimens and skins but studied as living organisms within their environment. "Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot was one of the more discerning ornithologists who gave particular study to female, immature and seasonal plumages" (Allen).
Some copies are recorded with a double-page engraved map of North America not present in this copy.
LITERATURE:
Allen 549-552; Anker 515; Fine Bird Books, p. 112; McGill/Wood, p. 612; Nissen IVB 957; Zimmer pp. 654-655
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, contenant un grand nombre d'espèces décrites ou figurées pour la première fois. Paris: Desray, 1807 [-1808]
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (525 x 352 mm.), 131 engraved plates after J.G. Prêtre by L. Bouquet, printed in colours by Langlois and finished by hand, modern green half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, leaves uncut, marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, some transfer from illustrations onto facing leaves, spines faded to brown
A classic of American ornithology. The present work contains descriptions of many North American birds, some of which predate those of Alexander Wilson. Vieillot, along with Wilson, was a pioneer in a new kind of ornithology in which birds were no longer assessed as specimens and skins but studied as living organisms within their environment. "Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot was one of the more discerning ornithologists who gave particular study to female, immature and seasonal plumages" (Allen).
Some copies are recorded with a double-page engraved map of North America not present in this copy.
LITERATURE:
Allen 549-552; Anker 515; Fine Bird Books, p. 112; McGill/Wood, p. 612; Nissen IVB 957; Zimmer pp. 654-655
A top price for Louis Pierre Vieillot
The work Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 -1808, 2 volumes by Louis Pierre Vieillot was sold in the The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I auction at Sothebys in London in May last year. It achieved a price of GBP 18,900.00 (€ 22,234.05), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 26%. With this result, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 -1808, 2 volumes is even the most expensive work of art by Louis Pierre Vieillot that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Louis Pierre Vieillot
Die Arbeit Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 -1808, 2 volumes von Louis Pierre Vieillot wurde im Mai letzten Jahres in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 18.900,00 (€ 22.234,05) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 26%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 -1808, 2 volumes sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Louis Pierre Vieillot, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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