Louis Pierre Vieillot
Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs..., Paris, 1805
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 234
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 234
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.340 GBP
Price realised: 11.340 GBP
Description
Louis Pierre Vieillot
Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride. Paris: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, 1805
folio (521 x 332 mm.), large paper copy, half-title, title, 72 fine engraved plates by L. Bouquet after J.G. Pretre, printed in colours by Langlois and finished by hand, contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, slight spotting, spine faded
This finely produced work was issued in twelve livraisons from 1805 onwards, but the date of completion is uncertain. It contains descriptions and figures of tropical finches, weaverbirds, and tanagers, the prints being similar in style to those of Audebert and Desmarest.
LITERATURE:
Anker 514; Fine Bird Books, p. 112; Nissen IVB 956; Wood, p. 612; Zimmer, p. 654
PROVENANCE:
Armorial stamp of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831) (Stamp 1)
Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride. Paris: J.E. Gabriel Dufour, 1805
folio (521 x 332 mm.), large paper copy, half-title, title, 72 fine engraved plates by L. Bouquet after J.G. Pretre, printed in colours by Langlois and finished by hand, contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, slight spotting, spine faded
This finely produced work was issued in twelve livraisons from 1805 onwards, but the date of completion is uncertain. It contains descriptions and figures of tropical finches, weaverbirds, and tanagers, the prints being similar in style to those of Audebert and Desmarest.
LITERATURE:
Anker 514; Fine Bird Books, p. 112; Nissen IVB 956; Wood, p. 612; Zimmer, p. 654
PROVENANCE:
Armorial stamp of John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831) (Stamp 1)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs..., Paris, 1805 by Louis Pierre Vieillot was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May last year. It changed hands for a price of GBP 11,340.00 (€ 13,340.43) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. Other works by Louis Pierre Vieillot have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in May last year the work Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 [-1808, 2 volumes|AID711708] was auctioned for GBP 18,900.00 (€ 22,234.05).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Histoire naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs..., Paris, 1805 von Louis Pierre Vieillot kam im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 11.340,00 (€ 13.340,43) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 8.000,00 – 12.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Louis Pierre Vieillot konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Mai letzten Jahres die Arbeit Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Paris, 1807 [-1808, 2 volumes|AID711708] für GBP 18.900,00 (€ 22.234,05) versteigert.
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