Peter Brown

New Illustrations of Zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. London: B. White, 1776. 4° (295 x 230mm). Titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved

Found at Christies, London
Travel, Science and Natural History, Lot 1
24. Apr - 24. Apr 2013
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
PETER BROWN (fl. 1766-91)
New Illustrations of Zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. London: B. White, 1776. 4° (295 x 230mm). Titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates after the author. Contemporary calf, gilt borders on panels, marbled edges (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (1740-1820), bookplate.
FIRST EDITION WITH FINE PLATES. The work is principally based on specimens in the natural history collections of Marmaduke Tunstall and Thomas Pennant, but also includes plates after drawings by the Ceylonese artist P.C. de Bevere in Java and Ceylon. Forty-two of the plates depict birds, 5 mammals, 2 insects and one an amphibian. Much of the text was supplied by Pennant, who had previously employed Brown for two of the plates in his British Zoology, whilst the work was published by Gilbert White's brother, Benjamin. Brown was also known as a flower painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1770 to 1791. Nissen IVB, 151; Wood p.264; Zimmer pp101-102.

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work New Illustrations of Zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. London: B. White, 1776. 4° (295 x 230mm). Titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved by Peter Brown was sold in the Travel, Science and Natural History auction at Christies in London in April 2013. The price achieved of GBP 2,500.00 (€ 2,950.14) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Peter Brown achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Twelve botanical studies of exotic plants: Limonium sinuatum statice with peacock butterfly, Nicotiana tabacum tobacco, Camellia japonica camellia, Hippeastrum vittatum striped amaryllis, Passiflora quadrangularis granadilla, Clematis florida 'Plena' doub in July 20

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit New Illustrations of Zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious, and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. London: B. White, 1776. 4° (295 x 230mm). Titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved von Peter Brown wurde im April 2013 in der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 2.500,00 (€ 2.950,14) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Peter Brown erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit [Twelve botanical studies of exotic plants: Limonium sinuatum statice with peacock butterfly, Nicotiana tabacum tobacco, Camellia japonica camellia, Hippeastrum vittatum striped amaryllis, Passiflora quadrangularis granadilla, Cle

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