Peter Brown
New illustrations of zoology, London, 1776, green morocco
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 33
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 33
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.032 GBP
Price realised: 4.032 GBP
Description
Peter Brown
New illustrations of zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. Together with a short and scientific description of the same. London: [William Bowyer and John Nichols] for B. White, 1776
FIRST EDITION, 4to (299 x 229mm.), parallel text in French and English, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, gilt edges, upper joint cracking at head, head of lower joint slightly torn
A FINE COPY of Brown's bird, animal and insect illustrations, with brief descriptions of their appearance (mostly by Thomas Pennant); the specimens were drawn from the collections of Marmaduke Tunstall, James Lee, the British Museum and the Royal Society. (The publisher, Benjamin White, was the brother of Gilbert White).
LITERATURE:
Anker 72; ESTC T143948; Fine Bird Books, p. 62; Nissen IVB 151; Zimmer, p. 101; Wood, p. 264
New illustrations of zoology, containing fifty coloured plates of new, curious and non-descript birds, with a few quadrupeds, reptiles and insects. Together with a short and scientific description of the same. London: [William Bowyer and John Nichols] for B. White, 1776
FIRST EDITION, 4to (299 x 229mm.), parallel text in French and English, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained green morocco, gilt edges, upper joint cracking at head, head of lower joint slightly torn
A FINE COPY of Brown's bird, animal and insect illustrations, with brief descriptions of their appearance (mostly by Thomas Pennant); the specimens were drawn from the collections of Marmaduke Tunstall, James Lee, the British Museum and the Royal Society. (The publisher, Benjamin White, was the brother of Gilbert White).
LITERATURE:
Anker 72; ESTC T143948; Fine Bird Books, p. 62; Nissen IVB 151; Zimmer, p. 101; Wood, p. 264
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work New illustrations of zoology, London, 1776, green morocco by Peter Brown was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May last year. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 4,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 4,032.00 (€ 4,743.26). 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 2020 with an auction result of GBP 52,500.00 (€ 58,559.7
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit New illustrations of zoology, London, 1776, green morocco von Peter Brown kam im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 4.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 4.032,00 (€ 4.743,26) einen neuen Besitzer. 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, Clematis florida 'Plena' doub im Juli 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 52.500,00 (€ 58.559,75).
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