Robert Sweet
Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania, 1820-1830, 5 volumes (including supplement)
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 223
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 223
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.788 GBP
Price realised: 4.788 GBP
Description
Robert Sweet
Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania. London: James Ridgway, 1820-1830
FIRST EDITION, 5 volumes (including supplement), 8vo (232 x 142 mm.), 500 hand-coloured engraved plates By S. Watts after E.D. Smith and M. Hart, contemporary brown diced calf rebacked, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, some transfer from plates onto facing text leaves
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 1926; Stafleu TL2 13.543
PROVENANCE:
Bookplate of Thomas Daniell
Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania. London: James Ridgway, 1820-1830
FIRST EDITION, 5 volumes (including supplement), 8vo (232 x 142 mm.), 500 hand-coloured engraved plates By S. Watts after E.D. Smith and M. Hart, contemporary brown diced calf rebacked, sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers, some transfer from plates onto facing text leaves
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 1926; Stafleu TL2 13.543
PROVENANCE:
Bookplate of Thomas Daniell
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Robert Sweet achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in May last year. In the The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I auction, the work Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania, 1820-1830, 5 volumes (including supplement) sold for GBP 4,788.00 (€ 5,632.63) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Robert Sweet; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of GBP 7,560.00 (€ 8,893.62).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Robert Sweet erzielte im Mai letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I wurde die Arbeit Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania, 1820-1830, 5 volumes (including supplement) für GBP 4.788,00 (€ 5.632,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Robert Sweet; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 7.560,00 (€ 8.893,62).
Robert Sweet - Auction history
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