Robert Sweet
The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 225
6. May - 18. May 2022
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I, Lot 225
6. May - 18. May 2022
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.560 GBP
Price realised: 7.560 GBP
Description
Robert Sweet
The British Flower Garden; Containing Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental and Curious Hardy Flowering Plants, Including Annuals, Biennials, & Perennials... London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823-1838
FIRST EDITION, 7 volumes, 8vo (234 x 142 mm.), 712 hand-coloured engraved plates (7 folding) by Weddell, F.W. Smith, and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart, and others, contemporary brown calf, rebacked, Volume I: small tear to lower/outer margin of B2 text leaf (not affecting text), a few plates shaved at outer margin
LITERATURE:
Dunthorne 293; Great Flower Books, p. 77; Nissen BBI 1923; Stafleu TL2 13.545
The British Flower Garden; Containing Coloured Figures & Descriptions of the Most Ornamental and Curious Hardy Flowering Plants, Including Annuals, Biennials, & Perennials... London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823-1838
FIRST EDITION, 7 volumes, 8vo (234 x 142 mm.), 712 hand-coloured engraved plates (7 folding) by Weddell, F.W. Smith, and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart, and others, contemporary brown calf, rebacked, Volume I: small tear to lower/outer margin of B2 text leaf (not affecting text), a few plates shaved at outer margin
LITERATURE:
Dunthorne 293; Great Flower Books, p. 77; Nissen BBI 1923; Stafleu TL2 13.545
A top price for Robert Sweet
The work The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes by Robert Sweet was worth GBP 7,560.00 (€ 8,893.62) to a buyer in May last year. This price was achieved in the auction The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 2,000.00 many times over. This high result makes The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes the most expensive artwork by Robert Sweet that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Robert Sweet
Die Arbeit The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes von Robert Sweet war einem Käufer im Mai letzten Jahres GBP 7.560,00 (€ 8.893,62) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part I bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The British Flower Garden, 1823-1838, 7 volumes zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Robert Sweet, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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