Samuel Birmann
Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix
Found at
Christies,
London
Exploration and Travel, Lot 213
26. Sep - 27. Sep 2007
Exploration and Travel, Lot 213
26. Sep - 27. Sep 2007
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
SAMUEL BIRMANN (1793-1847)
Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix. Basle: Birmann et fils, 1826. 2° (465 x 310mm). Engraved title, 25 hand-coloured aquatint views after S. Birmann, folding lithographic panorama of Bréven after Birmann, 2 in-text engraved diagrammatic keys. Deckle edges. (Faint damp-stain in bottom margins, very occasional light scattered spotting and soiling in the margins.) Contemporary green half-morocco, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt (old repair on spine-foot, repair on spine-head, extremities rubbed, joints starting, upper board lightly scuffed). Provenance: George Rouiller's English and French Reading Room Circulating Library, Lausanne (large engraved bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, A TALL, HAND-COLOURED COPY. The Mont Blanc forms the heart of Birmann's picturesque voyage, and his aquatints include a number of fine views of Western Europe's highest mountain -- from Sallenche, Prieuré, Servoz, the Courtil, and near the Lac de Chède. Brunet lists three issues -- one on 'papier de Chîne' (as this one), one on 'grand papier anglais', and one on 'Whatman, figures coloriées avec soin'. RARE: ABPC records only one copy selling at auction in over 30 years. Brunet I, 954; Lonchamp 338 (incorrectly noting 26 plates).
Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix. Basle: Birmann et fils, 1826. 2° (465 x 310mm). Engraved title, 25 hand-coloured aquatint views after S. Birmann, folding lithographic panorama of Bréven after Birmann, 2 in-text engraved diagrammatic keys. Deckle edges. (Faint damp-stain in bottom margins, very occasional light scattered spotting and soiling in the margins.) Contemporary green half-morocco, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt (old repair on spine-foot, repair on spine-head, extremities rubbed, joints starting, upper board lightly scuffed). Provenance: George Rouiller's English and French Reading Room Circulating Library, Lausanne (large engraved bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, A TALL, HAND-COLOURED COPY. The Mont Blanc forms the heart of Birmann's picturesque voyage, and his aquatints include a number of fine views of Western Europe's highest mountain -- from Sallenche, Prieuré, Servoz, the Courtil, and near the Lac de Chède. Brunet lists three issues -- one on 'papier de Chîne' (as this one), one on 'grand papier anglais', and one on 'Whatman, figures coloriées avec soin'. RARE: ABPC records only one copy selling at auction in over 30 years. Brunet I, 954; Lonchamp 338 (incorrectly noting 26 plates).
A top price for Samuel Birmann
The work Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix by Samuel Birmann was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2007. It achieved a price of GBP 14,900.00 (€ 21,365.50), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 49%. With this result, Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix is even the most expensive work of art by Samuel Birmann that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Samuel Birmann
Die Arbeit Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix von Samuel Birmann kam im September 2007 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 14.900,00 (€ 21.365,50) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 49%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Samuel Birmann, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Samuel Birmann - Auction history
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