ID 1105733
Lot 99 | ALBIN, Eleazar (fl.1713-59)
Valeur estimée
£ 3 500 – 4 500
Insectorum Angliae naturalis historia. London: William Innys, 1731. [With:] – A Natural History of Birds. London: William Innys and Richard Manby, 1738-1740.
Uniformly bound set of Albin’s works in contemporary tree calf, including his extremely rare first Latin edition of his publication on lepidoptera, and the first edition of the ’earliest coloured book on British Birds’ (Fine Bird Books). Little is known about Albin’s origins, however in the preface to his 1720 publication Natural History of English Insects, he offers some insight into his background, writing: ‘Teaching to Draw and Paint in Water-Colours, being my Profession, first led me to the observing of Flowers and Insects, with whose various Forms and beautiful Colours I was very much delighted; especially the latter, several of which I painted after the Life, for my own Pleasure’. The plates in the Insects volume illustrates the complete lifecycle of the given butterfly species and details their preferred plant. RBH records just two copies of this Latin edition of the Insects sold in the last 50 years. Insects: Lisney 121.Nissen ZBI 59; Birds: Great Bird Books (1990) p.71); Nissen IVB 15.
2 works in 4 volumes, quarto (292 x 225mm). Insects: title with engraved vignette and 100 hand-coloured engraved plates, wood-engraved capital and tailpieces (45mm clean tear to plate XIV, occasional spotting and browning confined to margins). Birds: 3 vols. 305 (only, of 306) hand-coloured engraved plates, woodcut capitals and tailpieces (vol. 2 lacking final index leaf, vol. 3 lacking plate 72, occasional staining, spotting and browning throughout, especially in vol. 2). Uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, covers with narrow gilt Greek-key borders, gilt flat spines with red and green morocco gilt labels, marbled endpapers (rubbed with joints splitting, front cover to Insects almost detached, vol. 3 of birds with covers detached, corners bumped). Provenance: John McTaggart (engraved armorial bookplates).
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aperçu |
| ||||
| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | ||||
| Commission | see on Website | ||||
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |
Déposer un ordre
Déposer un ordre par téléphone Ordre
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
Votre ordre: £ 3 500
Téléphones pour la communication:
+34827387, +232346832
C'est votre offre maximale qui est transmise à la maison des ventes aux enchères. Si l'offre maximale est plus en haut que le prix limite de l'article, le commissaire-priseur offrira pour vous jusqu'à la hauteur de l'offre maximale.
C'est votre enchère maximale, qui est transmise à la maison de vente aux enchères. Si l'enchère maximale est plus haut que le prix minimal de l'article, le commissaire-priseur offrira pour vous jusqu'à la hauteur de l'enchère maximale.
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
Erreur ordre
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
Вы уже сделали ставку в € 40 000 и ставка принята аукционным домом. Если вы хотите ее уменьшить, то обратитесь напрямую в администрацию аукционного дома.
Erreur ordre
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
Вы не можете делать ставки в данном АД, т.к. были внесены в черный список.
Déposer un ordre
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
Autobid est prêt
| Numéro de lot | 99 |
|---|---|
| Maison de vente aux enchères | CHRISTIE'S |
| Date de l'enchère | 13.12.2023 |
