- 7
Brookshaw, George
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Brookshaw, George
- A New Treatise on Flower Painting, or Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master [Supplement to the Treatise on Flower Painting]. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown [and others], 1816 [plates watermarked 1814-1817; text watermarked 1816-1814], Supplement 1817 [watermarks 1817]
- paper
2 parts in one volume, quarto (280 x 220mm.), uncoloured engraved plate of practice strokes, 12 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates, the first 11 of these also present in a second uncoloured state, the final plate faced by an uncoloured pencil version on early paper (25 plates in total), 8 text pages with integral hand-coloured examples of tints, the Supplement with 8 stipple-engraved plates in two states, hand-coloured and plain, later green straight-grained half morocco gilt in period style, [cf. Dunthorne 52 (1818 edition of the first work); Henrey III, cf.518 (1816 edition) and 520; cf. Lowndes I, p.284 (mentions the Treatise with a Supplement); cf. Nissen BBI 246 (1818 edition of the first work)]
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The Supplement is particularly rare: only one edition is known and only the Plesch copy is recorded as having sold at auction. The present volume includes a hitherto unrecorded variant of the first work, dated 1816 but issued in 1817, probably to accompany the brand new Supplement (as here). Brookshaw paired the coloured and uncoloured plates intending that the coloured plates should be used as models by the aspiring artist to colour the facing page. The present examples avoided that fate, although, intriguingly, one of the uncoloured plates is executed in pencil rather than being printed.