Lot 54
- 54
D'Oyly, Charles, Sir, and Christopher Webb Smith
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- Indian Dead Game. [Patna:] Behar Lithographic Press, [1830]
- Paper, ink, leather
Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.; 262 x 394 mm). 6 mounted handcolored lithographed plates after D'Oyly and Smith by the Behar Lithographic Press, all on india paper mounted to album leaves; a little bit of staining to mounts. Early. possibly original, front stiff wrapper with mounted lithographed title label; label worn and restored with loss, rear wrapper replaced, some soiling and creasing, rebacked, album leaves on recent linen guards.
Provenance
Christie's, 17 April 1986, lot 338 — Unidentified armorial bookplate from Zollikon, Switzerland — Bonham's New York, 10 October 2012, lot 2071
Literature
Schwerdt II:163; not in Abbey
Condition
Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.; 262 x 394 mm). 6 mounted handcolored lithographed plates after D'Oyly and Smith by the Behar Lithographic Press, all on india paper mounted to album leaves; a little bit of staining to mounts. Early. possibly original, front stiff wrapper with mounted lithographed title label; label worn and restored with loss, rear wrapper replaced, some soiling and creasing, rebacked, album leaves on recent linen guards.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE RAREST AND FINEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE BEHAR AMATEUR LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS. The plates are superbly rendered and colored and anticipate in subject and quality the finest work of Édouard Traviès. The present is the only copy that can be traced in the Anglo-American auction records since 1957, and the work was lacking from the collections of both J. R. Abbey and H. Bradley Martin.