Marcus Elieser Bloch
Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Berlin: chez l'auteur, 1796. 6 vols 8° (210 x 126mm). Half-titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates, text for some plates printed in red. (Without half-title to vol. II, light spotting to half-title and ti
Found at
Christies,
London
Travel, Science & Natural History, Lot 2
10. Oct - 10. Oct 2013
Travel, Science & Natural History, Lot 2
10. Oct - 10. Oct 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
MARCUS ELIESER BLOCH (1723-1799)
Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Berlin: chez l'auteur, 1796. 6 vols 8° (210 x 126mm). Half-titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates, text for some plates printed in red. (Without half-title to vol. II, light spotting to half-title and title of vol. IV.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt rule border to covers, red and black morocco labels to spines, yellow edges (corners very lightly bumped, head- and tail-caps and joints rubbed, black morocco volume labels missing from vols II and IV). Provenance: Emily, Countess of Shelburne (book label to each volume).
THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION: A HANDSOME SET, with the plates bound as volumes five and six as published. 'One of the early and fundamental treatises on general ichthyology' (Wood). Bloch was born in Ansbach and studied medicine and the natural sciences; he practiced as a physician in Berlin, and while the Ichthyologie is rightly considered his masterpiece, he also wrote various other important scientific works. Cf. Wood p.244; cf. Nissen ZBI, 416.
Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Berlin: chez l'auteur, 1796. 6 vols 8° (210 x 126mm). Half-titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates, text for some plates printed in red. (Without half-title to vol. II, light spotting to half-title and title of vol. IV.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt rule border to covers, red and black morocco labels to spines, yellow edges (corners very lightly bumped, head- and tail-caps and joints rubbed, black morocco volume labels missing from vols II and IV). Provenance: Emily, Countess of Shelburne (book label to each volume).
THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION: A HANDSOME SET, with the plates bound as volumes five and six as published. 'One of the early and fundamental treatises on general ichthyology' (Wood). Bloch was born in Ansbach and studied medicine and the natural sciences; he practiced as a physician in Berlin, and while the Ichthyologie is rightly considered his masterpiece, he also wrote various other important scientific works. Cf. Wood p.244; cf. Nissen ZBI, 416.
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The work Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Berlin: chez l'auteur, 1796. 6 vols 8° (210 x 126mm). Half-titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates, text for some plates printed in red. (Without half-title to vol. II, light spotting to half-title and ti by Marcus Elieser Bloch was sold in the Travel, Science & Natural History auction at Christies in London in October 2013. The auction ended at the price of GBP 5,000.00 (€ 5,909.96), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Admittedly, works by Marcus Elieser Bloch have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work [Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Poissons. Avec des figures enluminées, dessinées d'après nature. Translated from the German by Jean-Charles Thibault de Laveux. Berlin: Louis Phillippe Wegner for the author and François de|A
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Die Arbeit Ichthyologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Berlin: chez l'auteur, 1796. 6 vols 8° (210 x 126mm). Half-titles, 216 hand-coloured engraved plates, text for some plates printed in red. (Without half-title to vol. II, light spotting to half-title and ti von Marcus Elieser Bloch wurde im Oktober 2013 in der Auktion Travel, Science & Natural History bei Christies in London versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 5.000,00 (€ 5.909,96) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Marcus Elieser Bloch auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit [Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Poissons. Avec des figures enluminées, dessinées d'après nature. Translated from the German by Jean-Charles Thibault de Laveux. Berlin: Louis Phillippe Wegner for the author and Franço
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