New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-22

SHAKESPEARE SoLD.-If one may Judge by the Bur
ton library sale the Bard of Avon stands nowhere in
sight of copper skinned Tommy In the esteem Of the
W. alth and ntellgs of NewYoIk. On the occas IN
Of that candalous ball given to the Aldermen and their
70 w6y friends under pretense of entertaining Tommy
and bis fellows more money was ofsrd by dozen oil
"our first cdzens FIR tickets than would have saved
the city from the shame of aowitg ali the edi
ors Of Shakespeare cold on Saturday to go back TO
ENGLAND. Not one Of the original folos-not one Of
tire very rare early ed ions Of single pays-not even
the Halliwell folio, in progrsss-was deemed of
the slightest importance. The mass Of books mp TO
Statperans bad gone to keepers OF stalls and second
hand shops aud it hoped that at the climax some
Of our rich men would do something for the credit OF
the city but they not thers,he seats held the
same men who came to buy Tom Jones aud the Wan
de,ipg Jews not one member of the theatrical profess
zion appeared not liberal patron of letors and the
only parties interested beyond the making OF fey
cents en- resale Of their purchases, few sorrow-
fol bibou aniacs too poor to purchase Poor Richards
Almanac. In the Language Of the discouraged auction
eer in view Of the lavish outlay of Thousands for
few hours discomfort the Princes ball, this delb.
crate sacrifice Of the best collection Of the kidd in
America was most disgrsce'ul" The earliest printed
play in the sale Periclss," London, 1875 sold
for $i8; goes TO London. liking john" 1922 S2ii
Henry w." 1859 slS 25i " Richard II 1854 s25i
another Henry " )" 1922, $751; Hamlet" 1857,
$l4 "O'h,llo," 1922 IS 25i "As You Like 1t 1923,
IS 81 " Tmon" 1873, ST. Garrck's " Romso and
Juliet" 177O, 81 %. aud so on, al for London.
OF the doubtful plays, Sir john Old;as'ls,"
1000, brought SIS So Lancaster and York. l6l9,
sl4j "Meiry Devil Of Edmonton" l6l7, $lli Fare
ms" 1881, $40. The folio Of 1923 printed by
JsegaId s Dlount fine copy, which cost Mr. Barton
f82 lIs., brought 1915, and goes to London. The
fe ,ond folio, 1852, $l27 30. same destinations thru
70 TO- 1900 partly reprint sos, also for England;
folio Of 1915, s65 for London. These we're followed
by about twenty editions mostly Eogtish, varyiog
from two 10 twelve VOLUMES, and bnuging an average
Of about 81 per volone, except yceis folio. pre-
sentsion copy illustrated. and very splendidy got mp,
which reached go Per volume. Boydels large Plates,
snpslior mp'estions, brought IS cents apiece Tnen
came the jewel of the fale, Hslliwels folio. This
work, now in progress exhsusts ShskeSpearisn
history and presents thing Of the least Interest on
the subject ASS monument Of topographic art it has
no equal Ten volumes are out and ten are to come,
and only 80 copies are printed the plates bsng there
after destroyed The whole work is paid for the pur-
chaser having to assume only charges for freight aud
duties. l. wss started at 800, and wont up s. and
81 30 at bid until il reached 1905, when it was
knocked down TO London purchaser who was pre-
pared if necessary, 60 much higher. We presume
il goes TO Mr. Halliwell himsef he was anxious TO
get it, Thus s the great editions 60 back to the place
they came fIom and where alone they be procured
Twenty years hence Halliwells edition will sell for
81 900 The sale continues this afternoon with
ShakesIeariaIa.