Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-23
INTERESTING TO BOOK CATERERS "A REMARK
ABLE SALE IN LONDON.


The library Of tue late Mr. George Daniel Of Canon
bury, England lately sold by auction in LOrdOn,
the sale ending With s sixth day on the 25;h Of July
T6is sppears By all cdds 10 have been the most remark
sale that has occurred for long time and many Oftho
books offered brough. prices which would have 6red
the soul o. Dibdn himself with JOY. The attendance
Vas very large and the bidding appears to have been
spirited We take from tho reports in tho London
Times few notss of the STRIKING lots in the ssle
A CODY of the Gre. aud rsrest edition Of Waltons
"Compieat Angler" 1888, sold Tor EEI lOA vol
ume OF autograph letters Of English ersA, including
3 letter Of johnson TO GArick, bill drawn by Gold
tmith on Gsrrck letters by Pope, Addison and Others
cold for R53 falO series vt black letter ballads
printed between 1859 and 1891 az unriyalled oOlleo
tion and all suppH4 10 be le, brought the nag
rifcsnt sum OF $3.50 Two uniq re copies Of the "Hs
ore OF Sr Bsvis oi Southamp o. 10 the Aberdeen
edition Of 1880 and the 9th TIE blscketter OF 1862,
brought togv,h.r eS5. "G9pmeF GdrtOn's Needle, I"
black letter, 1875 txTemeN1are cold for &64. A
uuaro Of "Garrick ard dis Uotempor1ries containing
portraits of 6aTriCk, Johnson and Others and great
numbsr of interesting illustrations, including q ch,lk
tksloh by GaihsbOrough, sold for &94 lOi. Grsy's
| Odss vi MSS notes by the poet 9mse OF great in
tereat, printed a. Strawberry Hill, snt exqui tly
/ bound brought Rll0. Tho "BJke OF HaEkynge,
Huntynge aud Fys hings," printed by WYBkn de
Wo,de. bu, Wtlout date, brought sos Several
OF the old books Of ess. Of greet ranty were sold
o. prices ranging from $40 TO G64. Ben Johnsons
as JANUS IN qle, large paper, presentation copy,
| soli fer eI06 An tx remedy rare opp OF the hut
Ell ion OF Ailtou's "COmus" sold for GS6; the first
alton cf Paradise Les" In its original bin ing, fer
e25 los aud bssu ul copy Of the edition Of 1917,
o, uld by Roger Psyre with draSh aid miniature
OF Hilton Il ON Straw berry Hill, sold Tor e6l. leu.
tful little black letter copy, the Only one known, OF
An.hoDy Nu1da)'s "BMqust Of Dliniie CoHcelts, y
printed in 1888, Was bought for e226. The exquisite
Telum miseals Ms OF Elk zenith century surerby
Illuminated and bound sold respectively for 1855 and
$3.50
The great day Of she sale however, vas the sixth,
when M Dlniers Shakespeare collection, the grandest
dspay of the works Of the immortal lakspeare ever
offered for competition" sold. The chief event Of
the DAY was the sale Of the copy Of the excessively
Rrst folio 1923 said be the haest copy that csnSoW
e9me 70 public sale. IL offered amid great excite
ment which broke out in applause, when the book
secured for Miss B iEdett Ooutts for 6S2 guresS. A
beautiful copy Of The second edition sold for Gl4s A
rich collection Of ths separate psys ct Shakespeare In
original edi ious vas Chsied. fine copy Of Richard
the Second" 1892 e found in the Rrtsh Muse
um or Bodeian L'oFAres, sfld S26 guineas; "Reh-
ard the Third 1897 ofpeFhsEs greater TaTity from the
H Der collection, Tor SS5 suseas; "L)Vee4Goor Lost
1898 els, Hebers ici $50 guineas "HenFy the Fifth,
1860 Tor 22O gnineas; marvellous copy" Of "Auch
\ Ado About Nothing" 1900 for 2b5 guineas; the 'haes'
copy IN existence" OF ths st e6iEoa Of " Midsummer
ghts Dream" 1900, Hsbers copy, for $50 guiheAsi