, 1870-03-20

Cax4ou. the first English printer, are eagerly
sought for M bookwoz1n. -frequent9s' OF
E,ofda1ls Ike Charles Lanoh-And what Eue
lover Of books is net fond af tho sport which
.tho Ft1neh describe tn = stugfs word, bo1hq.fs-
ner' OF the pinatyfou1 works Carton is
kuovn to hare printed, s'1 exist only in trag-
uenta, twknsy-seseu more in mng1e copies
and there are only tHetvar of which moro tt.an
tn copies A1o extsnt:: sfxtean eorios Of the ne.
enye1 of tho Histories of Ttugo, tho arut
cne Of which, once the property Of Elizabeth
GEcs, Queen Of EdEzrd ~; Wa bought By the
Drie nf Deyonnhirr, At the famous Eo1bugh
salc, for s., 5,3O2 70. Caxtoa's Mirror OF the
Word, II tho came time was purchased By
Lord Spencer Tor s175e. or otheF Enrks
oid @ ae., Gnnsiatsd cut Il Latyn into Frenshe,
Ckxton. sold, In 1853, for sl,375; and hin
IKE Gf tho Tayt Of Alupcs Of Chfyalrye,
and his Covers coufesslo Amantis, eaeh
brought II ESQ.
book Rs w % fa ia @ fs4 f. E P9 ,:1 of Reess
clos DecAmeron, sold s. the famous sale OF
he Duke Of noxhurgh's library, IN ISL, which
Occupied fo1ty-fre days, and which, costing It's
founder less than e21, ,om, actuaI1y realized,
On tas oesss'on sefs!Tod To- the enos;ao1s a3a SUM
dies e7esa notondus in the annals Of bibGom1nia.
Tie coveted ro1nmo WAS tho 6rst folio edition
Of Boccaccio, printed By Valdartar, and fhcn he-
Ge1ed to te the only copy c1tant, although two
other copies arc known now in the Atn-
hrosian LhrarJ 1t M1tn, the other in the Empe-
account Of it in bis Mbnographiral DecaIno-
ron. He eays; "T The rain fan in torrents, aA
We alighted from tho carriage; tho room Eas
crowded to excess, and . sudden d1knoS8,
which came across, gaze rather an additional
interest to the scene. MI. Evans prefaced tbs
ri =.
lion, In which he e1paiated upon III excessive
rarity, and concluded by Informing tho COM
panr Of the excessive regret, and eveu an
guish Of heart expressed By II. Van PrAet,
that 9uch . treasure WIS not at that time to DO
lance followed the address Of Ml.ESans. u "a On E
night hand, leaning against the val, stood Earl
Spencer. A little lower down, and standing At
night angles with his Lorlship, appea1ed tho
Marquis Of Mauaford- Ny Lora Alt!1orp
atood little backward, TO the right OF tbs
taken up b. the udTerse hosts. Tie honor Of
dr1ng tho first shot IVES due to gentleman
from Th1opshire, unused TO this species OF
"aIttsc, and who seemed to reco1 from the
rescfberA5on OF the report himself had made.
ono hundred guineas' he exclaimed Again
rapidly to i've hundred guineaa. Hitherto,
howeverr, It waa evident flat the firing waa
but nasfed and desultn1y. At length al ran-
dom ahots ceased, and the champions before
NAMED stood boldly up TO each other. "A
thousand guineasr = ,Here bid BY Earl spencer,
to which The Marquis allded tan You might
have heard pin drop. Az eyes vera TUNED.
was put home within i}a scsbbsnle e1espt thai
which each Of these champions hrandished-
Two thousand pounds arc offered By tho
Marqu5s!' Then 1t was that Earl Spencer, hke
= prudent General, began to think Of use
less e1usion Of blood and expenditure
of ammunition, seeing that his adyer-
sarywas as fresh and resolute as at the onset
Fer quarter Of minute be paused, when My
Lord Atlosp advanced one step forward, as Il
TO supply tia father with another spear for
tho purpose Of renewing the contest. Tho
father md son for few seconds converse
apz1t, and the biddings arc resumed. Two
thousand two hundred and fifty pounds!' = said
Lord Spencer. Tho spectators arc nov abso-
lutely electrified. Tie Marquis quietly adds
bis usual ten md there is N end Of tho con-
test .As the hammer fc1, It's echo Was heard
IN the libraries Of Houae, OF Milan, and St
Marx"