, 1870-03-20
RIBLI0MANIA.
Frpm &pn[r$o..ts -Tn-s-nJ

L.
Golden Lsgsnds, Westmestse, by Ne My1yam
Carton. l4ss, sold for s7s5, Hymen'a Triumph:
\ PASTORAL traEi Eitomddie, 1918 Small 16no
volume brought eo5; Angel, Daye, DaphniH
and Chloe, 1857, $500; Anne Downeke, French
three Of tbe eSefs and most hiooy e.d broes H..
have happened In Franco for the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ, 1859, Gilt; N. D. naston, Hesr-
enly Harmonic Of Spiritual Songa, and Holy
Himnes Of Cody Men, PatriArkes, aud
Prophsta, 1910 5000: Teayes on the Death of
ond Pa1s Of conny, Catching, &C., small
qnarto. 1891, e120; r. Greene. A Notable
Discovery Of Cozenage, etc, 1882, 311c; R,
Greene, Abasto, the Anatoimie Of Fortune,
etc, 1854. $1lo; =. Gseeue's droat's Worth
tie Doves: or the Tagicall History Of Bellora
and fidelio. etc, 1906, s12o. Guy de War;
wick. Chevalier Bagleterre, qui en- son temps
1T pluGeurs processes ct conquestes en- Al1c-
magne, 1talie ct Dennenxrcke: at auBRi sur
lea inAdells encmys de Is Chrestante, 1925,
another sale, which took place At London re-
Gently, IN imperfect copy Of the first edition
Of Shakspeare, the folio Of 1928, wanting two
leaves, and with alight defect In another Lest,
brought 81, $780,,
These e1t5ao5dina5?y prices, given in some
are quite equal to that given in the carly part
Ct the ffteeuth century by Countess Of
Anjou, who paid for single book two hundred
sheep, tye quarters Of wheat, and the same
quantity Of rye and millet- II We go hack two
safe 5 fhs ,dse se q 81
considered to be IN affair Of such Importance,
th4t the bishop Of Winchester, in borrowing q
Billie from = convent in that city, vas obliged
to give bond for it's restoration, drawn mp in
The most solemn manner; and Louis II; Of
France, 10 lste as the year 147l, was compelled
to depoett = large quantity Of plate and 70 get
some Of his mobiles to Join with him in bond,
under heavy penalty to restore it, before he
could procure the loan OF book which he
wished to borrow from the faculty Of medicine
It, Paris.
At the 1ats eale Of library ut Haarlem, N
Holland. formed in the last century by fam
ily OF ptiDterE named E,nschede, who e1er-
cised their vocAton for four generations, thero
werq sold two hundred and fotty-eight books,
printed before tie year 1900, and among tho
t1ing the o1gin and early history Of print
Ing. The gem OF the collection was copy Of
the famous " apecu1un HUMANE EalvAtonis,"
block-book Of eng7Avinga on wood. the text
appended to which Is supposed to have been
poesbly the earliest example Of their employ
ment.- It Was purchased BY . London book
seller for $500, Many orders were sent
from the United States, but fen we're SUGGEST
ful 1 Awen-kuown collector Of New York in
structed big agent to offer 1900 for tho work
A copy Of the frtt edition Of Shakespeare
Was sold 1t the Smith sale in London, last
yeat, taJ. o. HAlkwell, for 52,l0o, and was
destined to grace tho shAkHpearoan Museum
and Library founded 1t stF1sfosd-on-Avon oy
an illustrated copy Of Dibdin's Rblographi-
cal Tour in Franco snd Germany brought
$500, 1nd copy OF Cookers Arithmetic,
originally published It dt7y otnts sold for e94.
+oventy-nne Maek-Letter Ballads, being
the original broadsides, bound in one volume,
WAS disposed Of, at tho celebrated suction sale
Of George Daniels library, few yearu since.
for s., ,750. Tho ballads range IN date from
1853 to 1887, md many Of them arc referred to
by the dramatista and writer's Of the Eliza
bethan period.
The most remarkable sales, In the e1trAva-
ganre of the prices reached, which bAve oc-
cured in this cpuDt1r, were Of the libraries OF
John Allan md William E. Burton, Of New
York, and William J. Fowle, Of Boston. In
| the collection OF the aforementioned gentleman
twenty volumes, which sold for $500: Joseph
| Riteon's works, $3.50; Rohertson's works, in
eight volumes, s24o; Halhwen'a Shakespeare,
In thirteen folio vu1umes, e OH: Sotheby g
PrnciriA 1spoE1aphia, slos; Nalte5 and
Fckerine's edition, els0; Records Of Salem
Withcraft, @1o5; and Rtants Ship Of
Fools, Sl5o. Tho whole collection realized
| upward Of 100000
Eatly Engiiah Hhles md the qua1to editions
As the folio Of 1888, are always in demand
am ong biblionanisca. What prices they give
4 copy Of the Maxayins Bible was sold It the
sale Of tho B;ahnp Of CaAhel, in 1855, At
$3.50, and another copy, with t1o leaves sup
Piled in manuscript, brought At another sale
Wilson, with two missing lcAvcs supplied in
fac oein1ile, Was sold July Z, 1854, for s1,825. 4
German Hh1e, which belonged to Martin 1u-
thet, WIS bought By an agent Of tho RdGsh
Museum for $3.50; and in Nay, 1858, copy
Of Elios's Indian Bible. which only two persons
living can read, WIS sold n New York fol
s1,I30-ftuN which it would seem that book
inezeaae in price in proportion as they lacl
readsrs-
In 1856 there WIS offered, in London, Th,
Tr1sdcal History Of Hamlst3 Prince ct Den
marx. leos. Though it wanted the title-psge
Mr.. Hhliwel vas wiling to give $500 for il :,
srnan gua1to pamphlet of about hah = hundret
pagca! Only ono other copy Of this interesting
'rothure il known, and tbs, lacdng the lss
leaf, belong. to The Duke Of beyonshire- VI
copy the concluding lines Of the tragedy allow
ing how immensely tho great uaster improres
upon himself Is hs proceeded in rewriting hi
plays, and bringing them to their 6nsl form:
rnlScE Or pES1ARkE
Fnter Fortsuhrzsse Win his tszlneL
fpTts-HEETE u kulS p}OuGJ e1RQS
llor.-lf aueht Of woc or wonder Jould behold,
70, lnpelsous dam! aoE nsnI Princes
Imbats-our a1nbasste tfat Nc have brousn
from England.
Where be these Princes tnss should hearns spcate
0, most ynlookrd for 1mel unhappy countrys
Ih1.-Conteat yourselves He shows 10 al II
| ground,
Lei at there @ s seaSo!d I rcasde 1p II the masse1
And kt DC STATE Of ali the world Be there,
Trst ncuer mortsu man could more vnfolde-
Eert-I have some rights OF memory 70 m
Which now % calm my leisure doth mute me-
. Let fourc Of ourc ehicfcH Cap!taines
Btnre Hamlet IKE eouldier 70 his Crane;
For he was likely, had he lued,
Tose 1p fne 6odie: such a sight ss tals
Becomes The ncldcs. but here oeta mnen sasffse. s
: co,pmanded oven higher prices than tho Han
. let purchased BY Hal1ixcn- 4 sa1e 1t whie
: Shaknpcarc's . collectors vent altogether ma;
: vas that Of George Daniels. of lslington,
) 1854. Tho first edition Of hlne hicn.Io y y
Mch.rd he Third, printed the same yes.
= si,742, The Fleasant coneeiied Conedi
. Much Ado About Nothing, iGm. sISS r.
The Miasnmper H1Shss Sn+ p.ea%s, ne F,,c.55' H..
= Conce;ted Coincide OF sr John Falstade u
. The Me.zle Wives Of Windsor, leo1 el,He
:: and tho Tt.gsdy OF OF oteeio' 1he Ne9s S,t
: neares other works, The Rspe :.
!. fpc.ece, 1884, brought the sum of s1s
= Venus aud Adonis" seeend edid1n, o., 1se
( fcr tho sti1 higher price Of sl.5Go- Tho fl
!. lilo sditoa q the works. Of Shakespeare, l69
a of which there a1e several good copies In 4
y count.y. both in public ana private hhsazie
d 1alies Il price according to he condition
~ Tnndon. copy WIS cold to 50 to New Eork
~ ss19. banints pronounced the finest, fullea
,d and most complete in existence, WIS bous
< for Miss Bur1ett CouHs, for tho prodigio
II rrioe ct s., SIG. E1en this e1t5AoT,anarT 81
h | Hxs exceeded by m AGent OF t1c 1l1aso
It scum, Who gave for volume Of French Pf1