The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-19
ART MATTERS.
Wa tcr-COlors at scheme k's,

At noon to-day anu tomorrow number OF
water-color drawings will he sold at auction at
Schcnck's Art Gallery 90 Liberty street. TO-mor-
row we shall endeavor to specify the particularly
meritorous ones more emphaticaly than we are
able to do to-day. During q tour Of the gallery
yesterday the more salient features seemed to be
bright Day in the Welsh Mountains" by O. X.
Bell; "Kingstown Harbor," BY the same; "view
on the River Marne," by A. Appian; ''sunset
Coast Scene" by Edmund Hill; yarmouth
Beach," by r. Parsons; 'Chocorua Peak" by
Frank rank TN" s GA MIL, BY ". Adam;
by WV ". Gilbert "street Scene in Rouenn by George
Evening on the Coast Of France" BY CaIIow;
"Sunset-Dover Coast by X. 3 Parsons; "Helve-
E ner ~ nnwan IN Brittany by s. samSs Even
ing on the Coast" by II. Hall; George in the White
BY oTa Near N g Sx msss
tin; "rne seine at Boulogne" by Pradon Mount
Mohadnock,, by Craig; Near Borghetto, by Row
Alarm Of Fire" by Broas, sunday Morning. by
Waterman; :'soiltude,n by Zimmerlnan The
Rione," by Kunyer; "A Doorway in Tours Cathe-
drai,n by the same; 'The Mountain Gorge" by
Wsst sra ae IA Es; BY e hs ani
sunset ON the Coast" by b. Hill.
AN Artistico-Literary. Sale To-Nighs.
literary works that are to be sold tonight at Ctn-
ton Hall. They are part Of private library, which
comprises standard and illustrated works, in hand.
some bindings. Among scarce editions may DO
mentioned Mrs. James0ns works, IN volumes;
Allson's Europe" in "a volumes; Audubon'S
.'Brds,n elephant folio and text; Thackeray's
works, ~ volumes; Scotts, 125 volumes; LES
Evangiles,n volumes, and LOngman's "New Tes-
lament in French" Sir Archibald Allison's His
tory of Europe" has o quarto volume Of maps,
large paper, and plates, tree-marbed, call
extra "Birds OF America" by Audubon, contains
100 superb colored engravings, executed on the
largest scale, giving the birds in their full natural
size, and in most instances the male and female
birds, their young prey, nests and so forth, with
| descriptive text. Those who remember that Field,
In his ''Lifc OF Parr" said OF Jeremy Bentham that
| in reference TO Jurisprudence he had collected
knowledge which would take century to and lts
way 10 the mass Of human intellect we ieel gao
| To- find Berthaln's works here, including MS
memoirs and correspondence, edlted ny Sn ..
Bowring. Remarkably interesting IS the v biotc
INTO French. with notes by the Abbe Claire. IL IS
profusely Illustrated with borders, ornaments , auu
the aiteenth and sixteenth centuries, and WITH
numerous engravings on wood Dy ahuie" ,, UOasm"'
| Fra Angelica Leonardo da Vlncl, Pletro ierugino'
Erancesca Francia. Lorenzo III Crcdi, Pintnrccho,
Fra Bsi1tolomeo, Albertineili, Titan, kaphei TAU
denzio Fcrrar Fra se6atlaao ds, banio Vs
at....t
ronese, Jacopa Bassano, Annlbale GaracsL "ulao
REM Nicholas Poussin Antony Van Dyck anu Luca
C;ior,iano 'eThc British Gallery OF Pictares com.
nrises productions OF the old masters IN treat
Ertsin with descriptions by FRESHMAN, Ottley ana
Tnmkins and there Is a beautiful edition oil the
i,riish poets in hall hundred dainty tones. Noel
Humnhreys master pieces Of the Medieval Printers
anI Engrayers, embraces series Of fac.similes.
arnm rare and curious books such as illustrative
DEVICES borders. initials, printers marks and
eabor,tc title pages. lies Evangiiesn Is another
Exceedingly unique affair. IL Is printed In antique
characters rom type founded for the purpose
and int0rlined with gold and various c0l0rs- Eacn
OF the 400 pages has illuminated borders and leo
large miniatures and several hundred vignettes
and initial letters, exquisite in design aud execu-
tion characterize the types Of the principal epochs
OF the mnaturists' art The pages are interspersed
with metaphOrical figures and medallioAs, and
specimens abound OF the handiwork OF Albers
Dufer. Hans Memling Jehan FOcquet Beato An
gelico da fresole, Lorenzo Monaco, Attavante,
EustachlO, Monte di Giovanni, Antonio Ill Girolamo
and Da Cremona. In Russell smiths Library of
Old Authors are found Hearne, Ascham, Webster,
Lilly, Herrck, Southwel, Crashaw wither, Quarles,
Oveibury, Sackyllle, Selden, Drummond and Love.
lace. Nor ougl mention TO pc omittSD OF "Notei
and Queries" ana Puttrick's "HQnumcnt8 ol
Medava Architecture In saxony," with 400 plates
OF cathedras, abbeys, churches, feudal casteA
monuments. fonts. antiquities and decoyauQ4A