New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01

tsat setAoriS1, esYS - ~ Unable . feoor,
the sale OF on0thee suOh In the Unitel
Neates," - Il eootains two daplieeee eets Q
artistic unletteeed Iodia proofs, and o
which only sx impreesions were taken 70
o. pses 2s5 magnificent "llisaals Ro
0aau0" b described, written In 1880, upos
10 leaves Of pure vellum, and osnsmented
With miniatures Of grouPed figures IN tn
Feanoe. / hne ffteeuth century Trenol
sud illuminated "Honrs Of the Blessed
Virgin" also aty represents the beauties
Of medieval art. There aEe not many latel
manuscripts in the library, but those few
arc important. Reference should parficu
lafly Be made to tho correspondence Of
Washington with General Joseph Reed, Of
Pennsylvania, during the revolution, CON-
prising over nifty original autograph letters.
This collection, which II bound in the most
ostre style Of Bedford, Of London, wholly
refers to the %omentcus events Of the
period from the Generals taking command
Of the army ut Cambridge to April Is, 1776
Nearly twenty of these letters are unpub-
lished, and refer to Arnold's treason, Lees
detection and r. ids collusion with Leo.
Second in general interest among the
manuscripts 10 IN important rovoau.
tionary relic. the original manuscript of
the Valley Forge orderly book kept by
General Anthony Wayne, which, although
never published in full, hes been used BY
Irving, Bancroft and others - . book Of
reference. Another unique and most inter-
esting nsorceGw 10 volume containing ff.
teen original autograph letters of the Presi.
dents, from Washington to Lincoln inclu.
sive, with portraits, aud It II hardy eQusled
by smother collection Of 100 original eiGns-
lures of distinguished Americans, including
Q complete cot Of Ill the Presidents to
Buchanan, aud many of the Generals and
statesmen Of the Revolution, together With
other Americans celebrated in science, lit
"Oiginal Autograph Letters, Notes, Cir
culafs and DOcuments. with some portraits
Of the Signers of the Consultation of the
United States," 10 of the greatest interest,
- many relate directly to the event it cele-
bfates. To tho list Of important menu.
scripts should be added Rogers original
manuscript diary of the sisge Of Detroit
together with autograph chapters from
DaWson's "Bsttles Of the United 6tates,"
Bsncroft's history and 1rving's "Life Of
Washington"
Ono of tho soaroest books in the world 10
the 'Summs dc Articulis Fidei ct Ecclesi@
Sacramento of Thomas Aquinss, . COPY
whereof 10 described in the catalogne.
Printed by Guttsnburg about l46O, Il 10
equaled in interest. though not in value, by
two leaves from tho first dsted edition Of
the Latin Bible. and printed BY FAast and
Schoeffer in l462. England's first printer ID
reprssented By copy Of the .Polyohron.
only s7s ocps: ne tsov nj. t.
be- complete, and the Charlemont cory,
though imperfect, brought nearly 5000.
Tho copy in the Aenxies collection, wh,ch
also counts three Wynkyn do Wordes, IL
fully up - the average OF al copies de-
scribed BY Blades, the great Caxtonian.
The bent Of Mr.. Measles for Scotch litera-
ture 10 very manifest in HE collection Of
Brunsiana. There u the excessively rare
Kilmaxnock Burns, or drst edition Of the
"Poems Chiefly in the Soottieh Dialect"
money, and Of which it has been said
that a frat folio Shakespeare Or tho
hest edition Of Hiltoa's "Paradse Lost"
40 much LEES rare. Also the first very
rare Edinbur9 edition, eontaininR the best
portrait Of Burns axtaak The EAyest Of
the Burns II, however, the only known CODY
Of the first American edition, printed ct
New York in 1888. and IL - beautiful and
most rare volume" This identical aris
ra1issina belonged to william Govans, the
eccentric Nassau street bibliopolist, who
says in tho Western Memorabilia: mo
copy, with tho exception of the ono named
(above) has been seen by the most sharp
hawk-eyed book hunter or the keenest
photographer, nor by any of the living
generation % far ~ known" In the copy
Of tho 1852 Edinburg, two volume Burns,
an autograph manuscript Of the poet 10 in.
serted, the "Elegy on the Year l788," to-
gether with autograph letters by Agnes
AcLerose, "CIaudia." Allan Cunningham
L. ~. ID
diti0nal portraits, views, etc inserted.
One Of the specialize of the library il its
richness in rare Americans and especially
Washingtonians. By far the most import
ant item in books relating to America il
Eliot's "Indisn B ble," 1873. formerly be-
longing to Mr.. r O., who purchased it in s n
imperfect condition for e1l50. At the sale
of his collection j. w. Benton, the Broad
way bib,lopole, purchased and sold it to
the present possessor, who. from other
copies, perfected and finally made it the
genuine fret edition, Of which but twenty
copies were printed complete, and he also
had it newly bound in London by Bed
ford. The compiler of the catalogue
observes: "The very sight of it caused
the quaint old Cotton Mather to
exclai n. Behold, ye Americans, the great
est hOnors that YOU were ever partakers of
This the only Bible that ever
was printed in al America, from the very
foundation of tho world.'" The first book
printed south of Massachusetts,. "The
Temple of WISDOM" by Daniel Leeds, and
sold by William Bradford in PhiIsdelphia
in 1888, is probably unique, and NO other
copy is known to exist. It will be found in
the catalogue, a. also the first volume
priated in Boston, in 1876. Hubbard's
TROUBLES with the Indians" which con-
tains "A Map of New England, being the
first that ever was here cut"
Among the more uncommon Americana
are the nine volumes Of De Bry's "voy-
sges," printed in 1890 1902. "Purchas, his
Pilgrmes," printed in 1885, is represented
by the copy formerly in the Sobolewski col
lection. The series of works by the Msth-
ers 10 very fine, especially grand, large
paper copy of the Magnolia" The oom.
piler describes it a." truly magnificent
copy, and of the highest degree Of rarity
upon large paper"
The Menzies library will come under the
hammer of the Messrs. Lsavitt, 1T Clinton
Hall, next November.--Ne,e York World.