New-York tribune., 1879-03-15
THE GREAT SALE OF BOOKS.
ON yrwsp.pERs AND BLUr LAWS.

pFsutT OF FIVE DAYS SALEs-TIIk IMPORTANT
BOOKS, THE PRICES AND THE PuRcHA'ER
At the Brinley sale yesterday the books
which were sold related to the colonial ana cary STA"
neriods of Massachusetts, and Connecticut history
Four hundred and thrty-nve lots passed nnder tho
hammer to.al OF 81 657 IL was realized, making III
addition TO the results OF the four previous
days sales, n grand total thus far OF S43o'1 -.
The highest prcc paid for single oook was F'oo
and The next highest $685. Six books Drought to'''
of IL $50 and seventeen total OF Sloo'' l"e
proe was little more than so volume ana NUMBER
of sermons catalogues and addresses were Soiu ui"N
the day FOR only %, 80 and 7j cents each
M OOl OF the catalogue Is one OF the rares OF rare
books 1t Is the first edition oi the CoionS Laws VI
Connecticut, of which not moro than TWO or poSSD!
three perfect copies known To exist Inc present
cony is tho only one which has been offered Tor safe IN
h,o, yoars II was started at S2O0 advanced at one
sten In $3.50 then S275 and finally to $500, where
il unoered long a higher bid, Dut fdlleu
TO get it. The fortunate purchaser Is tue S'a'e hp''
OF Connecticut No. 2003 the second puDhsheu re'Soh
NJ Connecticut laws, and scarcely less rare tnah No
o oO1 also went to state Library of Connecticut IL
fetched S2lO. A volume OF early Cohhecucut i""''
which went for So contains TIE end seven manscHp'
pages In which were recorded several cohVe'ohS anu
fines for "prophane cursing' and the crime VI uruh
enness" copy OF the first edition OF "ha' arc Aho
as the Blue Laws"-Ihe first under that ute-"cn'
for 80 So It has frontispioce representing a con
2O43 au extremely rare book known as buikeie!
peonles Right 10 Election" bought for the Lenox
Library for ~ 85 etebbipss Geneaogy Ci te r .nr
NV of Samuel and Hannah SteDOlhs Wllcn went % ioa
$50 was the first book printed IN the COLONIES Oh tue
SUI ject oi genealogy. , ,,a ,,o,ozt,oa
were sold sixty-two volumes OF The Connecticut Reg
,ser. the early numbers Of which are very ' SO9ros'
wh wTI' these. iUa the first three volumes of The
Gmerean ha0ans q74 o,cS set 500 80 eHGeIsai yaamc
volumes and OF Ihe Royal nier'cdn Adgdzne h R
Gafeae brought s2i ana one T%iunt @ r.t O me
same publication for l764 went Tor $50, iG ngsI nun
printed in saIelu-was published august =,
i765 two volumes dating IN lT7oTL3 2I3ngns 2,ngr,
Genine edited in ls3940 by the late ihu Burrltt anu
containing articles IN Englsh aud French wenb i0r
published. Catalogues OF Harvard SUiaege igo yo
years old sold for 80 aud ~ volume or wv
Emerson before the senior Class IN DVlnity C,ese
iu 1888 and Grafton before the Pm Bea Kappa 80
cieIy m Boston III 1887 went for $40 drama, IN five
acts heroic measure the Battle OF BuhkeTs III
pnLished in 1776, brought S23. copy OF the first
cured an uncOmmOny fine copy Of MCITE' KeauCn 6S b
MeuAes COPY Of thus book sOd for $40.
There probably has not been a sale in EewYork for
many years in which tue bibloeraphleal interest nts
been more completely sustained than at thc saIe 81
This great library The audience though lessened some
any OF its enthusiasm, and when "a rare booA was
offered strc Tor the possession OF 1t was as great
as n the hrst days. A Conspicuous Iedtule VI
the bidding was desire for the possession by the
representatives of Massachusetts and Connecticut OF
their early laws and newspapers but the Bar AsSOcla-
ton OF Eew-York, which Is always adding TO lts
collection carried of some OF the best OF these BOOKS
There were several younger bidders IN the rooms who
secured the publications relating to their COLLEGES
notably graduate OF williams who paid several nigh
prices Below Of she more interesting and I'M
portant books, with the prices tue! DrousA' 100
IS I77l-S6 $26. These complete sets OF the
Boston Massacre OratlOns las Originally puDshedb III
fine and well-preseryed copies In ms vOluMe tle
is Supplemented by the oralion OF Perez Norton
April 8, l77G, ON the rr-nterment oI the remains o
General Warren, aud the trst four OF the Boston Fourth
OF July Orauons. 1t was bought by Mr.. etone, Ior
the Penusy vana Historical Society. The price paid
Lot ,63o-IIolIy ~. Sermon the Destruction OF
Tea a Boston," Hartford, IVA. 81 TINS was one
OF the interesting historical sermons which brought
Lot i686"vade Mecu% for AmeTica or ;.h,oC Com,
added the names OF the streets n Boston. Good copy
in gina binding, with autograph Of Artemas Ward
1859, This interesting old directory In which Boston
assumes TO be all America, brought only So.
Lot l.69L-(Waterhouse, 81 Hist Of Vice, ADMIRAL
Written BY Thomas Thumb the d dnros y9p%es o. 4tS
are almost as much In buik as ION ihuihp OIL ol-
'n%%"1 LOt iG9s%"&ondertu Tne Appear Of an
Boston, In the Nights of the l4h. 10Th and loth OF
December l774 To whom in some Measure Io may be
that unhappy Metropolis, wooa-culs OF aVeTy dispoi-
ca Devll and ralr OF ldea Angels" syo New-l 9rk,
lonn Anderson. l77o. IS. Ihis was hrst printed III
Boston. ~.
l7O2 $40 This the second collection OF Connecticut
Laws was started by Mr. sabin at S1O0 and was run
up by Mr. Ives 10 @2lO' al winch price IL WAS '@hcn u!
| Mr.. Hart. . -,-
| Lot 2,OO4-" Acts and Laws Of Connecticut" 17l5.
| sl25 TINS was bought BY the same purchaser
| Lot 2,O43-Bulkeley tGcrshOml. " The Peoples s
Right to Election" 1859. S235. This ~ an extremely
| rare Philadelphia Bradford Imprint IL was printed
| before Mr. Bradford removed to New-lork. ana was
certainly the interesting item In the evening ;
sale Ii waa bought by Mr.. Gerge. 1t was very much
| wanted by Philadelphia gentleman,
| Lot 2.04o.-" COunecuCut Register, lfSJ.' new
London. l7S5-lSiS THESE sIXty-wO volumes represent
nearly a compete set that II would be difficult 10
| obtain the.u agdu sold for only 20 cents Ume.
| Lot 2,O5i.-" Election Sermons" 1913 TO 1880. ia
Sermons S57. THIS is wonderful collection. which
| IL took Mr. Brinley forty years to make.
| Lot 2,O7O.-" Gencalogy OF tine Family OF Mr. Samuel
StcbDlus," l77l IGs Is the nr,l Work on GrncaOSy
| published Ill the British Colonies OF North America.
Ii was bought iOr the Historical society Of Pennsyi-
| yanIa. for 80.
| Lot 2,Oss.-Petcrs, The Rev. Samuel "a General
History vi Connecticut B, a Gentleman OF the Prov
| mce." Crushed eyant morocco. fuil gut ". Pratt.
London, 1881 This Is a splendid copy Of this famous
history, s5ld for price. II was bought for Il
| Chicago library. The Ncuz e. copy which, however,
uncut, i'll The possession vi Mr. Ives al cost
| OF Sl2j.