New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-11
RARE OLD BOOKS TO BE SOLD.
AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION.

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LIBRARY OF THE LATE GEORGE BrINLEY. OF HART
| FoRp-IIs QUAINT AND COSTLY TEEASUREs-
| VOLUMES WORTH THOUSAND OILARs-FIVE
COPIES or rIIOTs INDIAN BIBLE-FOuR HUN
DRIED MATuERs-A LETTER FROM MR.. JOSEPH
sABIN WHICH ENUMFRATES ONLY BOOKS
| WORTH AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH.
! To the FdItor or Ths Tribune.
SIR. Book buyers all over New-England. and
many who are outside that limit, have for several
years been acquainted with the fact that the late George
Brinev the OF one OF the most valuable IL
brarics IN United states lie was known TO thebbll-
ographical elect Ms n bold, shrewd and determine ed
buyer I'm the auctionoom where he was always rerre-
aentcd in NewYork by tbe other Of two Nassau
booksellers who USUALLY carried of the nuggets nut
the catalogue OF his library at once the cause OF as
onishmrnt and surprise II is no exaggeration oass"
that this catalogue describes more fare ana Important
hooks relative 10 American history than all the auctions
made in New-York during the last fifteen years and
when 1t is remembered that this period includes the
sales 81 such libraries az that Of william Mcnzios T. W
Roche and others, Of Ncw-Nork; John \. Rice 81
Chicago: j. b. Fisher and Andrew wight of Ph!laicl-
phin ana other collectors n may sound vcry an cI-
aggregation: but il is not or tho Go lots Of which the
cat locue consists ouehaf are books which rarely
appear for sale and s scarcely possible that ANYTHING
legs than another hall century place It's parallel on
the market
over thirty years ago. Mr. Brinl began To collect
American books chiefly with Wow 10 securing 90.
nearly possible series OF the Typographical anin
tie, ~ America including specimens OF the press Of
every printer How far hc la1 succeeded the dernt
reader of this catalogue may realize to that ne has
h,en amazingly fu Is he cfst that can he said
Part Of the catalogue contains the Whole Book" o
PsaImcs" better known the Bny Psalm Book printed
at Cambridge. Mass. IN 1910 which was the fist book
printed me British col, me-. Parts H. AMI III VIII
Include tie Iirst book printed IN Pennsylvania. and
..ft Of
almost hundred years before the art had reached New"
Tnelani. Not ouy ha, Nh Grinry been attentive +"
the au'qoi; OF American printing, for H' collection
includc4 the famous Maarn Bible which Is vic-i!n-
ably the first book nrlrfcd from movah'c tvp' But MS
Is anticipating rhc catalogues OF further portions Of this
extraordinary library.
THE CNTAIoGUF.
The catalogue f. arranged on lr"sraphira principle
the book, iue ca.~c n tn order Of settlement of the
various e., unir. an arrangement which has thc adyln
age of placing. within moderate space a' therein '
a gwen subject. united with the diSaivanacr ~ not
being able To- turn directly 10 book without hou-hi as
10 where il should be-; llt Ills is small matter TIA"
bcoi- are evidently dc.cih dhya gentleman who Knows
what rare books are; the notes, winch ar" not st"
numerous rs they migat be. are written with great
nhuty while his description of the physical condition
~ the books Is evidently dictated by desire 10 p
resent them farly; the catalogue = moreover r'pri
with references To the more important bh!iogaphcl
authorities Tor further Information concerning many @"
the books Tire ttce OF some OF the most important OF
thr books are gwen Al ieLh'"' ''se'A win '"'" ''
a,ions
ThS moi ice Of the catalogue vii Dee confined 10 brief
dcs riutou OF the most important OF the rrrr books
The "iii'i ha, marked "Frr' t-""''"' ''H- IT. l''
W'-ior'ducc lSnUWb Tlotn"'tA I" '"N'".''' "''''
notice Is most dHcGii' Tor d. must pass over W .iH
whose interest IS great 10 inc collector 10 ''te lI"'
ably there is no one IN" books named below which
I 81 soN 1.tt, .flff.t at ItIlf
PassA.: Columbus ana Drake. one reaches lot 3D.
George Gsrdy urr-"h Scl!ptIur 81 hc New World Lon
don. 1901; Eno" of only one copy Iu AMcI''-tAd'
is I'D Harvard toic-e. Lot ~ sir l'Wif'y "'b'i'"
"taa. London lJ't. issii raicr; Jho'>s'"l" 9"' 'i
- gu.neas, and more recently Bolton torn'yS copy
brou- ht - guinness Iot 30 Is acopN oi Peter Martyr
which Dc'ou- Ell 10 Richard Ed,n VINO made transit
on Of ihc work Il has 60. long ilme been question
with those inter eicd from what edition tdcn made lis
translation. THIS qucs iou f. decided Us hlS copy. -"
&c best cu on oi CA0mpa!as Voyage iu Canada
which i. very rarely found VIII th"-mnp IL i'm
Dortance - too well known I" need any description Lot
1913 "Iesc'rhot" and lot 49, Sisard' are II -r'r'e.y
inferior interest the tIo would form desirable "cguss,-
! ton 10 any GO lcci on
THOUSAND DOLLAR BOOKS.
Lot 9s1 Is properly described as " The Ncrir wo
Ewes of NcwEnsland Historic" II c'nHisi%o Hri'ion~
"Nrsinia" and Eo-.crs True itlhli"n' wv" BOOKS -"
rare that IL H. Impossible To record the safe "i elmer "
them in tins country OF the former there copy Do
Harvard College ana "i the hVrr enc n the Idbi'l
OF the Srwiorf Historical society Elih'r h""h QUIZ"
! 10 bung Thousand dollars. Lot sos, Ferdinand"
Gorgro' America i"l"ted to l"o Lic.' London lO'o'
mas ''i '"' ''"' '"r'' '"','''- NV ''.'
T ..,.l,F h,oo Iot 4lo uu..iu,ou', New.
| r...,,d. ri.rt,,,o.," I.,paon 1G3o /. a y,itu.
~ canal r.,itv and lr.1orf, rrr know Of only two
comic Int 3ll Johnson, New, I.usqnd Iondou 100 l.
II tho work referred to above a, having been stolen
I
Is uurnt and IA TINT ,oud,l,u, may bee REGARDED I>
Upionc 10, ~ Iccbforl', p,in Dr,,r Lon Ion l6i.
"i,a work of much interest and OF high author H.
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