New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,.1r or THE oUrENBgRa BIBLE.

SALE OF THE GUTENBERG BIBLE.
HAMILTON COLE PAYS $4,000 FOR THE VOLUME AT
The LAST DAYS SALE OF TUE THIRD PART on
THE BRINLEY LIBRARY.
The sale Of the third part Of the Brinley Library.
st Clinton Hall. closed YESTERDAY. many NOT
books were bought for private COLLECTIONS tnnn y"
the other days of the sale. The lots compriseu g9n
eral treatses the Indian language several Va and
vocabuiaries IN the Mexican ianguas| '.
relating 70 Central ,ss and 9sms sSuse
and and, the a M sasssbi.%s psams and hymns.
The first books put up were general treatises ane
collections In the Indian LANGUAGES some OF mn"n
were rare and brought good prices VI the volumes
IN the dialects of Canada aud the Northwest VeLs
Ana rars copy Of prayer book aud cstechsm ~ the
language Of the Montasnos Inaians; pf'1Cs Canada.
i767. was purchased for the Carter Brown LipTars
# $50. Roger Wlliamss key into the Ian.
Eassss Of nSen io4s
Ives for s55 Several copies OF Eh3es apHan Dh;es
which csns,dered SeI 'Ss Sr,p9nS high prices
The first one sold was the Allen copy WHICH nas
long been known 10 collectors as one OF tne %
the twenty Royal" copies sent to England t Ss
order of the Corporation for Presentation 10 tne
Universities" 1t was published IN 1868; Is oound
in smooth darkblue morocco WIZ net,o1 nne SSoo
and n ran On rapidly TO $500 From this point the
bidding was confined to DR.. Eliot and Brayt9n Ives:
aud It finally became the s ss0Se'y bS o. price paid BY
Xr RrIniev for this copy was $S75. One OF the
soc,nd cdifion Governor StOughtous. ana the hoN.
Jnhn Danforth's copy. elegantly bound IN leVaii'
black morocco with panel sides, r'cniy en-
Gilt edges double vellum guard leaves, WIN tIe au
tograpbs Of the two former owners. was az
by the Pennsylvania Historical society az
Rs9O Jonathan Edwarde's copy, IN ie.ah.
red morocco extra gilt. sides and back eiaoorateiy
fooled Qauffered gilt edges. yeilum nh.nes am
svuard leaves went to q private collector LOT 9ooV.
Cotton's Spiritual Milk Tor Babes transiaIse;H dran
the Indian Language for the use OF indian cnuJ ri,
Inv f,rndal Rawson blue cr,mpied morocco luir s'
hock donbe-panelled, beautiful copy, rarc, O" I
brdge. 1901, brought $40. Five sermons oy IN,
crease Mather translated INTO the lnuiah iahku.k99
by Samuel Danforth. the first lpolan 1ooS piH 1Ira
in Bostin levant brown morocco, pane SUES 800 ~,
sill bartholomew Green and John Allen printers'
1898, $115. a., c,,onh.rc Rble
xvnnld he sold at O'clock crowded the room ~ 'as
homr. Tins Bible 10 in the Latin tongue WIN tne
nrolngpe of SAINT Jerome, in the original oindlhH,
th,cr oak boards covered with stamped cali, WIN
ornnnanIaI brass corners and centrc-pleces WIN
Inssss liz was printed by 'annes Gutenperg III
iISOy55 The FIRST volume contains 5zf leaves
ending with the Psalms; the second 81 leaves. ~ -
SAID to be Inc first book ever prinieu NJ pIav m
fnndon in 1873. When the book was pnt up
S tscs w asked # P"I mode pd you'd
be taken Tie auctioneer said Yes john H. p panv
lat who has been buying for the Caf'er Dso mn
Library at Providence, bid 5000. men zen FpOV ",
Was Offered and then so. 800 SO.1oO S',ooV. r rom
ths no,nt until the book was sold the contest WAS
hetwe Brayton Ives and Hamilton Coe, lawyer
oi this city Alter long silence. SI,2oo was 9'u
and $3.50 alternately addeu ny eacu a u,H,|,
until the sum reached SoOoo, when IL WAS ueo'"i'u
sold to Mr. Cole. noo ooo H. 20
The total for the sale was about S3O.OOO Inc re-
naming part of the library VIII bc soiu III ie"
months.