New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-18

TWO LTBRAHIES At AUCTION.

SELLING TIE COLLECTIONS az A. Oakley HALL AND
JOHN LAFARGE.
The library of ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall is being
sold ut the snctIon-rOom OF Bangs Co., at No. 7ia
Broaaway. Tbs collection, IT. Is CANNED. pO scsGes an
almost exclusive richness III dramatic books a1d III
accounts of criminal and sensational trials. Scarce
and quaint volumes, Illustrative OF the history OF
tie law and of legal occurrences within 200 years
abound. The original trials OF Charles L. aud Ious
XVI are to be found in this collection. Tho books
nnder the head Of legal literature alone are
said to have cost the owner over 80, 900. 1Amene
the curlo lite, may be mentioned the original vol
nmes of Horace Greclcy's first ewspapor The Aer-
Yorker, and volume OF Figaro, the paper winch
preceded Punch.
rne prices ioaz, at Yesterdays sale were on the
whole fair. Among them arc TIE following S3D
for the memoirs If John Blnnlstcr. Come diam
by him Adolphus: 800 or " The Stage both before
aud behind the curtain, f,nm observations taken
on he SPOT" by A',ea BUM, containing sixty ,
rhe latter beng by Dickens. Sheridan knnwes.
George w., Thomas Moore and William ~;
AZ 10 80 for Robert b. Bruu0:Ps Lille OF SIR john
Fa,tafi.' illustrated by C,uIkshank; vi for TIE
Memoirs of J. Drcas:T 70, Comedian" ehlIcd by k.
Humpi .eys; $2s for he Memoirs OF joseph
Grimaldi" edied by Boz" and illustrated by
Cruiksiank: 800 for the Memoirs Of Gr0rRc Fred
erlck Cooke, esquire late of me Theatre ROYAL.
Covcni Garden >" compiled by Willam DnnIap; ~
M S%siOF' Jordan ? Gy ' james "' Boai I ~ o.
Illustrated 90 With many scarce ana c M W
Konbles Retirement from me stage" with seventy
proof prints inserted; S17 for thr " Memoirs of
Madame Malibran DE Beroi" by l. Nathan, con,
TAI .ing mnuy p0rr is, urI2ina! play.bils aud
cuttings relating 10 i"r ll.c; al Tor thn Memoirs
oi Joseph Shcphclu Maiden, COMEDIAN" by hrs sou;
t3i for copy. = tho NHmc book. more nroiiisely
roy ." F Pake. "r Msmors ' Of tn h coa%
Family y; $l6 60 for nlno Volumes OF
plaS-bls oi burton Theair' III Chambers
street iIOm 1918 to 1857: f26 % Tor tue photo
photographic reproduction ci tho lannon's FIR, tOiIO
Shakespeare, and W. for Shakespeare edited By
j. q. llalllwCu.
The sale IL to he continued every day until ,hc
entire collection, ., $50 lots. ~ disposed oi.
Part of John Ia.argc's collection Of books WAS
sod nj anct.on last night a Clinton Hail. Tpc
attendance was large and tbs Llddmg Enk't Surs
spnteG. The following "re some o tir prJerB M
aiIzed 1886 for The Z Ia!ruprd, of NORTH Amer
icaD By john Auiubon ii iIc Rev. john brennan.
ElZcyIr copy oil Ie "NOcich Atm of
Auus Gous; $24 Tor Charles Robert
Brec's t" History OF the Birds OF Europe,
not observed the British Isles >
unes. printed III 1Gl2 $40 i"r the iiber Studio
rum " q: Claude Lorraine $50 i0t " Costumes Ills
toruaes OF de Xliio.. XIV cl XNc. SrcrB cstraIts
dts mOEumeLs, par l.. Mercury. aVcc lrs.c par &.
cutcu III cOurs ana gold T3S 30 Or " Huyres ,le
-. Dderot :" 81 10 Tor DureTs " DE Symnrtra par
tum III rect.s !ornl' hnnanJrnin cOrpOrnn LbrI III
latuum cOmycrsI "a JOach Camrrarlul," printed IN
III 1884; fiS for the History of Architecture in
all Countries. from HE Earliest Time to the Present
Day." by james FrrgusOn 80 for "Caprlchus
lnvrntadOs grabad,S al aqua lore por +. GOya
S}2 30 Or an "eirplatt fU.IO" ed ton ~ Iugarth,
WORKS, re- tOrcd by James lleI.h S2l Tor John
f. iwaId iiubrOOk's North Americas lcrDetO ory,
Description OF tue Reptiles InharIting the
Un Cd States" and 81 80 10. Military and keIiV-
the Renaissance" by Paul LacrOx. The remaining
lots OF TINS collection VIII be- sold to- night.