New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-10
A GREAT BOOK SALE.
THE Library OF THE HON. HENRY e.
MURPHY.


MURPHY.
Tho cotolorue of the library OF the late HON.
,,nry r Murphy which is TO be sold al auouon W
rosvi,t & Co. in Clinton Hall, on Maich anu W 49,,
davs has lust been printed. 1t comprises ''i4- us.'
ond consists principally OF books relating u ,
,,, oouecon in this department has long peeh ooio
MS o.. ohress and extent and the sale Will un-
,d,v attract great attention among private Du9 eIs
cd nnblic institutions Perhaps among tne iares'
mos OF the library the competition TOT Wch WI" o"..
,nonv bibophiles the chance or HE -uhc' 'no III ~
Ioce in nont of interest should be given 10 INC e'
columbus 10 Raphael Sanxis detailing the Henioi"pio
- an which he discovered the New Word. 1hIs
100 is dated May g. 1893, in the Ponunca'e Oh ro
Alexander W. and printed In Rome u'rihs 'io '"
year The tract is a small Quaro OF three leaves anu 70 %
-, ,reat rarity Upon a London booksellers catalogue
NJ Is73 n copy was priced al4Oi ana upon oi'
Paris catalogue 5000 francs In inc coIicctoh al"
.,s botocraphic fac-simcs Of other editions OF 'S
celebrated letter. together with NUMBER Vi ihouoiH
,rorks relating TO the great navigator .
connected with Columbus DAiuys image AM'"'
,intea at Paris in 1490 Qolio), deserves mention.
.borch prInted before the discovery or America IL
an interest from the fact that 1t was afaVoHe
hook of Columbus, by whom 1t was much stuoeu anu W
many a. is supposed that he f0und IN IL Tue oPin'oS
(which suggested TO him the Feasibility OF "es'o" pass
acc 10 India A copy of the volume once owned W
Columbus with numerous notes on It's margins IN MS
,av,5tng ,s preserved IN the Columbina Library AT
sovme washington Irving saw ana hanuIcu tno
,recious volume. at was great sausIac'oh' Ho
,rrtes 10 discover the identical volume II is los'
ctous and interesting document the only one 'ua' re-
mains OF Columbus prior to his discovery II
,is researches and in manner the current u Ills
h,c, while as vet his great enterprise existed Dut III
,d, and while he was seeking means 10 convince INC
Sorld Of its practicabhty' r,.,
rho pcs, Nopa,nenH Reir0raU Tor Newly Discovered
world, O: Americas Vespucus printed az Venice i'll
A. =. hue lot
contains an original account of the first three voyages o
chns and the third voyage OF Nespuccius written by
himself and first published in 1901 IL also contains an
account of the voyages OF Cabra ana OOIIeIe" lS -
she earliest collection OF voyages ever puOnsheu' III d"
~, eli, snauIsh Portuguese and Dutch writers whose
works relate to America the collection is very icn IL
,uclndes the letters of COtes folio Nuremberg I25i'
d he works OF Peter Martyr, Las Casas, Acosta Ben
1oni Cieza Gomara, Herrera Lnschoten DC Lae O'lcuo
De Soto la Vega and Laratc.
Dors relating 10 New-F France and Canada are con-
ricuous Among the important on this widely ex-
,,d region are the famous Jesuit Relations" IN
fortytwo volumes said to be the most complete set ever
ered for sale either in this country or Europe Ihese
" pe,ations extend from the year 1862 TO 1862 ana
constitute the most important ml'erais ID lhe history
not only of Canada but of the vast region adjoining the
pior 81 Lawrence the great lakes aud he countries
bordering on the Upper Mississippi Besides the Rea-
,io,s - the collection contains the works OF LagaTd
Icarbot Chanplain, lie Clercq, CharlevoiX Hennepin
uoutan. Bressani Blard and Margry; all relating TO
Conoda and the region Of the Great lakes
In hooks relating NewNetherland the collection Is
dopbtless the most complete IN the United states.
bIrng Mr. Murphy's residence AZ me hague, lie aus
covered books and tracts on Ncw-Netherahd III general
and New Amsterdam in particular when were pre-
tosiv unknown Among the better known ones are the
Henry Hudson an Denon; While New-Jersey is repre-
nieG in the writings of Campanius Acreus, Thomas
anu ernus ana include works of Cotton and Increase
Mather Eliot John Cotton Morton ngghsOh' blshope
Iiubharl Shepard, Winslow, Wood, Whitehead aIehal,
Toddiugon and Roger Williams Upon me Indian
iauIases the works very numerous, ad include nc
aud botG editions Of Eliots Indian Bible and New
Testament. Pennsylvania unciGdlnS many tracts ny
Georgia Florida aud Louisiana are fully represented
In collections OF voyages ana 'ase e the e faGs cos a.
lection of DC y printed in the years 1890 to l624 bQth
the Latin and German edOns. One OF the sets OF De
BTy was made up In London by the late o. Rich, the
Wel-known collector and bibOgrapher for Mr. Murphy
many years ago or all books relating TO America this
Grand collection is the most valuable Small portions OF
The work common, but SO complete set as Nj Muir
,,v,s ia seldom seen Among the other collections OF
Ilnyages and travels those OF Ralnaso, Hakluyt
Parchas GrynGus, Theyenot, Commeln' Abelyn and
I'm biography are the principal works that appertan
IN America they include the works OF Antonio Brunei
Asker De Bure, Harrisse Kennett' Muller Kic1 Ter
nanx and the privately printed catalogue OF the carter
Brown Library, Providence, IN four Imperial oclaIosi
Also the BiLOtheca SpenceIlaIia, hVe Volumes ana
I3ihiiotheca Sussexiana IN four volumes; .
OF early colonial laws now Of IeS soT o ny
ppscticut New-York, New-Jersey Pennsy iVaha mary
Upon the CtolCn SVAVHy az
nen founded In 1893 and abandoned III 100 is mum
her of tracts The Daien Colony was only part o.
great design Of the Company OF scotland trading TO ne
Africa and the Indies" 10 extend their trade IN az a.
recons The company had originally more than nan us
ehareholders IN England. Holland and Germany VINO
Withdrew in consequence OF the Jealousy OF the older
Fast India Company, In obedience 70 the malignant In
functions OF English Parliament who impeached the
feadiug Scottish Adventures raising money In Eng
land support the company The history an interest
ing one. en-, -, -.
collection OF the various editions OF PtOemys Ge0g
rauhy embracing less than thiry-six editions, in
Guiding commentaries. Ptolemys great work had SUI
IRENE sway over the minds OF almost all the scientific
men from his time 70 about the beginning OF the six
taeth century and the standard textbook TIL the
s,reat maritime discoveries OF the fifteenth century
Shaved its deficiencies The earliest edition in the col
Scton bears date OF 1902, which date however 10 be-
eyed 10 be an error and that 1t should be 1882 In an
edition OF 1882, printed at Um we md Greenland laid
down sho wing that this portion OF America was known
before Columbus. Nearly every early edition exhibits
Changes geographical discoveries 1 were made and IN
r. nIy ncndes Cuba and HlspaniOa, the Gulf OF Mexico
and the northeasterly portion OF south Anerea ms
collection of PtOleues is doubtless unsurpassed II
s1nsled in the United States Mr.; Murphy had been
fcsl discovery In the New World for which purpose ne
Nd collected every edition vi Ptolemy ihat ceuo We