New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-03
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THE TRIvULZIO COLLECTION

80, ~ TIL. 10 q nortion of one of the most
valuable and interesting libraries VI i'"'' no WI
lection dates from the Middle AGES 'he srca' iaoo
family of Trivulzio having acc"i""ia'ou -" .iio"sn
.nccessive generations. Tho part aOou' W w soio
=. - 49,. re- becn admirably and almost exhaustive
-, .,a,aa nv Mr. Charles Sotheran, and the cata
80 which numbers 326 octave pages presents an
ox,r.ordnary gathering OF rare precious peautiiui
80 Interesting works. 1t Is arranged In five parts
~.moIv IN Early Typography, consisting OF Incu-
h,,s BLACK Letters. and other books printed
hcsore tho yoar lG0o-also Aldnc and Elzvirian I'M
r,n,s. t2) velum manuscripts, including Illuminated
hooks and later MSS, etc. (3 Biblotheca Curiosa,
inoludng raro illustrated faceg books of emblems,
Alchemy, wtohcraft, Froemasonry Jcsuits, etc. "a,
Prints and Sketches; (5l Arts and Bellies -lettres,
comprising many OF tho most magnfcently illustrated
works In the collection.
There are so few really Insignificant books In this
remarkable catalogue that 1t IS difficult to make such
selections from 1t will give proper idea OF us
wealth and scope. The Black Letters, to begin with,
embrace a large number Of fine examples, beginning
with a ps alter believed TO have been printed at Nay
once with tho types Of Fust and Schoecr In the Tina
quarter of tho fifteenth century Then there Is hIst
edition Of the DO limitations Christi l4e3, Venice
Q vulgate of 1883: first edition octave Bioe' py
Froben Of Basic, 1491; rare early copy OF Antony
Vorards edition Of John COlannas Chronicle, 1900;
fine example OF the Vosrc press 50l supcrbiy pouhd
by Lortlo; tho edtO prnceps of St. Hilary OF Polo
tiers q number OF black letter Bibles; rare Peter
Lombard; a Boccacclos Fall of Princes Francis the
F1rsts copy of a work dedicated to him. In VoiVet
and gold embroidered binding; Earl Gray's copy OF
Ariosto (Venioe, 154s) bound by Roger Payne copy
of the Cranmer Bible; early copy OF Pierce POW
mans Vision, with the +" erode" fno Beza uoo9'
bound by Cape; Harman's Caveat for Cursitors; an
early Petronius a 1888 Montaigno bound by Cape
many ampes Of tho classics from the Etenhe press
fine PtOemy Of 1898; GifoTds rare book on "itch-
craft q rare seventeenth century Americana, An
Act Prevent the Planting Of Tobacco etc." 1hou'as
yusser's 1--WE Hundred Points OF Good Husbanufle,
Black Letter and many other equally desirable works
Among tho Aldlne and Elzevran imprins are fnc
examples of the classics also Charrons La s&geSo'
bound by Derome; Elzevir Corpus Jurs, bound py
Bozerain; q large paper copy OF Berards biDh-
ography We note tall copy OF the Nuiemourg
Chronicle In Black Letter. edito princeps; biach
Letter buns Scotus, etc.
The collection Of vellum manuscripts IS extremely
Interesting. 1t includes Latin, French English, TURK
sh and Persian MSS brevarieS, psaiteiS, DOCKS OF
hours etc.. fully and beautifully Illuminated and rang
ing from the twelfth to The sixteenth Centuries lheTo
arc also Goddess of the classics including fine veuh
Virgil: Duke Giovanni Sforza's copy OF Aretno; Pog
gios Triumph of Pctrarch presented TO Lorenzo DC
Medici a hne vellun manuscript; beautiful flehlsh
Book of Hours with miniatures, hOriated CAPITALS,
etc "a magnificent vellum Ms on the ArthurIan 10
sends OF the Round Table, in Old French plolnseIy
Illustrated with miniatures; Hardouln Illuminated
Black houIs, formerly Owned W Clauuo l,as Siu
and bearing his arms on the cover IeIdfAdVic mo
IN luxurious binding, executed ior Henry H. Vi FRAMES
ana presented by hun 10 Diana OF POcteis, curious
sixteenth century autograph album coma hhs Pasos
written by Martin Luther Meianetnon anu o'Io "n
beS two papal bulls OF Cement - anu in I,IiH
XII, with tho original seals attached; an English
Mana CbaIta: the manuscript OF Voltalrcs LiIo OF
Moicrc a fifteenth century script OF 81 Augusunos
Confessions. an Illuminated Ms Oh inc sha" NAHUM
Tnen follows a beautiful series of Goud's unrlvalled
works ON ormthology and natural history, Including
Inc whole of his scontfc publications., together with
handsome cabinet made expressly for these Doors.
an extraordinary collection of those publication whoh
every gcnteman's library ought to be without, yot
fiom year to year Most of them are french editions,
ana usually tho bos Illustrated ones we aSo nTv
treatise Alchemy rare edition OF kelnehe ems,
Lengiet Dufesnoys curious BOOK on & MIe ' dc
Pary enr several fine aud early editions OF
Bodns Demonoaniat' poiihas 6mSken Bafnay
and English Gentleman the best editions OF butlors
Noixoiss N"nyeiles rare edition of the Elkon
Basilikc CrcbiliOTs Works Demons Etchlhss nu
set Dorat's Les Baisers the new and splendid edl,
tion of Dumas's Dame Camellias; number OIL
and curions emblemacal WORKS rare ara aii
and Tompei first edition; good editions OF HOgarh;
several copies of LacOs's Liasons Dangercusos La
Fontainos Fables and Comes particularly fine copies
with The ensravings of Roman dc la loOee. Essen,
OudTy Johannot etc. lie Grandes FabllauX win be"
icks woodcuts Louis Philippe's copy of LIE Baill!s
fables a rare Manual dcs Inqusteuis, after Nchoias
Eymcrc; fine Heptamoron, bound by ih9aron
by Derome: a fine edition of the Memoirs OF Mdiic
Mont peilsier: several good editions OF RaDeias,
curios selection from the works of ReStif do la Bro
tonne rare editions Of Voltarc, etc, etc.
The fourth part consists of prints and Sketches ana
includes examples in etching, sepla drawing, chaks'
etc. by Appian, Bartoozzi Berghens Boilvin
BraQuemond, Carayeggio, CaSagno' CIande Lorraine
COrO CIuihShank Darcy; DeshoEers De'a,io, iu'
jardn, Durer, Edelinck Escn, flameng leopold
per o Hadsn eFhomer Hess acque LaaHne
Lalauzo Laurent, Ieloir Lucas van Lsyden, ouinth
Morslon, OSiade Pcart, Rafael Rembrandt. Pranesl
Rubons, Van Dyck, Van de "cldc vatican Mhlster'
The fifth palt comprising works art and bellies
icttqes presents astonishing number OF valuable
hnnS,, Ind artistic bindings Among the nlustrat-
ors are Bewick, Cruikshsnk BartoOzz Cabot, Durer,
zaehusdorf Lor c, Chambolc- Duru, Cape, Thbaron:
Petit David Derome, Padelonp, etc number 9 OF OF
presses Of Witngham DidOt. Bumer, etc, and large
paper and extra illustrated copies We may instance
fine copy Of ArneS's Typographical Antiquities Auds
ley and Bowess splendid Ceramic Art of Japan; fine
AID rare example of Bakers English Chronicle a
splendid copy of Halls Baronial Halls OF England;
1uers Bartolozz, with duplicate sat proof impress
sions beautiful set of the Baskerville Classics,
F FABLE Sound by Tout BeEdEs British Birds ex
third OF Spain, Pope Clement XI Pope Plus n,
Queen Christina. Louis XIV the Duke OF MOntpenSleT
Dante an original edition Of the bore Bblo bound by
binding io the style of lie Gascon a Bolean by Cape
q arsc Holland paper copy OF Mrs Brownngs works
vile Soncreye bound by Bell Niedree large paper
Dante an original edition of the Dare Bible bound by
ChambOlc -Duru EliOs Indian Bible: Louis the FIT
teenths copy of EuipdeS the Duke OF Marlborough
copy Of y Modci Gallery; the Palas Royal Cal
lery the EtruScan Museum GOupips GrandS PentIes
FrancaiS HamiltOn's Italian School OF Painting
Ueath's Gallery OF British Engravings an extra Illus
trated copy of Ircland's Chacograph mania; folio
Zen Jonson; large paper Kaenpfer's Japan; The
Iehrun Gallery the Libr Collection a baskerville
Milton splendid copy Of Mezeray's France, bound by
Hardy the Munich Gallery the Musce Francois and
Musce Royal the Musee BOrbOnlcO tl}cckfOr's COPY
Nash'S Mansions of England: Pcart's Religious Cerc
monies an extra illustrated copy OF Madame Reca-
nlicr's Memoirs; RObcrtss Holy Land, and a great
many finely Illustrated, printed and bound
works. In art. and poetry and fiction
Tho examples here cited NAV serve to give an I'm
perfect idea of the very high character OF by far the
greater part Of the TrvulziO Collection which certain
iy must be considered of the finest, II not the alb
solutcly finest, that has been brought 10 New YORK
for distribution As price-llst will be published