New-York tribune., 1889-12-19
10 SELL s. L. NJ BARLoWS LIBRARY.
Rare BOOKS IN HIS CoLLEcTIoN-soMEo OF THs
MOST INTERESTING WORKS.

MOST INTERESTING WORKS
The remarkable collection of books and objects oi
art belonging to S. L. NJ Barlow is soon 10 oe SOlS
at auction to close out his estate Mr.. bario" ~"S
an Industrious and discriminating cohec'oi
tastes IN photography led him to devote MS eh'u' "V
tention to works America. and ms hoi", Va -
class of works is beyond question one Vi 'r, , ~"
extensive and valuable of any in existence. i'o w
will begin at the rooms of the American AT. NsSosr' ~
,on on February 3. continuing afternoon ana eVe"'"s
until the afternoon of saturday fcoruNiS
The catalorue was complied oy rV'or
G. Wright and contains an nv, , '-D''
by Henry Harrsse. the "S.-N"o""
photographer Of Paris. There are zoo ''''' ''P
Iesenting about 5000 BOOKS. ., ., rar,.r ara
Tho collection abounds in books oi erea' rsA'S au
. ,h.r, Is the wonderful letter m Co
80 =. sr,sb nubushed in Rome In li93 Just
a.,ar h,s return from his first voyage 10 the Ne"
world The copy contains the hhsiis" u""s'a"o" ~
,nd.r de Cosco, and Will be recognized Dy col
~ - o,s of the rsrcst books in existence. a
single oopy being valued in Germany at about S4ooV
rhe,c is also second letter of Columbus published in
,1oa and cited in Harrisses Biblotheca Americana
Arother valAble work is the Letters of Vespucius,
publIshcd in 1904, containing an account written by
himself Of the first, second and third voyages OF Co
,nn,bus The Beckford copy sold for nearly $500.
Tbcn there is Peter Martyrs history in Groler binding
nv oNarius published in 1911 There Is also the
,acest eel ever offered of Jesuit Relations being
o animal reports in the form of letters sent by the
FATHERS Of the Company of Jesus TO their superorS in
france and dating from 1884 to 1873 The library
lso contains the works Of Las CasaS running from
1882
Another book remarkable for its intrinsic beauty and
,toca associations is Les Singularites dc la France
.pdaltoues (Anversl. 135s. with the arms of Diana
A. Poters on the binding There is matchless
cony of "Virginla7 by Captain John Smith, OF
pocahontas fame. Another curious book bears
the title of ~veritables Motifs de Messeurs ct
DANES de Ia societe dc Notre Dame de
yonrealr II published for the conversion OF
The savaces and there are few copies in existence.
The library also boasts the earliest known map 30
No engraved with the position Of the New World
marked upon it, II the Ptolemy edition, published
m Rome in 1908. and the collection OF Ptoemy maps
subsequently published accompany 1t.
Among the manuscripts is the collection of Living
sion Letters numbering 900. addressed 10 William
l. Livingston. while he was Governor OF New-JerseY'
70 which almost all the prominent Americans OF the
tme contributed-between 1775 and 17s2. true
,ope of the Court BoOke of the Governor and Society
Of Massachusetts, Bay in New England formerly be-
longing to the grandfather of Governor Thomas Hutch
nson, and taken by him to England in IVA, no"
reposes until it is sold in the Barlow couecuoh'
This book is the original record of proceedings OF the
colony and is in It's original form Another no less
interesting work is the LOG Book of John Panl
and afterward on the Bonne HOmme Richard IN
marked contrast 10 the records left by that parotc
.eadog of the Revolution is the journal OF Benedc'
Aods expedition to Quebec. written by him. ana lei
at West Point when he fed after Andres capture
To many no one Of the books in the collection VIII
he Of more interest than of the decision In the
United states supreme Court III the case OF Dreo
scott versus j. T. A Sandford. The leaves have oee
torn out OF one OF the supreme Court reports anu anu
hound in the form OF book. which contains thls hott
by S L. NJ Barlow AT the time OF decision oi ulls
case Dred scott belonged TO me-. ...
The piciures scuutures bTic-a-brac. ceramics
curio, ornamental furniture and embroderles nuhDe
900 lots and their sale will occupy several GAYS
The pictures consist almost entirely u Ola master
and among them are "Ilie Children OF charles /.
by Van Dvcke and also crayon drawing. (which Is pre-
snmably the sketch from which the picture was naue
q nfe-size Venus from the hand Of the gleat iliah
examples Of Teniers. -Cuyp and Giovanni belnl' !
WOuyerman's with the traditional gray horse d
monochrome OF Poussin's representing - paul preach
ing with portrait Of the artist among the races h
The near foreground the Meeting 81 Alexander inc
Great with the Wife of Darius large canvas. by
lie prun a portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart
picture of the elder Herrsing, representing queen
Victoria feeding horse. and the Only portrait ever
known 10 have been painted of Robert Burns