The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-10-29

note are Sponsors Faerie Queen. first
edition Of both parts: Sponsors Colon
Clout, 1895. Spenser's Complaints. 1891.
North's Plutarch. 1873; Montaigne's Es-
says. 1903; Jane I. copy; Nirrour for
Magistrates. 1919. with the rare dedica-
ton: Drayton's Polyolbion. first edition
OF both parts; ChapmanS Home-S
Works and Batratchomyomachi 1916.
"a. fine and perfect copies; Bacon's
Advancement OF Learning. 1905. large
paper; Waiton'S Angler, 1ess, the first
edintion; scarce volumes by George
Wither, John Davies, Thomas Stanley.
Braithwait. Cleveland. Lovelaee. and
nearly score mole OF early English
authxrS.
The gem in the Americana collection
Of which there are ssyera; hundred
items. is a fine copy OF Ptolemy's Ge-
ography, 174S, which contains the first
maps ever engraved on copper. Here.
also, are Letters OF Columbus and YES
puccius." early editions; Zumar-aga's
'Doctrina Breve," printed in Mexico
ninety-Seven years earlier than the
Bay Psalm Book; Puga's ~Cedula-
rio," Mexico. 1868; Solinus Gamers
History ofoin aoin DIN DIN aoin aoinin
''Polyhistor," 152o, containing the first
map bearing the word America Smiths
History of New York 1867, large pa
per Wolley's Two Years Journal in
New York" Filson's Kentucky" with
the very rare map Of which only five
copies are known in America: scarce
volumes by the Mathers. John Cotton,
and books printed by Benjamin Frank
lin. including an uncut Cato Major.
Modern English and American auth
ors are represented by very complete
collections. The first editions OF Chas.
Dickens works maye the finest set, no
n. IN rfexra hzN ~1r a
large number Of the original drawings
by Cruikshank. Fl. K Browne, and
others. and much autographic material
/. Thackeray is represented by his rar-
est works. including ''F1ore et Zephyr"
and The Snob and Gownsman," Chas.
Lamb, a nearly complete set; Robert
Browning, the most complete set OF his
works ever offered for sale; Mrs. Brown
ing, Shelley and Keats by nearly COM
plete sets: George Eliot. complete set:
and many rarities of Leigh Hunt. Gold
smith, Gray, Andrew Lang. and others.
The collection OF American authors in
clude complete or nearly complete sets
of the works of Longfeliow, Whittier,
Lowell Holmes. Bryant, Emerson. Haw
thorne, besides many other gems Of
note.
There are many extra illustrated
works, including a marvellous set OF
Burns works, with a. large quantity of
autograph material inserted. some un-
published; Don Quixote, the works OF
Shakespeare. Walton's Angler, Par
tons Life OF Franklin. Irving's Life Of
Washington, Bancroft's United States,
several works on the English stage,
Memoirs of Count Gramont, an others.
photography is represented by nearly
all the books which go 10 make up the
reference library of a collector, such as
a nearly complete set OF the works OF
Didbin, on large paper; an extra Illus
trated copy OF Allibone. catalogues OF
great libraries, etc.
A collection of autographs, notable
in itself orns an attractive feature of
the exhibition. There are several hun
dred items representing famous names
in history, literature. science and art
IN America, England. and on the con-
tinent. There are numerous specimens
of Robert Burns, George Washington,
Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allen Poe,
Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Robert
Browning, Walter Scott, and scores OF
others of great prominence.
While primarily the library of col
lector. il is by no means confined to
first editions. editions de luxe, or extra
Illustrated copies. The worlds great
est authors. ancient and modern. are
represented by theig best editions in
beautiful bindings
This general description can give only
a limited idea of this remarkable coll
lection-undouboed with the except
ion of the Jaes Knox collection, the
most valuable private library ever
brought together in America
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