Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
FIFTY THOUSAND PRINTS.
Illustrated Books in the Library Of
the Collector.
HUNDREDS OF RARE AUTOGRAPHS
A. Well as Que OF the Largest Co,iee-
tiena OF Portraits OF Napoleon
In the world.

tunes. Is owued 10y Mr. Charles c. Mcrcau
OF New York City, Mr. Mnreau hos been
collecting and Illustrating sluca 1877. Ia
that year II waa his pleasure TO have made
tho acquaintance Of Mr.. john Allen, the
famous book collector. illustrator and ans
uduarian. lilo inooulatcd Mt. Moreau with
tho book collecting ana book Illustrating
virus, Tho fever has mover lci, him. and
during all these yeara he han been au as
ulduoua collector aud Illustrator us IT,
brary now represents a monument VI pa
tcnt labor. and In many particulars III Of
most extraordinary character
one feature OF tho Morcau collection ia
that lta OWE ala HIS own inlaying ot
plates. ani In the coo odd volumes which he
has made he has nlaid not loss than 10000
engravingo aud Illustrations, /, IL unlikely
II any man, o5ou professional inlayer
ever dld 30 many, Space docs not pcrmi,
a description OF the process Of mlayng
plptcs and extending a volume by cnlatgns
pages ana extra Illustrating suffice Il to
nay that It ~ a most delicate work, seldom
undertaken by the amateur.
The books IN Mir Moreana collection are
principally those devoted ia American HIS
tory, the drama. nuc arlA aud literature,
Only cueory view OF the vast treasure
which It conlalna can bo given here o.
the works OF history, ono Of tho mnei lm-
portant Ia TNlngs Llfo of Washington.
Originally IN i've volumos. isma. ID has
been extended and enlarged to nltcen vol.
umed quarto The extra Illustrations com
prise over 800 a,ecl portraits ot waahug-
ton and 2.too portraits. pictures 81 battles
and autograph letters %. public mon Of
the tine. Very many VI the plates are ok
cc,dinly rare and priceless, Another work
Vt the same character IA rarton'a iitc ot
Franklin Originally OF two small volumes.
each paes was enlarged aud the whole extra
illustrated by several thousand rarc portraits
Of Franklin and hA contemporaries to oirht
large q,arto volumes. Libn's llllc Of JET
tcHOn, a Hmal volume, wad enlarged by
several hundred rare rflnts to two large
quartn yolumcA or vast intrreat Va cut
torH Llte OF Lafayette. enlarged from one
volume, igmo, to a three volume quarto
by the Insertion Of aW Documents aud
portraits, ahca's l.ltc Study " Hamilton,
ooyenty pare pamphlet was enlarged 10
800 rage quartu volume by the insertion
Of rro portraits Of Hamilton and hA con.
lomporaries. Charming volumea arc urs.
wod's The Republican Court; ct American
Society In the nays OF Washington. extended
from one 10 lvH large Quartp volumes. In
this Get there ave over 5000 raro portraits and
illustrations, I.osslng'a War Of iSla has been
extended from one to four ruya octave
vulumW by tho insertion Of several thou.
mnd prints Illustrating the text Joan OF
Are was extended from one to two LARGO
quArlo volumes by the Insertion o. 100
llGorrnt portraits VI Joan Of Arc and con,
tompOranopuA percentages. There are many
other historical works OF llko interest. bur
the llst W. too lour Tor enumeration
on works " The drama Mr. Mufcau has an
| extraordinary rich tniuc So vast N mo
! collection that 10 describe 10 is appAlunp.
! All Of tho warln were enlarged 10 a uniform
size, large quato. A fcw nj the ttlrs are
HK follows. Lite VI Ncll GWlu." by Gun
bingham. ENLARGED from ole 10 Two lanttn
| volumes, Joseph N lrolandt Records VI
1 tho New York stage enlarged from two
| 10 sixteen volumes. Tho CNlta Illustrations
| comprise several thousand portraits VI az
| tors, old plays hllls. pictures u ihralufa,
| autograph letters Of famous performers Of
/ tho pa6t ANA other theatrical ana. Here
| is a vast stnro-A collection thai could not
/ possibly DO duplicated lrelauia history
| covered a porlod frlm 1850 10 1860 In 1871
! the Now Nofl, "sun' carried lrolHnd'a HIS
| tory up to 1870, This record appeared in
| thp SUNDAY "Sun" editions from Npsk to
| week, and covered period VI several
months. II waA compiled by Mr. J, s. Hogan.
| These newspaper clippings Nir, Mnrcau has
inlali and illustrated, making clght htge
/ quartz Volumes, painn sau AZ lr0land's Roc,
| ora. Other theatrical works arc WlnferH
! Lilo OF Mary Anderson. enlarged 10 q lagge
| Quarto; Winters Life NJ living. uniafpud IN
! two large volumes guario. Wniefs Lie NJ
| John Gilbert, enlarged to one large volume,
| Winters LAfe o. leitcman. extended froni
! barrotts Lille " Forrest, from one to two
! volumes. Mnatroisy IN New York, two
| quarlo ynlumcs, imtinn'a Negro on tho
| stage, une large quafld. with 400 obi rare
| posters, programmes and nlaturoai ilGlton'a
| ladwln Booth. extended from one to lw1
larpa quarto volumosi llution'a Memories OF
| Flfly Ncara Of Lester Wallauk, extended IL
two large uuArto volunesi Huti0nb Curlon,
| una " the American Stagr, ono VOLUME u
| three largp volumes by the Insertion of hun,
dfcde ~ rare prints, etc, Actors aud 40
irclBcs. from ilyo volumes ~ mo- to thirty
volumes uuarto IN This Ne, o. hooks oy0i
| 1000 Illustrations wqfu inserted nrandri
| Matthew'S About Toe Ballet, extended IA
thrive large auarta volumes. and ip1lh'i
| rhpatcr ono laret quario volume contain,
inH a great number ot pictures, AUTOGRAPH
| elioff, etc, etc Othof interesting works
/ extended aul enlarged, arc Muslc IN Noa
| YORK During The Last Halt Gentry. two vol
unes quartz, Augusun DAILY aud llls Theat0r
| Two auarto volumes, Lifo OF Jenny i.lnd, ono
| uuarto volume, Comic Opera In New York
two volumes; French Opera before tho Rayui
tuition, and "a Century OF llamlotu." from
one. ia mo, volume to four large quartz
Volumes. Mr Moroau has IN preparation
bonla devoted % the lives of nefnhArdt
liijan RupaSli Fanny Davenport aud othel
iaaatng ncffarmors. also Histories OF ercry
New Ndrk tleaier, A work that should moi
Ia nYorlonhOd Ia liaEarlhh Hint0ry of "a,
oucfa, two small volumes, extended 10 foui
large uuarla vOlumcg aud containing man,
hundrsd odd and rare prints.
Tho purolv literary section 81 Mir
Morean'n library u rich IN treasure som,
al thesa area illitien'e Literary Ian,
Narts Of London" from one Volume *
three lafge guAftos, iloben burns "neni
tsnilAl.F a ANAL limo pamphlet oxtond
Cd 10 ono LARGE luatiN, by tho insertion "
over 200 rafo portraits and shrfavlnFs
liNstlca ~ Genius" from one N1lume q
tbrre volumes quArto, and "i.ife Of ThomAi
uray," tina author u the famous clegy
extended from ono small tema volume q
ihrea iarEe qnarloa. This ncl contain
f5fty rare plato 81 uray, as we'll ~ AZ
nrlpinnl nllh0uetic ~ the paet Other NAii
aria works arc ''Wllllam Cullen bryant AMI
III Frienls." extended FINN onr lann.sal
nna 10 three large quariu valnmeal "Lloni
ultrmry) Living and Dead 1855 ilan
ene volume l1nhp, 10 two large quarloa
rhampaon's ''SeApona,T illustrated BY ihl
insrrtion u several hundred rare pfin,a
AMI ''rnttnits Of Literature" extended q
four large quartz youmeA Tvo 81 tbs