The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-14
sETALL NOOK SALE OYER.
Total Realized eo.oso.os. an Average
of 48S.

&oS
of O Y.
The last days session Of the Sewall sale was
held yesterday. Tho prices wero about the same
as on previous days. Two things have been
demonstrated beyond any doubt In the sale of
this collection Of books. namely, that there 10 q
| fashion In books as we'll as In dress. and that
too much attention cannot be paid by the col
| lector to the condition of the books he buys. 1t
is we'll within bounds of o conservative esti-
mate to state that Mr.. Sewalls library would
have sold for more than twice rs much II he
had been more careful about the condition OF
his books. He evidently bought them because
they suited him. and not because he thought he
was making a good investment
His library was what collectors call old FASH
toned. Rare editions of Greek and Latin classics.
even by. famous printers, do not bring what
fhfs a'a ON 5Ts the yot sseFf sa asH perfect pr sa 'ee SHys os
more, The Foote and Adee sales in this country
this fact beyond a doubt. The total for the
1.+l4 lots was only ,S9,o10.6s. an average Of
nearly sos; Appended arc the more important
prices realized yesterday:
.d RFsse's HIsso5y and Aqa'i sa7,s 30 Of I sS,,on; Second sss%s
iSSS; tsushsS " SsS5ss ,T%,!Si $50 .so, ,,ao
Bqash.' BY DGa%. Meal 60. es9. -
ai pf. Won liz fSsf ts, = sf:SsIsf !; ss INA 4. ~ nl.sr,s. 9.
BY George d. Smith. Ss5..
pray,ou,s Poems London. 1887. Bought by George
n1 i Rssu ma I'd; so ElSSs +; b ss s's s.,S ~, 3 GO. 1 .ss: rdin.
end M Ro,oi Elegant e e., and ;, E ean Poems
piets1 saii!on: t$$ifSras' eoprS Edinburgh. iii.
Drsden's .knaus MirsollIA London, 1867. Bought
Dryden Sd.al and Others. Tho satlres Of Juveual and of
Per'laA London, i7ls. Bought by George L. Smith,
s Sssd' Essd Sso issssss. A Rsuss' Sg i45 FAR; s sS.i's9:
.d Sssas'f len atssoi iss 81 s. Bought ssG1 !, s sss9ssr {, smith, Si;s:
y1 ReH Ss spsp Es es!nt ss 6 6aS ! tF Il vi; T Pan. :
if pS !. s. aSHs9!! BY k kisraaS sSs'I PSs5 sst BoSxh, by
DJ D SSias ! fss,lS Isl christi. New York 1891 Bought
LIZ M Works o. Albert DuEs aaaa I,s5 TAN ,I,u' soSsS;
BY society L,s,a5y sSu; r,.r, un.,,.,., r,,ono.,
to D1 9wo vcina'es. Paris. 1873. Boashs By 6 '. i.
Edwaidss The paraaice Of Dainty Devices. Heeer,s
iq Em 5 i iSeU 5y F Tsn:Ier 3s sSot Z Dc F s%;so' and Others.
ll4piItfs: Ifro9 John Allan's eolIec'ionj Bought
Essi.;a RsTeiai.on. Political Tract. Relating to the
ai a5a ;sis. n paslss 81 8; d ss5's; n &. ss1 EPss sPsss. Lon
The New I%sstament; win the P1raphrass OF Eras
P psan II H6 ansi,sn;s i5. vols. London '''''. n00sh'0 s
ExsIyP;s SsSlpS,aF. First edition. London, 1852.
,a ESs %;.oI ESTa IA % Ssnss;sS,sS O. s 81 the N s1,r sn 4:
Illustrated; 10 - Of 70 eoPis. printed in quarto.
FanShnwe's Camocns' Lusiad. London, 1855.
Bought by J. O. Wright L Co $50.
FTankIin's Recherches sur Ia Bihliothaque de Eotre-
Dane de Paris au XIIIe. steele. Printed on vellum.
only three so printed. Paris, 1868. Bought by George
d. Smith. 80
Franklins Charters of the Province OF Pennsyl-
vRnia ana City OF Philadelphia. Printed and sold by
B. Frank in. Philadelphia. 1863. Bought by ar. Rich.
mond. $3.50.
Franklin. Benjamin. Letters IN him, of his Family
and Friends l71l-9o large ,papsr!. Extra ilus
den. sac.
Frenau's Poems. Third edition. Q vols Pbiladel.
phil. 1905. Bought by Dodd, Mead & Co, SIG.
Froyssart's Chronycies- London, 1928 Bought by
GaOrge ID. smith, $S5.
Fuiler's Abel Ksdivlvus. London. 1881. Bought by
Mr.. Leonard. SO.
Funeral sermons. Acollectlon Of sermons preached
BrIniey Library. Dough: by Mr. A. J. Bowdep. 9l1.
Funeral Sermons. Another similar collection of
brary). Bought by Mr.. Leonard, 413.