The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-02
BOOKS THAT KINGS OWNED.
Louis XVI Wrote His Signature in
One, Marie De Medicis in Another.

LOUIS ANA wrote His Signature in
One, Marie De Medicis in Another.
From the New York Times.
Columbia University has on exhibit
ton at the present time a large and
valuable collection of books illustrat-
ing the history of bookbinding from
the period of earliest efforts TO make
the trade a fine art The books were
collected by Samuel P. Avery, who has
presented a number of them to the
university. The collection contains
some of the best work of the great
masters of the art. But, aside from
this, 1T is interesting as containing a
number of volumes from the private
libraries of French, English and Span
ism Kings and from the collections of
the noble families of those countries.
One of the most interesting is from
the library of Louis XVI of France.
IL is work on the theater printed
IN Paris in IT'S, and contains the sigma
ture of the ill-starred monarch. to-
selher with manuscript notes in his
own handwriting. The binding is by
Jerome, in red morocco. In the CEN
Ter are the arms of the Countess
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francs. wv
from the library of Charles " of
SPAN comes book entitled "In Flu
mere carroll II, HiSpaniar. Regis Catho-
ilcl Oratlo Habita in Sacello Ponteficio."
IL was printed in Parma in 1883. The
Dinulng is of black velvet embroider-
eo with gold and silver threads, color
ca Silks and pieces of metal. On each
r.
arms of Charles ~ in gold and sill
yer. ga
Inc library of Charles II of Eng
i IAN, contributes manuscript entitled
Inc Statues and Ordinances of the
Most Noble Order of st. George
Named the Garter; Reformed. Tx.
planned, Declared and Renewed by
frlnce Henry VIII" The volume dates
from about 1871. 1t was bound bv
Samuel Merne for Charles II, and
bears as a cipher the interlaced "CC."
On the first page are the arms of the
luke OF Hamilton, in gold and water
colors, and the official manuscript or
Ger for the issuance of the warrant for
Jonn Werden to be a baronet is laid in
book OH anatomy from the private
collection of Diane de Poitiers is in
cluded in the exhibition. The work
was done In 1916. The binding is white
morocco, and bears the culver, arrows,
fleur de lis and crescent cipher of
Diane and the double interlaced cipher
''DH" of Diane and Henri II,
Another volume of interest is a re-
ligious work owned by Marie Leczin-
ska, the wife of Louis XIV. The bind
ing is dark morocco, with fieur de lis
In each corner and in the center the
the arms of the Queen, for whom the
book was bound and to whom 1t was
dedicated An autograph note from
the Queen to her father, Stanislaus /
is inserted, in which she signs her.
self mon terest cher Papailchen de
Occur ct dame a vous Mariechna."
Teh arms of Marie de Medicis deco
rate the cover of book by Jean de
Loyac. The cover also bears the inn
perial crown of France in gold and
silver, encircled with the Gordon de
veuvage in silver Inserted is letter
addressed "a mon Cousin lie Cardinal
d'Ost" and signed Marie de Medicis.
A description of the fetes held at
Strasbourg during the visit of Louis
XIV to that city in October. 1744, is
bound In full red morocco by Padeloup.
The crowned cipher Of the King is in
troduced in the border and the arms
~ Toitis WV are In the center.