The evening world., 1911-04-24
HQEL|BRARY SALE,
BEGUN TODAY, Will
YIELD GREAT TOTAL
Trea5llreS of First Editions.
Historical Bindings, Manu-
scripts al Public Auction.
VALUED At Sl,5OO,O 900.
Gutenberg Bible, Which Last
Sold for $1,000 Prize of
Collection.
VALUED At sl,5oo,ooo.

n collection OF first editions. his
tor'cal bindings, Illuminated manu-
scripts and other treasures priced by
oiolsophiles which tn. late Robert Hoe
put nifty years to gathering was placed
on sale to-day at public auction.
TIE sale Is considered the greatest
event OF Its kind ever held In the way
OF aggregate totals. The largest amount
hitherto realized from a public sale %
books az auction Is $4,000. Competent
experts estimate the Hoe collection to
be worth from 81. 900. 900 to 1 500, ZOO.
Robert Hoe does not want his books 10
80 to any public collection, there 70 lie
unh3ndled and unread In show case. FOR
the hlllterate 10 stare at. Il was his
desire that At his dear the treasures
he hah spent 50 many hours IN amass.
ing should pass into the hands OF those
who could appreciate them. and he be.
l!eycd the best means to insure this re-
suit vas TO distribute them at pubic
auction.
In the whole collection. the single
book that commands the mos; atien-
ton is the magnificent copy on yellum
OF the famous Gutenberg Bible. printed
some time between 1850 and 1ES. and
Nh!ch last cold IN London. fourteen
years sgo. f,r teo.nn. The record price
paid al auction for any book IL 81. 80.
bought by the Menu Psslter in 1854
ut the sale in London OF Sir John
Thorold's library.
Value Mainly Historical.
The value OF the Gutenberg Biblo
l. 49, .N... L. ga. N-..
ample of the book makers art. consider
able thou<d that, lie. for more beautiful
books have been printed; nor In It's
rarity, f." there are thlrtv-four copies
IN cHlstcntc, ~ In i;s historical IN
t"rcsi. for /; wa the first book know
to nave been printed from movable
tyrss.
ore hundred ID eighty copies were
7'rItN OF or paper and thirty on
vel,i'n. am o. these. twentv-scyen on
pa1'' ard seven o. vellum are nou
nova 80 ho 'u existence. OF which 'ro
ore ID. f''o copy and the other owned
by J i'o...l, Movg7n-are IN this
corrj-y
ri ito Gutenberg Bible. though tie
cu.ol IS by 10 means the only ,reasrr.
or he most curious in the collection
Book; vita tie arms Of kings and
qucofs, beautiful manuscripts anteiat'a :;
pr,rtla=, autographs. manuscripts, an
%no'a;ei cop,c, enriched ny famous men
and letters. complete tie LIST.
There a1c o.rhtv illuminated Horaa ~,
books Of devotional; hours. broa lily n'gs,
trat.vc OF the art o. manuscript N'um!na
tion. Among ,Hcn are the famous Pom
broke Horac. cxccuted IN ErEiaud abor.
1850. for wsIch NJ. Hoe paid $500; TIE
superb nlssal Of Charles VI % France
the Hours OF Anne OF BcsuIcu. daugh'
ter % Louis NJ, and the Ovid, execute
ror Anne de BretaEnc, Queen Of Louis
XII.
Early English eooks.
In the division OF early Ensl'sl
books there is a large and Terf"ti "N
annie OF tho "Trovlus and C"rs'do,'
bv wynken de Worde, the second "ti-
ton: a second edition o; Queen Ei'11-
beth's PRAYER book, probably the f!rs'
10 he printed FOR tie public: a ~.
edition NJ "Essryes OF a Prc1' 7
IN. Divine Art OF Pocsle,' by James
J. Of England. OF which only fp0r
comics have been sold at auction si'c'
M: tne oN,' pcrfec; copy known o'
Caxton's edition Of Sir Thomas Ma
orv's ''Mor'e d'Arthur," with every
leaf clean and sound. which last solo
for so.7-o. fnur-fol'o Shakespeare
fifteen ousrtos, the Venus and Adonl'
~, ysrum, AMI the rare first collecte,
edition OF tho Poems l6im,
More modern English authors arr
well represented, as are American
works.
To sale vi'i 10 held IN 'orr parts
OF which this, part one, hcginn'uG to
dav. IS divided into eighteen sessions
two DAM. terminating May !" I'm.
other nars, which have not yet beef
catalogurd, wi, 10 sold next fall
Part ore alone fills two volumes o
500 raqos. making 2.35S tens.