New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-30
THE HOE LIBRARY
Coming Sale Of Part 1.-The
Catalogue.

easily SURPASSED III ~"
results. financial and otherwise ana III
the worldwide interest 1t createo' =.
was not merely attended by dealers ana
collectors. or their representatives lroih
ahroad-this had been anticipated-put
some of it's features attracted interha-
t!cnal attention far beyond the cHoieS
OF bibliophiles and bookish people, cui-
minatlng in the spirited struggle 1or
possessjon of the Gutenberg vellum
Bible. which was bid up to SoO,O0o' or
more than twice the amount ever pslo
up to this time for single booK' 10
accounts of this competition had for the
man in the street all the charm and ex-
element Of a sporting event Oh an I'M
usual kind The total amount fetched
by this first part, representing only one
quarter of the collection-practically
81, 900. 00O-was another sensational rec
ord eclipsing all former sales, while,
finally, the book lover rejoiced over and
marvelled at the superb condition OF the
rere books brought together by this
American collector, who never rested
until he had made the best obtainabe
copy in existence his own. Mr.. Hoe was
not only princely book lover, he was
an expert as WELL the most fastidious
and exacting of connolsseurs
The sale Of the second part Of his
library is now announced by the Ander
son Auction Company, to begin at their
auction rooms on Monday afternoon,
January 8. to be continued at daily after
noon and evening sessions from that
date up to and including Friday Janu-
airy 10. to be resumed on the following
Monday and ended on Friday. the 10TH
The lots to be disposed of during this
sale amount to 1921 separate items.
The catalogue Of this second part Of
the sale is uniform in style with that
Of the first. 1t is illustrated and thor
oughly well annotated. At the conclu-
sion Of the sale 1t will be supplemented
with a full list Of the prices obtained.
While this second auction will contain
no such outstanding treasure as the
Gutenberg vellum Bible, it will offer TO
collectors numerous prizes of the high
est value and rarity. In fact, the aver
age of interest and Importance of this
second sale closely presses that of the
first. Among its outstanding items may
be mentioned, in connection with the
foregoing statement, a copy of the same
Bible on paper, thus described In the
catalogue:
Editio princeps of the Bible Whereas all
copies vary slightly, the above Is one OF
the few with headings at the commence
ment Of the Epistle of ST. Jerome, the pro-
lOguc TO Genesis, and the first book Of
Genesis printed in red. IT being presumed
that on account of the difficulty encoun-
tered IN printing in second color, this
undertaking was discontinued. In the Brit
ish. Museum copy these spaces were left
blank. The other chapter headings through
out are written in red. thus preserving the
symmetry Of the pages.
This copy, which is absolutely perfect
and genuine throughout, was the prop
erty of a priest of the Cathedral Of
Utrecht, as indicated by a properly at
tested inscription dated March Z. 14I1.
bequeathing it to a Dutch monastery.
Only twenty-seven copies of the Guten-
berg paper Bible are known to exist
four of them containing Volume l only
and one only Volume IL.
a further comparison Of this second
catalogue with the first shows a wise
distribution OF the valuable items be-
tween the two sales. The managers re-
Trained from endeavoring to crowd all
the prizes into the first one, thus secu-
ring an interest in the second one that
it Is safe to say, will probably be fully
as active and intense-so stimulating, in
deed, that a further attendance of for
eign buyers may be looked for Many
departments Of literature are again rep
resented-incunabula manuscripts, first
editions Of both early and later English
authors, Il great number Of French
books. Americana, and an inviting array
of old, modern and historic bindings.
The names Of Marie Antoinette, Marie
de Medici, Queen Henrietta Maria, Diane
de Poicters, La POmpadour, La du
Barry, Francis !, Louis XIII, Louis XIV,
Louis XIV, Charles / of England, POpes
Clement XI and Benedict XIII, Henry
III, the Earl OF Leicester, Elizabeth's
favorite; of De Thou, Grolier. Hoym,
Richeieu, Prince Eugene, Mazarn and
Napoleon | are but a few Of those listed
here. There are fooled feathers, ar
mortal bindings embroidered and tor.
toi)e shell bindings, fifteenth and six
teenth century wooden book covers, and
such recent work as that of the Club
Bindery. In this department is found.
also, the only vellum and Japan paper
copy Of Mir. Hoes own work on "One
Hundred and Seventy-six Historic and
Artistic Bookbindings, Dating from the
Fifteenth Century to the Present Time"
in two volumes, bound in brown evant
morocco by MERCER.
one of the great rarities of the forth
coming sale is found in the department
Of Americana, namely. a copy OF the first
edition Of the complete account OF the
four voyages O. Vespuccius, "Lettera dl
Amerigo Vespucci," usually assigned to
the year 1916, but, according to a note
I'm the catalogue, more probably printed
not later than January, 1906, and pos
sibly shortly after the date OF the last
letter in the volume, September 4, 1904.
This Is one Of only five copies known to
exist, and the only one in this country,
the other four being the property of
European public libraries, and therefore
permanently out of the market. The
importance Of keeping this treasure here
can, therefore, be hardly overestimated.
Fortunately, it is most unlikely that
America will allow 1t to pass into Euro
pean hands. but spirited bidding may be
predicted.