New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-03
MILLIONS BOOKS ARE SOLD.
First Edition of "Paradise LOST"
Dated 1867, Goes to Chicago.
YALE 0UTBID IN HOE SALE
Total Mounts to SS09,140, the
Receipts for the Whole Day
Being S60,566.

There was another reaction At the sale
Of the Robert Hoe library Yesterday after
the sweeping totals Of the day before. The
grand total for the sale was raised only
10 @on,I4o by the $50 sss taken In during the
day. while on Monday Il had been swelled
oy the addition Of more than s2sjen. A.
the evening session there were registered
two bids of 81 each. q thing wholly new 70
the sale George n. Smith, the erstwhile
bidder Of record prices. was guilty of one
Of these.
The day. however, was by no means the
lowest OF the sale. Five books sold for
more than 81 ,oco in the evening" the highest
going 10 Bernard Quaritch for A10o. This
was the hrst Aldne edition OF Petrarch' $
''Le Cose NolGarii." and the first book
printed by Aldus in italics. It was done
In Venice in 1901. and is probably the copy
presented by the printer to Cardinal Pietro
Bembo. who furnished him with the orig
inal manuscript
Another book which was the cause OF
spirited bidding between Dr. A. s. W.
Rosenbach Of Philadelphia. and Mr.. Smith
was the Parliament Of Devils" printed by
Wynkyn de Worde in 1909 The only other
copy Of this work known is in the uni
versity library at Cambridge. and neither
has ever been sold at public auction. The
Bidding started at SO and IT'S progress for
time was slow. but final price OF 50 soo
was obtained from Mr.. Smith. who after
The book had been knocked down 20 him
said he didn't know why he had bid so
high for II.
Well observed one Of the audience
who had perhaps marvelled before at the
highness Of the bids. there wasn't any rea-
son for him to stop, was there"
Walter M. Hill outbids Smith.
Walter NJ Hill outbid Mr. Smith for what
Is said TO be the rarest Of all the hooks
printed by Louis and Daniel Elzeyir, Of
Amsterdam, q work on pastry cooking by
Francois la Pastis.ier. II cost him ST. 2rJ
Mr. Smith. however. carried away two other
valuable books from the evening session
George Peele's The Battle ~ Alcazar," a
a play which Shakespeare is said TO have
satirized in Henry ", Act n. Scene 4,
which he bought for sI.OSO-and William
Painters The Palace Of Pleasure" in two
parts. the fire, printed in 1861 and the sec
ond in 1859. for which he paid 5000
The thirteenth session Of the sale In the
afternoon was n marked contrast 10 the
one which preceded IL. on the night before
more than $4,000 had been taken IN dur
ing the first forty minutes 81 bidding Yes
terday afternoon tho total stood ~ only
$500 a. the end OF the same time on
Monday night nine Of the thirty -eig hi
books which sold for more than 81 no
brought prices higher than the highest Of
the six hooks over 5000 yesterday after
noon.
In spite Of these facts Yesterday after
moons totals were larger than five Of the
other sessions which had preceded IL. and
the highest price was higher than the roc
ord al four other sessions. The amount If
the total vas Se1s5 and the largest hid
was $500. II was given by Bernard
Quaritch the London dealer. for first edi-
ton of La Mer dc lHisto're," one Of the
most beautiful productions ~ the early
French press. printed I'm Paris IN 1853 by
Pierre Le Rouge for Vincent Common