New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-28
Afternoon Brings in s16,o'5.

There were no sensational prices Az Inc
sfternoon sale. when the high sums paid in
m. beeinning Of this notable book auction
.ra considered The total realized was
e16Or5 and OF this Bernard Quaritch, the
London dealer paid the largest amount,
$500. for copy Of "Everie Woman IN Her
Humor" printed by IF. A. in 1893. Tor
Thomas Archer, and sold AZ the latter
ehon "in the Pope's head Palace neere me
FovaU Exchange" Only one copy OF this
hook has been sold AT auction This was
IN the Fountalne collection. and was at
tributed 10 Ben Jonson.
George n Smith who was. as usual an
energetic buyer. paid the next highest price
Of s615 for copy Of Octave Feuillet
Julie de Trecour' II has uncut edges
and Henriot's original drawings are insert
cd n is a comparatively modern DOCK
dated AT Paris in 1855, but is elaborstely
hound Mr. Smith also bought in a copy
Of Queen F,lizabeth's Prayer Book a
second edition printed by John Daye IN
t57S II is said that this was from the
first edition issued for the general public
This BUYER also paid $3.50 for copy Of
John Esquemeings "Bucaniers or Amer
lea " story OF that admirable pirate. sir
Henry Morgan. who. by the way, aftervard
prosecuted William Crooke the publisher
FOR describing him as = pirate. The copy
e,Id Yesterday has four inserted leaves
with an apology from Crooke TO Morgan
7, is dated London, 1884. a Ike sum was
Maid for copy Of a Bord dc la Canse,
bv Gustayo F7subert The binding is said
bv critics 10 be superb and in the volume
.N..rsa h. f.afal a.
First Euclid Ever in Type.
ono Of the books that Mr. Smith par
chased was a copy Of Euclides published
IN Venice in tAS2 by Erhardus Ratdolt
The bidding began at $500, and 1t was eX-
nected that the volume would bring a high
price but it went for $3.50. This Is the
earliest book in which geometrical illustra
tions were published. Some experts said
that Mr.. Smith paid too much for 1117
,onv Of Ffn6lon's Les Avantures de Tele-
uaolie." an original edition. He paid $500
for il. and s45 less for a 1874 edition. This
collector. by the way. bought fifteen of the
,wentv-three books sold for 5000 and over.
out ~ the two hundred books sold during
the afternoon. forty-three brought 500 and
more
There was a novelty in the shape OF a
letter signed by Ferdinand and Isabella OF
Srain II was written TO the captain gen.
eral OF the Armada of the Sea, and signed
"yo 81 Rey" and "Yo 81 reyna.' and dated
December ,. 1854. Ferdinand had heard
that the Pope was in distress through the
entrance Of the Turks into Sicily. and he
writes that he has instructed Fernandez de
Cordova 10 send cavalry into the island
Dodd & Livingston bought this for s340.
The Scribners secured French book
"ctat Actuel de la Musique du Roi ct des
rrrois Spectaclcs de Paris after stiff bid
ding for 1913 The opening price was SO
TIE book is bound in white morocco. with
the arms Of the wife Of Philippe Esalite
on the cover Yale University bought two
plays by John Fletcher one THE Bloody
Brother" the other The Tragedy OF
Thicrry King of France and His Brother
Theodoret" Both are first editions. and
dated 1921 and 1859. The prices were 500
and SOS. Arthur Hoe was among the
buyers and 20 was Bernard outhakker
an Amsterdam collector.