New-York tribune., 1912-01-12
'NOLL' BRINGS BIG PRICES
"vicar of Wakefield" First Edi-
tion. Fetches ST ,450 at Hoe Sale
TOTAL FOR DAY, S36,444
Illuminated Froissart and Fill
sons Discovery Bring the
Same Price, $3.50

Tventy-seven lots of Goldsmith at the
sale of the Robert Hoe library, now in ses-
sion at the Anderson Auction Galleries,
Madison avenue and 10Th street, brought as
many record prices last night. the entire
lot went to Dodd & Livingston for Sl4jo
the highest price of the evening. 1t was a
first edition Of Tho Vicar Of Wakefield,
a presentation copy from the author. bound
I'm the original calf, probably for that par
ticular purpose. a. r. Newton. Of Phila-
delphis. whose hobby is the collection Of
Goldsmith editions, WAS the defeated
aspirant lie took away several Of the
other lots. however, among them pres
entstion copy Of The Traveller" for which
he paid S2J.
Two Of the other high priced Goldsmiths
went n Philadelphia IN company with DR..
" A. Rosenbach, of that city. They were
first uncut edition of AN Enquiry Into
the Present state of Polite Learning in
Europe" wherein was inserted an auto
graph letter from the author asking his
publisher for an advance Of ten guineas.
for which the doctor paid $40; and first
edition Of The Haunch Of Venison." still
in its original colored wrappers, which cost
$685.
Dodd & Livingston put in the second and
third highest bids of the evening also. Sc
curing the only copy Of John Filson's Dis
covery, Settlement and Present State OF
Kentucke" ever offered for sale by auc-
ton, with IN" engraved map Of Philadcl-
phia, by Purscll for $3.50. and the Ash
burnham copy Of Jean Froisssrt's "Chron-
icies" printed on vellum about the year
1j0o and containing lS5 illuminated minia-
lures, for the same price. The Froissart
sold in London In 1897 for $50.
George n. Smith bought the first and sec
ond editions Of Bishop John Fisher s
Treatise conccrnynge the fruytful saynges
Of Dauid,' printed BY Wynkyn dc Worde
In 1908 and l5)4 for Sl,ojO and $50, respec-
lively.
Tho Ncw York state Library and
the Brooklyn Library, with purchases
of g ~ and Sl2 respectively, helped
TO bring up tho evening total 10 sl99ll 80,
making the total for the day sGG,ii 90. The
grand total for the entire sale, including
the sessions last spring, has reached Sl,1s6,-
9i3 =. OF which tho last four days have
brought IN SlS9,5SO25.
Mrs. Harry Payne whitney answered the
auctioncer's opening request for bids IT the
afternoon session, and followed the bidding
on Dilworth's Life OF Alexander Pope
printed in London in 1859. up to $50. retir-
ing in favor Of Miss Graham. who offered
S5j. She refrained from making an offer
on tho second book to come up, copy Of
Macaults French translation Of the history
OF Diodorus Siculus. printed Al Paris In
1885, and once the property OF Francois
dc Bourbon, granduncle Of Henry ". This
was the Ashburnham copy which sold in
London in 1897 for E157 II went yester-
day 10 the London dealer. Bernard Quar-
itch, for Sl,I15.
Mrs Whitney bought, among other things,
two copies Of numbers Of Austin Dobson's
verse for Sl5, six volumes OF the works OF
John Donnc, London, 1882, for $40. and
copy Of Antonio Francesca Donfs Les
Mondes cclestes tcrrestres ct infernauN.'
Lyon, 1850 for $25. Arthur Hoe, son of the
printing press manufacturer, purchased 4