New-York tribune., 1912-01-16
HOE GEMS Up TONIGHT
Best Manuscripts of Collection
Expected to Attract High Bids.
$4,000 ITEM POSSIBLE
Collectors Son Sees Eclipse of
Record Price in Sale of
Touraine Missal.

After a day that dragged along with less
spirit than any In the sale, either this win
ter or last spring, to-night's session of the
auction Of Robert Hoes library, at the
Anderson Galleries, is expected to produce
many lively tilt between veteran bidders
and bring a total exceeded only by the
record night of the first part, the evening
of May /. 1910. when S2l4567 80 was bid for
manuscripts similar to those which are to
be offered tonight.
Arthur Hoe. son OF the collector. paid
5000 on that occasio for the Pembroke
Hours" a fifteenth century manuscript Of
great historic interest which had come
into the possession Of Mr.. Hoe at the time
Of the Brayton Ives sale. in 1891. He said
yesterday even that price might be eclipsed
by at least one OF to-night's offerings.
Undoubtedly the most famous of those
10 he sold this time" said Mr. Hoe, rs
the Touraine ,Missal. which contains two
ful-page miniatures and twenty-five
smaller ones, among the best productions
Of the school of Tourane art. They date
from the sixteenth century, and are prob
ably the work of one Of Jean Foucduets s
pupils. The manuscript was in the Firmin-
Didot collection. but | don't know whether
my father bought II at that sale. He never
used 10 say very much about his books
This manuscript ought to bring between
So. .O,0 and $4,000. but Il may bring more
or course. II Is only matter OF guesswork
how much these dealers are willing TO sink
In such an investment. Another fine manu-
script Is The Romance of the Rose dat
ing from the fifteenth century and contain
Ing seventy-six miniatures and other illumi-
nations i'm gold and Colors. The stamp or
I.e Teller. Marquis de Courtanvaux, Is on
the first and last pages. That ought 10 90
for $2o.O0, at least"
George II. Smith, the dealer who hap
pened to be under bidder on the pembroke
Hours" agreed with Mr. Hoe in his esti-
mates.
Tho total for the afternoon session yestcr-
day was sl3.og7 n. Maurice sloog. a New
York dealer paying the highest price. N.I5'
for la Fontaine's "Contes ct Nouvelles Ell
vers." containing forty-two plates and
portrait Of the author by lie Mire. Twenty
lots Of La Fontaine sold for 1854, among
them the famous edition OF "Contes ct
NouveIlcs." called "Dcs Fermcrs Cen
eraux." a COPY OF which sold IN tho first
part of the sale for S725. q. & IIelman. OF
New York. bought yesterdays copy for
sos.
Among ether purchases were A first edi-
tion Of THE Discoveries of John I,edercr
IN Three Several Marches from Virginia.
by Walter NJ Iiil. Of chicago. for $50, and
a presentation OF II Pautres Les Euvres
d d'Architecture" TO Louis Armand dc Bour-
bon. Prince de Cont, by Bernard Quaritch
for 81.
Last nights total OF til5i2 50 brought
the days aggregate up TO only s2L57o,
nearly $4,000 lower than any In tho en-
tire sale The highest price obtained was
$3.50 paid by George H. Smith for John
Lyngate's paraphrase Of Guido de Colon
mas Historic Troiana.' printed in Lon
don in 1913 Bernard Quaritch is quoted
s saying that only four perfect copies of
the first edition of tins book were in exist
ence in 1922 No record has been kept,
several authorities said Of where Mr.. Hoe
obtained his COPY.
seven lots OF LonEus brought fl.7ls.
the highest going to Mr.. Smith for $3.50. a
copy of Les Amours Pastorales de
Daphnis et dc chloe" from the library Of
Prince Dc Sayn Wittgenstein Quaritch
got a COPY ~ the same book published in
l71S for Philippe dOrlesus. Regent of
France. for so probably the Hubbard
corv sold In London IN 1902 for r.. A frst
edition Of Lowell's poems went 70 Walter
W Hill for 5000. In bidding on d copy of
Les Nouvelles Dc Marguerite, Refine 10
Navarro" j . Wright raised tho question
as ~ whether he or Mr. Smith had offered
$3.50 for II FIRST lie insisted that It he
put M again and offered $3.50. Mr. Smith
offered $3.50. II went m him.