The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-26
BOOK BRINGS $4,000
AT PEMBROKE SALE
famous Black Book Of the
Apocalypsis. Printed About
1860. Sells Highest.
MANY RARE VOLUMES
George ID. Smith of New York
Outbids Quaritch and Gets
Many Prizes.
lANN RARE VOLUMES

IoNuuS. June 25.--The highest price
oa.Ancd at the first days sale OF a por-
lion " ,hc library Of the Earl OF Penn
broke At Sotheby's to-day was t2,l2o
Slo.GOoj. which was paid for the famous
black hook OF the apocalypse The total
realized at to-day's sale was eco, 400
(slO2.4jO).
The book is supposed to have been
printed in Nuremberg or Bamberg about
1850. II consists OF fifty leaves of de-
,Isns and Inscriptions In Gothic charac-
ters printed from wood blocks and !s
hound In old English red morocco. Au-
,horitics mention only one other complet,
copy in existence. that one being at
Munich
The second highest price was obtained
10 n nrst edition of Durandus's Ration
ale. $50 caves. printed IN Gothic char
actors In two colors at Mainz in 1859
This brough, 1880 4e.750).
George u. Smith. the New York book
dealer who bought most OF the famous
Hoe library and who was reported TO
Rave bought the Duke OF Devonshires
llbrar, secured most OF the days prizes
oyerbiddIng the Quaritches frequently.
Amons other gems which he secured
we're the frst Nylographic edition Of the
Ars Moriendi, Joannes Balbus's "Cathol-
rom" The Book OF st. Albans' a sec
ord edition OF Cessoliss The Game and
ray OF the Cheese" the third Caxton
edition Of Guillaume de Tisnonville's
"Dcjcs and Notable wyse Sayengs Of
tie Philosophers" Gellius's "Noctes At
tcr,' and Godfrey de Boui,lons King
{. Jerusalem"
$4,000 for book of 81. AIbsns.
A copy Of the Book OF ST. Adams. frs;
edition described as one Of the rares'
looks In the English language and the
hrst of English sporting books brought
~ 500 $4,000. and the same price was
paid for first edition Of Jacobus de
CessolIss The Game ann Playe OF the
t1cssc Moralized.'
A copy OF the first edition OF Apuleius's
Nctsmorphoseos. Book Nj. was sold fol
tlSj Cs925). and a first edition OF Arts
totle, in Ave volumes, produced by tn,
Aldine press. I495-9s. sold for Isl 5000
A copy of the first xylographic edition
work printed from wood blocks brough
1900 S2,50o).
Other Prices Realized.
Other rarlti,s sold and the prices the,
h ought follow:
AuGustinus. DE Civtate Del libr y II.
printed In Venice by Johann OF Speier
finished by wcndclin. 1870, fl00 s500)
Ralhus, Catholicon. first, cdition containing
81: leaves. attributed to Johann Guten
BERG 1850. $40 S2.e0o) Berllnshier
Geographic, original edition, f2l5 H1.075)
Eiblia Psuperum. block book OF the M
te'nth century, the copy containing thirt
leaves out OF the forty, ESQ $4,000
Casars works, first edition. Roman l., I
tor, illuminated in Florentine style $50
tt3.OO0D Caesars Commentaries, roma
letter the second edition OF Cesar, rs
$3.50 Callimachus, IIymni first edltio
" the separate Greek text. f76 s3S0)
cossolis. the Game and Plays Of tn
Cheese Moralizcd, Caxton, second edition
1900 ,sI.5O0).
High Prices for Cicero.
Cicero. DE Oratore librl III. first ed
ton, the first book printed In Italy {
which copies are known and described q
probably the first printed Latin classic
fl,o0o Cj.o00b Cicero. DE Orstorc a
GlIntum Fratrem libri ILL.,. 1900 81
o00I Cicero, Epistolae ad Familiares, III
trst book printed in Venice, f2+5 81
225) Cicero Epstoln sd Famliare
second Venetian edition. fi9O $3.50
Cicero. Epistol ad NJ. Brutum ct Gle,
tons q Frttrem al octsvium ct ad A
tcum, fl35 $3.50 Cicero. Epistole a
Aiticum, Brutum ct z. Frstruu
the earliest production OF Jeuson
press, fss $500; Cicero. Rhetorcu
lbri ~. ct DE Inventionc lbri H., f2(
tl,oW Cicero. Tusculane QUESTION:
$50 5000 Cicero. Tullye of Olde Al
Tulius de Amicitis, Declamacy ON NJ
blcSs", tho original edition of Caxton
translation and printing. 1850 t5,25o
Columna, Hypnorotomachia Poliphi
described rs probably the most exquisi
production of the Nldine press" I'll
ti6oI Dante Aigheri, La Divii
Vommeda generally regarded as 4
most ancient edition Of the poet" 20
'N'fF''l l''l'S anu .NptdbN ,
Sayongis NJ tho Philosophers. translate
from the French of Guillsume de Tigno
Vile and edited by William Caxton, thi
edition. 1850 o$J,250).
Gellius Noctes Attlce. first edition
described as one of the rarest volum
IRON Sweynheym and Pannartz press. f3
|lA1o) Godfrey dc Bouillon, King
Jeru tlcm black letter Zone of the thr
oih' copies in private hands Is in
JIlopont Morgan library). f255 t1,275
iN'rouymus EXpositio In symbolum ape
t"l'rgm, and Aristoteles. Ethica, both
Gothic type. the first and second boo
printed al oxford 1850 s3,s0o).
tn" remainder of the portion Of
library selected for sale will be sold
soth'by'. tomorrow.