The sun., 1915-03-27
MANY RARE BOOKS
IN GEN. ives LIBRARY
Ancient Illustrated Manu-
-cripts and Letters From
Famous Authors.
TO BE on VIEW MARCH 81

The catalogue OF the books in the
library OF the late Gen. Brayton Ives.
which has jus, been issued. 'is caicu-
lated to set the biblophlcs on both
sides Of the Atlantic In flutter In
spite Of war times. The library. which
numbers more than 1.100 items, will N.
placed on view in the American Art
Association galleries on March 81, pre-
paratory to the sale. which begins on
the evening u April 6.
Gen Ives as a collector of books
Rad touched every field of the art and
with singular success had assembled the
greatest farities to which the words be-
loved " collectors are attached. such as
but one other copy known or the
only perfect copy known" extra illus
,rated works such as the "Johnsoniana,"
extended by the insertion OF hundreds OF
portraits and letters, and books. which
in addition t. rarity have had every
luxury of the binders art lavlshed upon
them.
There are In fact so many beautiful
volumes in the Gen Ives library that
came from the famous Hoe sale that
that auction is inevitably recalled. This
sale too. will go down in bibliophilic
history. and henceforth books like the
unique copy Of the first edition OF
Madame BuSary.' with the NORM
water colors, instead OF being called
IN. Baron R.pger Partals-Robcrt Hoe
copy, must be still further hyphenated
with the name Of Ives"
Old Manuscripts.
It goes practically without saying
that In such collection there are many
fine old manuscripts on vellum ana
books II hours" Among these the
"Ofiicc de la Nierge Marie 10y Mich
olas Jarret. is especially conspicuous.
II j. written on pure Vellum and tho
crowned initials OF Anne OF Austria APP
pear at the mead of the office and are
later repeated several times throughout
the manuscript. II has IA blue levant
morocco binding inltid with ivory and
rose levant and richly touled In tho
manner OF lie Gascon. by Trautz- Bau-
sonuet
This mosaic binding by Trautz-Bau-
,onnet was the fourth in the series Of
twenty-five that he executed, and Il
b.buophle once wrote that "Trautz, al
though very modest. could never see
this masterpiece without thrill OF
pride IL. signed II three times ,twice
on the book and once ON the pigsRin
easel He always fOndlcd 1t lovingly
and observed with an artists apprecia'
ton the modification N color or the
White morocco. which has now warmer
IVORY tint" The volume came to Gen.
Among the Hora is 4 manuscript on
yelluui written IN gothic characters
with fifteen brilliant miniatures by ar
,is', 4 the late fifteenth century. prob
ably Of Amlens, France The fine bind
ug m full red morocco is by CLOVIS
Eve Another French rarity is Les
ps,,ymes" one of only three copies
that are known, by Clement Marot IL
was published III 1868, and 1t is supposed
that all Of the edition save the three
that are known were destroyed during
the persecutions of 1867, when the de-
truction occurred Of the books that were
published by De Tournes
The "Choix de Chansons.' by La
bor,ie, * the edition OF 1913 and con-
tains the rare portrait OF Laborde q
l. Tyre by Masaue!ier after Demon
There are many La Fontaines, includ
Ing the "Fermiers Genereaux' editor
WIN the Impressions OF Elsen's engraV'
tLgs Oh thick paper.
successful Fraud.
T.a Guzla," by Prosper Merrimee
II the first edition of this entertain
irg and successful literary fraud Mer
ime- when "A student often dreamed o.
journey along the east coast or I'M
AHratic. The funds however. wer'
ha har
- was noted suggested a solution, whlc'
he and a friend named Ampere carried
out. The solution was that they shou!'
write their travels first and then X
on the journey with the proceeds, Mer
rmee composed LA Guzla," which M
affirmed he had collected In Dalmatia
Croatia. Bosnia and Herzegovina II
none of which countries he had ever sc
foot
The portrait OF "Hyacinthe Maglano
vi,ch' in this book is himself rigged nj
in Dalmatian costume, false mus
tache, crOsslegged. with an instruinel
on his knee IL was supposed 10 ID
the famous ballad singer OF the poems
The book was translated into Polish AM
uraised by the Russian poet PushKil
for Us fidelity to the Slav spirit.
Many OF the first editions have let
ters from the authors inserted ana u
Nltll ptiSOflhl " N''' ~ -
ers are sharply vignetted. stevenson
epstle inserted in a copy OF the "Peht
land Rising" likens book collectors I
pirates, but adds that that Is why n
likes EN-. The collection of Shele
first editions contains a "Laon an
Cythna" with an imploring letter fror
the poet to the publishers begging thei
10 reconsider their intention to sto
the publication OF the work, sayin
among other things; THE people wh
visit your shop and the wretched plso
who gave his worthless custom to som
other bookseller are not the public, Tn
public respects talent and a large POI
ton Ot them are already undeceive
VITA regard to the prejudices which m
book attacks
a letter from Mrs. Browning. II
serted IN an aurora Leigh" Is equal
Earnest She deplores the fact that sh
vas once that monster, precoclol
ch.ld,' and that her misguided friend
had published her early indscretion,
Essay on Mind" written AZ the ag
o. II. The Poe volumes include III
rare "Al Aaraaf" and Raven"
which IL a letter on Hawthorne. who'
he praises for ''the purest style. IN
'nest taste. the most available scholai
snip, the most delicate humor." but "l'
MN mend his pen. get a bottle OF r!sib
NIX come ou. from the Old Manse. g,
Mr AlcOti, hang if possible) the editf
OF the DtdI and throw TO the pigs a
ms odd numbers of the North America