New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-09
SPLENDID ives ART
TO co AT AUCTION
Sale of Collection One of
Most Important Ever
Held Here.
RARE BOOKS LEAD IN
IN VARIED TREASURES
Etchings and Engravings Form
Large Part, with Porcelains,
Rugs and Furniture.

Those who delight in viewing and
possessing the art treasures gathered
by others, that sometimes have re-
quired more than half q century to
obtain. from several continents, are
soon TO enjoy a treat, it is said, for
the collection Of that well known con-
noisseur the late General Brayton Ives
is TO be dispersed in April, under the
personal direction Of Thomas +. Kirby.
Of the American Art Association. who
declares that this will be one of the
most important public sales ever held
in this city. including, as it does, I'M
perial Polish and Chinese rugs, en-
cravings and etchings, books, early
English furniture and other rare OBJ
jects of art.
Il was General Ives's aim TO form a
collection of high quality rather than
one of quantity, and IN HIS search here
and abroad it was his habit to discard
everything which did not reach
the highest standard. Consequently,
through his discriminating judgment
each department is numerically small,
with the exception of the library and
the engravings and etchings, which. TO
include all the great masters at their
pest, are large.
Rare Literary Treasures.
The literary treasures virtually con-
sist of a library OF nuggets" selected
with the scrupulOus care OF an expert
enced bibliophile bent on having the
best not only in typography, illustra-
tions and fine binding, but in rare good
condition.
The illuminated and other manu-
scripts include examples executed in
the thirteenth. fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. "Brevirum Or
dinis Fratum Pradicatorum $. Domin-
lei" is IA manuscript of the thirteenth
, century on vellum, and of English exc
cution, with twenty-eight illuminated
initial letters, thirteen Of which con
| tain miniatures Another is an "HorR
Beate Marie Virgins Of the fifteenth
century on vellum and contains fifteen
full page miniatures, the colornG par
tcularly good and other details rich
and harmonious. 1t is in a sixteenth
century morocco binding. probably by
! Clovis Eve. Another is the remarkable
"Ot'ice de la Verge Marie" executed
/ by Nicholas Jarry, the calllgrapher OF
Louis NH and Louis NV.
English First Editions.
The English and American authors
include Thackeray's Vanity Fair" a
first edition in the original parts. lS4S:
K. l.. Stevenson's "Pentland Rising
first edition. 1866: Cowper's Poems,
first edition. morocco. 1882 80; Byron's
Hours OF Idleness," first edition, mo
rocco, large paper, uncut, 1907, and
Swinburne's "Laus Neneris,' first edI-
ton, morocco.
In addition to the foregoing may
be noted Thackeray, about two dozen
items. including THE Newcomes" and
"The Virginians," in the original parts
and first editions, in cloth; Stevenson,
n dozen or more first editions, in or
iginal bindings: Byron, a dozen first
editions. similar; Swlnburne, about
twenty-four first editions. newly and
handsomely bound; Tennyson. nearly
fifty first editions, in their original bind
ings; Shelley, about twenty first edl-
tons, some original bindings; Ros-
setti, Robert Browning and Mrs.
Browning. about a dozen each. in orig
inal bindings and first editions;
Dickens. over three dozen items, in
the original parts and first editions.
Includes LOO Prints.
General lves's collection Of master
pieces Of engraving and etching IS IA
nous as being composed of the best OF
the best" It comprises about LOO
prints in all. mostly in the finest possible
condition and gathered from the most
celebrated collections OF Europe and
America. Among the earliest known
prints are those OF the celebrated
Italian masters and The Nielll,' in
GLIDING a unique impression of The
Life Of the Virgin" formerly in the
DurazzO collection.
Among the early German engravers
are twenty-siX Schoengauers, includ-
ing complete set Of the famous
Passion" in beautiful impressions and
n "Temptation of st. Anthony which
is an exceptionally fine plate. Israel
Van Mechenem Is represented by fiji
teen examples. There are sixty-two
Durers.
The Dutch masters include sixty-twO
Rembrandts, three Van Dycks. five
Van Ostades and a Rubens. Most OF
these prints are of superlative rarity
and include the first state OF Tine
Three Crosses" by Rembrandt, the
"Hundred Guilder Print" THE Land
scape with Three Trees" and Land
scape with Three Cottages"
Fine China Porcelains.
The beautiful old Chinese porcefains
include superb specimens of decorated,
single color and blue and white por-
celains from the collections of Sir Will
lam Bennett, X. c. Y. O.; the Trapnell
collection. from London, from the ia
nous collections sold in this country
and from private sources, each speci-
men being an example of its individual
class and exhibiting beauty of form,
decoration or glaze.
There are nearly one hundred speci-
mems Of snufboxes OF the period Of
Louis XIV, Louis XIV. Regency and
Louis XVI. They comprise the gems
of the famous James A. Garland collec-
ton. The fans are of the Louis XIV,
Louis XVI and Regency periods. and Ill
are Of exceptional artistic beauty.
\ collection of rare and beautiful
Polish, Ispahan and Chinese rugs in
clude Imperial "Polinais" rugs of the
sixteenth century. There are not more
than seventy-fve Imperial Polish rugs
known TO exist. There are beautiful
sixteenth century lspahan rug of Rose
du Barry tone, several remarkable old
Ghiordez prayer rugs and "a number of
ANTIQUE Chinese specimens of beautiful
design and exceedingly fine weave.
The catalogues of the various depart
ments are being prepared by competent
autnoritias Tho datinitp dates for the