New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
I0REAU LIBRARY LIBRARY
TO Be DISPERSED
,,,,,ory and the Stage
'I feature Collection Per
sonally Assembled,
,,n ENTIRE WORK
OF INLAYING ITEMS
81, Contemporary of Augustin
n.ly Peter Gilsey and
Their Coteric.

,..,rs OF rare literature, csre-
Ce".hst relating TO American his
thF a the stage. await the sale ~
'eE cr;can Art Galleries of the col
ne forrcd during period Of al
N.' sttv wears BY the late Charles {.
Sc" 81 this city. The exhibition
Ee.tt: collection opens Tuesday, and
~. ..s;oYs Of the sale arc on FRI
siternoon and evening and Sstur-
l.r afternoon.
Go. -ssrlcy" Noreau was one Of the
90 figures N that coterie of
i'-' yo,tcrs who from the COS to the
o0s we're interested IN literature
.,rtrsiture relating 10 the history
y serelormort o. She stage and Of
Nu v,rl Citv. twas composed OF such
tr,vr collectors and amateurs ss
.'-,.;r DAILY. Peter GilScy, George n.
~ Jehn n. ". Arnold. Thomas
80, Charles y Mann. Douglas
~ Harvey NChc. Geo"Ce p. Elder,
nj poi-ic~. Daniel r. GriswoiG. y.
leland. Augustus loCdtebcrg and
.ts-s. ,.,. ..,,.-....- =
.,.s.ure end other material relating
~. drama and New York City.
r..s few executions their collections
ave beer dispersed.
w No~eau began collecting books
... late COS. Several years later
4. ,-srtei 20 CNtra-illustrate his
"a. nv tho Insertion OF pertinent
-..sr;,l in r~intod, pictorial and auto
sorr From ~ least two
.,,s ~ view thc collection IS un-
..i I'M that The founder personally
'1,c,e5 each i.cm and did the entire
.s-s Of inlsyirg himself.
Was Constant Thestregoer.
The programmes IN thousands o.
eco. he actually obtained al various
-,rformsnces. IL was ms habit TO al
.,-a some ;hcstre practically every
-.g,, during the week.
r. undertook when he began 20 eX-
..,.,rgs.ra.c a work not only TO inlay
- he extra portraits views, pro
-.,n~cs or play bills, but 10 inlay
- .e>t Of the work itself so that
.-,,.,callv every cNtra-lllustrsted
In. IN his library should ne Of uni
,,-r, size -orsrto. His library con-
...-s more than ,hrce hundred works
gs,ratcd by him and containing ap-
--,zimstely one hundred thousand IN
,y.. co0si dorsble amount OF work
lar Z professional lnlsyer.
A, engraved portrait, colored. OF
v-, Abingdon I'm the character or
a,vs'sna faces the first page of the
dialogue. which contains 1,0l6 items.
rose 20 he cis DcrScd include a collec-
ian Of scraps. programmes and por-
.-s-s relating 10 the Academy of Mu-
&. With nearly 200 extra illustrations;
-ps,ollectious OF Marie Aimee" with
~, hundred extra illustrations; vol
mes referring TO Alexander Anderson,
l-s-'cas FIRST engravcr on wood. IN
,gfsg a collection Of nearly $500
-os5eu.s OF his. each mounted on
.-.vinc PAPER. and believed TO be the
-aa complete collection OF ITS KIND
,-5ga
PIT. Barrum's sketch Of the Lives
- Tom Thumb and Levinla Warren,
~ n over 200 extra illustrations; I'd
yin Booth" BY Lawrence Hutton, with
rs playbills and portraits relating to
Booth: records OF Booths Theatre,
7renty.third street and Sixth Avenue,
Gliding a collection Of programmes
ard views.
The publications Of the Bradford
Club. embracing The Croakers.' by
J. R. Drake and Fitz-Greene Halleck,
extra illustrated by the insertion OF
considerable interesting autographs
Material: "The Memorial OF John Al
an several copies). extra illustrated;
The Army CORES pOndence of Colonel
'can Lauren" -two volumes, contain
.-c the correspondence of the members
G. the Bradford Club addressed to ITS
.oguder, John B. Moreau, composed OF
'esrly $50 autograph letters written
,y well known contemporary collectors
and historians.
Gabriel Ha-rison's History of the
Progress Of the Drama and Music in
10 City Of Brooklyn; only one hun
iiei copies printed This copy is extra
1s,rs,ed by the insertion Of 24O por-
rats and plsybills.
Bryant, Burns and Byron.
William Cullen Bryant's White
Footed Deer and Other Poems" entire
y uncut. sewed. New York, 1914, one
g the most rare Of Bryant first edi-
ions; The Robert Burns Centennial
extra illustrated, and edited by J. Gun
,,rgham; Byron's English Bards and
scotch Reviewers" with preface by f.
4 Duyckinck and 200 extra plates.
An Account Of the Life Of Charlotte
lshman," by Clara Erskine Clement,
yin $50 extra portraits; Concerts in
asy York City being a collection Of
3 portraits Of musicians and views Of
'lsc halls, 1842-1S93; "Augustin DAILY
and His Theatres" with $50 portraits,
Nenes, etc, from 1870 to 1888; "Danc-
%" by Mrs. Lily Grove and others,
'ia grand total of nearly 500 Illus
iatonS, including over 800 extra
is;es.
Works by and relating to Charles
1ekens, with playbills featuring Dick
p as an actor in various characters
ma including such other players as
~l'S Lemon, John Leech and George
lielkshank
Dluychnck's Encyclopaedia Of American
-tiatqre,' with portraits, autographs
a other Illustrations, % volumes;
1Ia Illustrated by the insertion Of