The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-19
'RIYIBRE COLLECTION
SELLS FOR $SS,41O
Illuminated Mss, Rare First
Editions and Jeweled Bind
ings Disposed OF.
WAR TOUCH IN THE SALE

The Robert Rivlere & Son, London.
sale Of rare books in fine bindings at
the Anderson Galleries, declared by many
to be one Of the most important coll
lections put on the market since the
Hoe Library was sold. last night netted
the owners S3s.410. The collection, in
Guiding illuminated manuscripts. rare
FIRST editions Of famous books. jewelled
bindings. extra illustrated works ana
rare %cngravings more than twenty
six items sold for more than $500.
OF particular interest was q remark
able collection OF original works by the
great masters Of engraving In France.
in forty volumes. bound In full crushed
levant. sold to @. Weis for $4,000.
A little touch OF the war in Europe
was felt In the sale. Riviere. In trans
hitting the collection to be sold mere
stated that in addition to the 'hnes'
exa mples OF our work. the collection IN
c,udes many important items left with
us, on sale by several clicnta. who on
| account of prevailing conditions IN
this country wish to dispose OF thcm,
Considerable interest centred in the
, manuscript on vellum. in jewellcd bind
! ing OF Edgar Allan Foes "Annabel Lee
| and other Poems written out II IL
Illuminated by Alberto SangorSki, wnlch
! was sold to George y. Smith for sl'soo'
| The front cover Is ~ elaborate design
| in which the monogram Of Poe is sur
| rounded with a border OF Jewels fh'
| poems in manuscript are richiH mus
| trated and illuminated in coiofs ana
| FURNISHED gold.
The works OF Jean Jacques Rousseau
| In eighteen volumes, said 10 be the mos
perfe,.tly preserved set o! a rare EDITION
elaborately illustrated. was old 10 MT
Devercaux for $1,000.
The extra illustrated life and letters
of Charles Dickens containing numerous
PORTRAITS, views. autograph letters am
sketches Of the edition of 1872. edited
hv his eldest daughter. was sold u
George D. Smith for Sl.15o. !! con
tains views Of man places VISITED pN
Dickens and mentioned In his letters IN
Guiding New York. Harvard, fai" ano
Columbia colleges and DINER places II
America.
The extra illustrated lie Of Geore'
c~ruikshank. containing 500 illustrators
by or relating to Cruikshank. with hlnh
Ing BY Riviere. was sold TO George II
Smith for 1915.
Among the rari,ies sold were the work
of Chaucer. edition of 1881. bought n'
George u. smith for $50: hrst ioh'
edition OF beaumont and Fletcher
bought by Walter NJ. Hll for $40: mrs
edition, with autograph manuscript o
Keats's 'Endyrnion." bought by 'ieorR'
D. Smith FOR siVo Oliver Goldsinith
"vicar OF Wakefield first edition mrs
issue. sold TO George u. Smith Tor s"'o
~,weuty-seven volumes Of the Edition az
Luxe Of Kipl.ng. bought by +. wolf 10
s5lO: one Of the twelve vellum volume
OF Sir Thomas Mallory's "Morie pAr
thur" with bindings by Rivierc. sofa u
George d. smith for $1I3. Jean Raptis'
lsabey's "Sa Nie-Son Temps minatui'
binding. said to be one Of the finest eN
amp,es OF the Cosway binding. sold L
George D.. smith for $3.50.
A iewelled binding OF Ralph Wald
Emcrson's poem May Day written OF
vellum and illustrated by Alberto san
gorski. ard "A similar Treatment q
Wordsworth's selected poems and Nhl'
tiers poem The Female Martyr" "er
sold 10 r. j. cannon for s62'. S'2" an
s575 respectively. A similar binding q
T%ennyson's Dream OF Fair Women
was hough, by George d smith 10
$500.