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    • A1ST EDITION AND ITS LIFE:

      A1ST EDITION AND ITS LIFE:

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      Exhibition of the productions of French industry in 1798 . Like that of 1889 it

      was held ^^ ^ b in * i ~ the i ^ K Champs ~^» . * ^& de ^^ Mars &¦¦& bbbbi , and ^» , was opened on the sixth anniversary of tke

      proclamation of the first Republic . The credit of organising this first attempt at bringing

      together the industrial produce of a whole country , which has been extended so as to

      embrace the whole civilised world , is due to Frangois de Neufchateau . Of humble origin

      and educated by public charity , he elevated , himself by his own exertions to the position of

      His Minister life had of been the Interior an eventful , under one the . At Directory fourteen .

      he published a volume of poems eulogised by Voltaire ; he became a lawyerand afterwards

      secretary to Linguet , but forfeited , this appointment through his marriage with a ballet-dancer .

      Having been appointed Public Prosecutor aV St . Domingohe was twice wrecked on his

      voyage thither , , was supposed to have been drowned , and his posthumous works were

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      tion by the Committee of Public Safety for 1 on having Richardson produced ' s novel on the and stag bearing e a play the founded same

      j title 'Pamela ; or , Virtue , rewarded . ' This piece was thought by the liberal-minded

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      bition were the-p ^ blisJhej ^_^ Motand . The Exhibition of 1798 ~ rermn 5 sus once more

      that undertaking that of of 1889 the far kind surpasses ; and we any are g former lad to

      see in the list of artists who have received medaJs or honourable mention the names of

      Messrs . E . A . . Abbey , A . Parton , C . S . sentatives I ^ einhart , Josep of art h on Pennell the , other and other side of repre the

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      88 4 The Publishers * Circular August 1 , 188 9

      A1st Edition And Its Life:

      A 1 ST EDITION AND ITS LIFE :

      A Chapter in the History of Bookselling . I .

      among highl Q y uarrels interesting themselves , either , chapter fo b with rm a * in their considerabl the ' aut history h e and or of

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      more much valuable less obscure light d upon by time points . The and protracted aspects

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      ing controversy result ( rather and litigation than the that subject we now itself propose ) of this to deal . It will , however , he TiGCfiHHarv to

      state hihest that that , in 1759 the London , the excitement booksellers was were at its in g ;

      at a violent the bK A infringement - state — of . ^ ag of i tatio « their pft n and * ri ghts aggressiveness ' and pb that

      ¦ 1 * it pf e _ was only after a ' years of , unsuccessful ^ , l > m itigatio A _ m - n and persecution that they witnessed the death

      of their supposed ' claims . ' Beaten on all sides and upon every j — issue - — —¦ mainly through the ¦»

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      and 1 stan - - amus d and ^ - _ - ing deliver ¦ change h ' policy . From - they the dropped supercilious m r ~ - - with h ^ pp v BPi a

      ~ ^ — - ^ ^_— _— — — - ^ pp ^ — — - ^^— ^^ j , ^ m — — g — — ^— ^— — — ^^^^ mV ^ B fearful celerity into a humble representation ' corner . This was in 1774 when their claims

      had been finally and for ever , vetoed . * It is the Appendix A A ' ¦ to this interesting ^ J repre

      Mmsentation to which we are anxious to direct the attention of our readers . It formsindeed

      one of the most valuable documents , in the , history — _ _ — of — booksellin — .- — — g du __ — ring the _ _ _ past ^ century _ _ .

      mos It is t , in ^ popular effect _ , works a list ^^ of of the all ^^ the day , princi _ and _ „ _ pal it gi and ves ^ _

      clearly and concisely to each entry the selling or retail priceand the number of years

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      statements in this list were compiled for a specific purposeand by a committee of the booksellers .

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      piratical , but that they were wholly superfluousinasmuch as there were genuine editions

      quite , as cheap or even cheaper in the market . There is also - - - a -- strong cji susp - - x icion - - . that - they , /

      attempted to show that cheap editions were really poor * speculations . ' But after making

      all some allowances very — noteworth — , the _ — Appendix y facts — — still and _ contains figures .

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      princely , we do say that they were very generous for the times .

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      e di 364 tors . 10 , Durard ^ . 3 c ? . for , Moore five , editions and Prieur of Boyer , receiv be ed - tween 1752 and 1773 Dr . Johnson ' s

      die-. tionary , in two folio volumes , at fifty shillings ,

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1889, page 884, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081889/page/10/