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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd July 1888, Edition 1 of 1, Page 756

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      times as much ? How many twenty times as much mmVh ? ? I T wil will l pmors » . or « to +. 0 entert « nt . firtai ain n at at dinner dinnfir .

      at a round table engage five feet in diameter , all the , American novelists who make more than a

      thousand dollars a year out of the royalty on nnv one rvnt * \\\ of c \ $ their c *\ t > novels nnTrola and anrl to "ho orivf ive * them +. n *» . m all 5 i . ll

      they any want to eat and drink , , and g three of the b V » est fts +. ci r » i nra . t'a * vrvip iece *>*> afterw svf + - ** T » "tji 7 ard Si _ T »/ 1 and nnri a hack Vif » r » lr to + o

      take them gars home ap in ; and . I will , agree to forfeit a thousand dollars to the Home for Imbeciles

      if 25 dollars does not liquidate the bill and leave enough over to buy a cloth copy of each of the works in questionwith the author's

      autograph on the fly-leaf . , One hack would be sufficient , and would allow of their putting up

      their feet on the seat m front of them .

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      756 The Publishers' Circular juiy 2 , 1888

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      The recent sale of the first portion of the magnificent % ¦¦ library tn-sv ^ of \_ ^ VJl he late *»^* Mr . Robert ^ K ^

      ^* M .- ** **~ ¦» » *¦ ¦» -- ¦ - ' - ^ ^** -a- ^ ^ > a > * . »*^ * . w -r . A . A ^ - ^ . . w ^^ r _* . » - " - . A- * _ ^ v- ' n _ v- ' ^ W Samuel Turner , which took place at the rooms of nf Messrs TVTfissrs . feotheb Sotiifihv Wilkinson WilVinsfm & & , Hod Rodo-p- was wa . 9

      an event of more y , than common interest ge , to lovers of good binding . The collection included important works relating to

      America VAUVAVVi many , , some IWl t » If J . very 1 A 1 L / V / X fine 1 / UfllU Aldines TT V- * A . JCi . KJ , Torrentinos J . VS J . t « U X J . . 1 £ ^ l / V , : and QT » n Elzevirs Tv . I'z ^ xri cs valuable tth InoV » lo illuminated lllnnmriQ-l-Q *! and qti ^ other /~ vl-l ~» cm *

      , > manuscriptsand rare editions of the

      prin-, I ci pal authors I 1 in Eng T . T lish T " "I , Italian T ¦ " 1 , S < "N panish 1 , H TT rench rftnp . h . and and PnrtnmiPRfi Portuguese . all a . ll m in i the "hft finest fin ^ sf

      , , ' condition , and many of them splendidly \ bound . Mr . Turner had acquired a

      considerable a . blp . num rmiTibp ber . r of f ^> f volumes volnnifis formerl fnrmpsrl y v in in the +. npi pos r ^ na--session of Marguerite de Valois , Diane de PoictiersMaioliGrolierGirardot de

      Prefond , Madame , , de Pompadou , r , and other eminent ATnTiiAnf , collectors r » r » l Ip » r * . t " , n"r « and n . nrl amongst ftmnnorat . these f . lip » af » xktciyo were

      ; many notable bindings , displaying the taste and skill of Clovis Eve , Desseuil , DeVome , and PadeloupA large proportion of the

      . finest bindings were by the more modern T b < rench Vpnp , h artists artists . Trauz Tra . n 7 , - -E Bauzonnet a . ii 7 , f ) nnfif , Lortic Tir ^ - rtir * .

      , , , Hagu ^ , and Cape " . The specimens of Trauz-Bauzonnet were remarkable as showing unusual skill BK in the binding of thin

      volumes ^ - - » *—r ^ - *» v ^ w jk r ^/ . .. . M .. A .. A Some . m . m . j ^ ^ of - ^ ^ >_• those ^_ x a A A >—^ seen & ^ - ^ V ^ ^ - at ^ ^ the very ^ a * ' " * - Turner T ** ¦ " L 3 sale consisted of only half a dozen leaves , including end- * These were FT firml

      . i f JLJ bound . AVX Vt VIXi in A ^ S thin ^ AVl papers |^ « - hard f- ' ^ - ' ¦*• ^ J . boards - * - itvUU and V ^ X V- very covered V V- * A V lil A 11 in J y V I red morocco , , highly polished , and tastefully finishedEven in where the volume

      \ lllllOllCU . . JJVCU XM . M . cases UO / BCO WJ 1 C 1 D 1 < 1 XC 7 VWUU 1 O ; might be only an eighth of an inch in thicki i ness ness thp the title titlfi was was lettered l « t . t , ftrftrl across a . p . ross and n . nrl not not nn

      the back . English binders would do well up when they have opportunity , to observe , with with what what extreme fixtrfimft care r . arft old old books books bound honnrl b nv

      Trauz-Bauzonnet are ' washed and mended y / Some of the volumes in the Turner library exhibit the perfection of the art of book

      restoring . very The elegant bindings of Lortic have always been in great request . Mr .

      T lurner urnfir was was fortunate fort . nna . t . ft enough finnncrh to t . o procure nrnr > nrfi a considerable number of them . They are remarkable for solid forwarding and fineness

      of finish . The leather used is always of the most perfect qualitand the ilding is

      invariably clean , tasteful y , , and exact g . The best GXATmYlfi of the "worlcmansliin of Hariri war nn

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      octavo volume ( Orlando Inamorato , ' Milan ? 1539 ) bound in crimson morocco iib - % . ^ the sides

      being ^^ L > ^^ ^ - ^ W * r g *^ full » ^>^^ ^ --1 * ^ y ^^ ornamented ^ b ^^ - ^ ^¦ k ^ ^ ^ »^ ^—^ ^ *> with ^ * ^ - » ™^ - *^ ^^ a , m diamond - *«^^ - ^^ i * i _ f a . tj ^ . ^_ j » - formed centre inclosed within a beautiful

      border made up with lines and semi-circles , and filled in with delicate tooling of Le

      Gascon design . The board lining of green morocco k » J is i embellished k > Jfc L P i with V V k IV 4 a rich k b b dentelle ^^^ . b b / 4 »^ k ^ L ^ ^ L ^^^ ^ , ^^ J ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^*! , ^

      border , executed with great precision . The English binders—notably , Koger Payne , Lewis , HeringHaydayZaehnsdorfRiviereand

      , , , , Bedford—were well represented . The specimens of Roger Payne ' s work were , with few

      excep PYPPnfinns tions , of of an an inferior infprior kind Irinr ? . Onp One worth worth y Corneille r examp ^ nrnm le llfi . may bound hound be in in noticed dark rJ arlc - . hliifi blue It morocco m is oronno a copy . and anrl of

      decorated , with small sprig tools in the , style associated with Roger Payne ' s name . The binder ' s bill for this work is preserved :

      * Corneille . A . Oxford . M . DCCXLVI . ' Bound in the best Manner the Back

      very lined with thin Morrocco Fine Drawing paper K _ ^ «_>^ if ^^/ ^ Double I- ' *—^—^ r ^ -r ^ ^ - * ¦ Eillited » —fc ^ ^ fc . A _ «^ - ^ rf- - »—^ & ^ <^* ^ Morrocco b' ^ ^— ' _ ^ t - ^ v ' - ^ . ^ ^ . ^ % ¦ _ r joints ^_ f . ^ ^ ^ ^ »»^ on \^ AX

      in sides The Back Finished with small Tools & very carefully Lettered in workmanship—The outsides Finished with Ornamental

      Corners of small Tool work Gold Filleted panes & Laurel Branch corners Very «/ neat and

      strong boards . 5 .

      0 : 14 : 0 . ' Mr . Turner was a liberal patron of the late Francis Bedford , and he acquired a large quantity of this / master Sh ' s excellent // bindings

      \ J » UtVlX \ J ± U y V ^ -A . ** . ** . p ^ -a . A . a . v ^ - « ' ^ -w . m . fcj V ¦ /^* . VV 4 VJ . 1 V LflAlVAllJ Ci . O in J _ stained «/ calf , antique pigskin , and extra f ^> morocco VV Amongst fc ^ ^^ is _» ** the k latter JL . itU be

      men-111 ^^ JL X *^ V ^ . -.. »_» — _ — _ v ^ . * . - ^ - « . «^ V « - * * - ^ V may J . i » KJ X > JLXAX _ y il tioned a fine folio copy of * Fabritii Proverbi , ' covered in rich brown levant . This volume _ a ^ m ~ . A ^ S * V a ^ 1 ^ H ^ H >

      is without bands , and the back and ^^ sides — are , decorated with a graceful scroll desiin

      very gn the Grolier style , in which the owner ' s initial T TT is is introduced intrnrlnned . . Tlie JLiie workmanship workmnnsnirk is is tho f . no -

      roughly good , the impressions being made with rare precision and solidity .

      The sale occupied eleven days , and was attended by eminent book-buyers from all parts .

      The chief prices realised during last week

      were werft : : Work Works s of of Giordano frinrHa . no Bruno Bruno , sold solH for for £ 103 . 5 . s . ; Cancionero General of 1557 , £ ^ 23 23 . 10 1 Oft s . . Cancionero f ) flnninnf > T"n de Ha Romances T £ nmp . nr » p ! S of of 1550 1 r »? iO

      £ 20 ; Cervantes ; , , Viage al Parnaso , first edition , , £ 20 ; Boccaccio , Decameron , the Aldine edition ,

      £ £ 23 23 ; : the thft 1527 1527 Giunta ft-innta , . ± -4 74 74- ; and and the thn 1548 1 Pi 4 « Giolito , £ 42 ; Byron ' s Works , 8 vols ., large paper nanftr . illustrated illnst , rfl . t « H with wrifn portraits r » oT * tra . it . « and a . r \ c \ views \ riftw «

      , , £ 101 ; Bouchet , Genealogies , £ 36 ; Congreve's Works , printed by Baskerville , £ 26 ; Dante ,

      Amoroso Amoroso Convivio Oonvivio , £ ^ 90 29 ; aiii a .-n d rl nrst fir « f . Aldine AlHinft edition of Rime , £ 17 . 15 s . ; Cervantes , Don Quixotepart 11608 and first edition % of

      part ^ ***^» . 2 , £ , 51 M ; v and JL , of JLVW his ; Comedias C ^ tJLJLVA JJIAKJ , £ 30 J ^ JH ; A . ~ Anne KS JLM . * S *• de de Oleves Olflves . T Remonstrance -fcftmonRtr « . nr » ft au a . n Eoy T ? . ov Henry TTftniMrVlTT V III .

      manuscript , , £ 23 ; Cope on XX . Psalmes . , , Queen Katherine ' s £ 27 Chronica del

      copy , ; Cid , £ 21 ; Coryat ' s Crudities , £ 40 . 10 s . ; Chaucer Chaiififtr '' s a Works Works . printed nrint « H in in 1552 15 f > 9 £ PAR 45

      Ciceronis Orationes , , fine MS . on vellum , £ 77 ; ; Eton ' s Shropshire £ 2310 sCorneliusNepos ,

      y , . . ; , first edition , £ 26 ; Grimm ' s German Popular

      . — i ., , « fQ

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 2, 1888, page 756, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_02071888/page/10/