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    The Osterley Park Library Sale . —On Wednesday _ - - —¦ ¦— - ——— - — — — - — — ^ * , - the — — - 6 - th — — inst --.. — _ . _ , Messrs _ . _ . _ _ _ _ . Sotheb __ _ _ . — — . _ y

    commenced the sale of the Osterley Park Library . In our issues of March 2 and April 1 we gave a short account of the books

    and we now have only to chronicle the , ¦¦ prices h ^^ t ^ p ^ p pipv ^ p ^ F ^^^ F f ^^ f at ^^^^^ ^^ f which » » ¦ ¦ ™ *^^ r — — — — some ~~ ¦ ^^™ ^^™ ^^™ ^^^ of ^*~ —^» them ^^ ^^» ^^™ ~^™~ ™» ^^ f ^^ f ¦ were » ^^™~ i " ^^ " ~ ^ knocked ^^*^ - ^» ™ ^ ^^* ™ - ^^^ ^^^•^•^^ ^^^ ^^»^^

    I down . The first * big' price was obtained for the ——— — 18 — drawings — ^^ on — vellum — — —— b -- y j Androuet — - ~ - — — de — —

    Cerceau , which were sold for £ 47 ( Quaritch ) . Shortly after this ( on the first day ) the first Caxton — — __ was - sol _ d - fetching _ __ £ 1950 — - — Mr . Quaritch

    again being . the , j highest bidder , . , The book ^ s was ' Le Morte d'Arthur' 1485 the only perfect

    copy known , only ano , ther being , in existence , and that wanting 10 leaves . Stansby ' s ' King

    Arthur , ' 1634 , £ 16 . 10 s . ; 'The Right Pleasant and Goodly Historie of the Four Sonnes of

    Aimon , ' 1554 , £ 54 ; three collections of Old Ballads were sold for £ 151 £ 202 £ 101 ;

    Bernardyn , ' Chirche of the Evy , ll Men , and Women and Parlyament of Devills' £ 170 ; the ' Bihlia

    Latina of Fust and Schoiffer , ' 1462 was found to be imperfect , and fetched , only , £ 320 . A

    matter of some surprise and no little comment was the low price at which the Coverdale Bible was knocked down , viz . £ 680 . It is the only

    perfect copy known , and Mr . Quaritch may be congratulated book . The MS on . ' obtaining Bochas Falle a bargain of Pryncys in this '

    on vellumcircd 1450 £ 234 . On the second , day Boydell , ' s Prints fetched , £ 41 ; ' Breviarii Roman bv h i Pars ¦ Hyemalis hfw bv ' another ¦ MS . £ 66

    De w ^^ m ^ v - ^ v m ~ Bry m m-m ^ w ^ w ' s America "V ^ v ^^ v ™ ^^^ p ^ w , ^^ 13 (^ n ^^ ^ r ^ parts * m *** , H V , 3 ^ vols ^ ^ rm * m ^ ^ r v . , 1590 ^ v ^ p ^ V ^^ r V , H -1634 mr ^^ ^^• " ^ r , ; £ 40 ; Buck ' s * Antiquities' £ 28 ; * Csesaris

    Commentarii , ' 1469 , first edition , , £ 35 . 10 s . ; Clarke r ' s ' Csesar / 1712 £ — ¦— 19 ; Caxton ' s «

    Cro-£ nycles —— 40 — ^ n - ; — -- — Oaxton - of Eng — — ' londe , s — . ^ - — , ' Ohristyne , ' ^ second . _ , , _ ^^^ v - edition *^ de Pisan - ^^ r - ^^ - ^ ^^^™ , ^^ imperfect - ^^ ^ rm mmm Fayt r ^^ ^ p H of " ^^ r ,

    Armes , ' aW faults , £ 71 ; ' Chronicles of Eng-Ofliciis land ¦ T ' ( ' Caxton printed ) , imp by Fust erfect , on £ 80 vellum ¦¦ ¦ ; * Cicero h 1466 i de

    £ 202 ' — - . , m Cicero ^ m ~ * Tullyus r — de —* , J Senectute ^ " ^ ^ - ^^^ v " ^» » ™ w ^^^^^ -v / , « £ ^^^^ 360 . ^ w ^^ " ' ^» r , V ; Dante 1472 £ 67 ; Drake ' s * York' 1736 £ 23 ;

    ' Dyctes , and , Sayings of the Philosop , hers , , ' im-7 perfect , £ 141 ; Fabyan's ' Chronicle , ' £ 15 ;

    Confessio ip 1 Froissart jp ^ ppp ^^ ¦ pji ¦¦ ' ' s a Chronicles fine and - ^ r- ^—w ^ perfect hw , ' 3525 , copy - ^ v vr ¦ £ 58 of ; pipj Caxton Gower pj ^ pkn * ' ' s s

    edition ^^ - ^^ ^^ t ^ , ^ 1493 p ^ , ^ ' ^ p ( 83 ^^ ^ " ^ ) , sold - ^^^ - ^^ **^ for _^ - ^ p- ^^^ ^ pr £ 810 »^ ( Quaritch ^ - ^^ - ^^ ^ p ^^ p ^ ) pipk ^^ ; Raoul * mm- * r % ty + r «*«<*>¦ pph le ^ p * « Fevre p » v ^ -f v ^»^ , m * Recuyell •¦» w % ^ wv « i i ^ i ** * - »•» , of ^^ -dx the V ( p )«\ r * Historyes •¦««•*» w ^^ A f ^ - * K * of VfA

    ftin Troye English , ' ¦»»¦ Caxton » and FT" 1 in , n the . ¦—¦ d ¦ ¦ w— . printing , ~ r- » - the T ¦ first of which book printed Caxton f

    , ; learnt important — ( -- * - -- ^_—_ r * ^ fl ^^^ l ^ I ~ the " ~ jr ^ " - ^ , ^ p ^ work art ^^ ^ - ^ — ^ , - ^» - ^ £ sold ^ ^ 1 , 820 ^ also ^ * — ( Q feljl ^ u ^ ~ aritch - ~ A _ ^^ B to ^^ ^ ^ Mr ) . " ^^ " ¦ . ' * ~^*~ ¦ The Quaritch ¦ q ^^^| - ^^ ^ v next ^¦^¦^ P ^ p ^ pv w P 1 ^ 1 " ^

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    ' _ ;/ ; for £ 510 . It was * La Bible des Poetea Mefeu ' illuminatedThis book should

    day more were is the . sold universal the unique verdict copy . have of On Tindale the fetched last ? New Testament xatauicniuii yellow £ 136

    J- ^ cw aon ' dos dale ' ' s ( Newe Caxton Testam ) , £ 235 J en cuuw t ; , £ Vorag 50 paper paper ; ' V ines , , yrsyle * J . ' « Legend J : ' s C E OVer ova » av * Aurea "ITT t ' ( 'The de _ 1 _ Word TIT Golden J £ Legende 176 -it-r / . & o ' ) , printed J ^ - ^ J

    amount £ W lusion 13 ynk , 000 yn of ( for 1 , the 937 the sale lots whole ) . remarked , Mr . sal Hod , e that c ge was . , lift on The just _ the fk toS over con ki

    elusion c the result ot would tne sale be , , remarJted to enhance that the he value thought Ann . of Caxtons \ j axions . . While vv niie most mosi of oi the xne books dooks nave have ann *

    hi cheap h the ices Caxtons . have brought unprecedentl gone y gpr

    been library The held has descri over , throug ption to the h of n pressure ext the issue late . Mr in . our Hartley space ' s ,

    Jul — - y Messrs j sell — - b . y j Christie auction — — — — will the - — during library — —• — — - the of ^ . ^ ^ month the « c ^ A ^^ late llfVV of Tfc tW / N T * Denison ¦ ^ « "v It ^ ¦ r

    literature fine Mr . C art B . . books , besides . comprises works of some general very

    Some very good books were sold at Puttick ' s on the 13 thincluding i Curtis ~^*~ ¦ ' ¦¦—— s ' ' Entomology ] fkh '

    8 vols — . £ 14 — - - , _ ( Wheldon . ^ - — - ^ - _ — , ^ ) pa ^_ , Woodward ^_ r —^^ ' ^— s ^^ - ^^ ^» ' Carica m — - ^^ ^^ f ^ . , K - ture — — — — Magazine - ^—^ — - ^— — ^^ h ^^ h ^ — ~~ — ^^^ ^^^ - ^^ , ^ h ' 3 ^^^ -- vols v ¦ - ^^ ^ w ^^ m- . ^ m £ - ~ - 31 ~^^ ~ - *^^^ . ^ ^ 10 ^^^^ " ^^ s ^~ ^ ., ^ h B ^ r ^^^—~ a ^^*—^ t ^ pp eman ^ pp ^^^ b ^ pi W ^ p ^ vpB ' p s ^ v

    ' Orchidacse , ' £ 17 . 10 v . Also was sold an album of water-colour drawings , and a number of :

    miniatures in oils , £ 400 . The second portion of the late Mr . James

    Crossley's books will be sold by Mescrs . Sotheby on June 11 and nine following days . The library r-m ^ ¦ ¦ is especiall fcPfcBT « p > V PI tf y W rich P in Defoe

    literature ^^^ ^~ ^^ ^ P' , ^^ ^» including « p ^ ^^ m •^ P ^^ ^^ P' ^ P' an ^ Ipr ^^ unpublished ^^^«^ ^» ^^ ^^ ^ ^ V ^» ^^ ^^ ^^^ manuscri P ^^ ^^ ^™ ^^ ^^ ^ ^~ ^ ^ pt ; also an original autograph of the poet Burns .

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    died At Edmund 3 Vineyards Pickering , Bath aged , on 67 the after 7 th a inst long ., | i

    partner JL ViA and Wi JUI painful \ A AAJL in V « AXVA the illness JU JbVSJ firm . m X ^ . of <** , ^^ The f W ^^ 'fS . XA & deceased * E , . *^** Pickering - v ^ p *<* - was *— — ^ ^ a ,

    booksellers , Bath . , Susannah Moodiewho died recently at i Toronto Toronto . Ca Canada nada , at at the th , « age aore or of 82 82 . is is rer referred errea

    to as one , of the , few Canadian writers , whose , books borders have She become published known * beyond hing the Canadian it in the

    — Bush ' Flora , ' . ' Life Lindsey on the ' and Clearings 4 Mark Roug , ' Hurdleston and two novels .

    the the f Charles firms firms of of Corson JJ . . B B . Haffelfinger . LLappincott , i » nincott , formerly & < K Co ^ o . . and »« of «

    Claxton , Remsen , & JHaffelfinger , died at Philadelphia P"t on April « W 15 . i

    books " Smith hnokft The , in in the death classical alastfticnl author is announced ecclesiastical AnftlaftiA of a number . atica . 1 of . ana and Mr of . val genvi general Philip uable ** II i j

    literature . Mr . Smith , assisted , his brother in the and CftAlVl preparation Roman 4 anti of quities J the - t 7 dictionaries biograp f hy of and GreeK

    geograph AVVJPAAJ y , and . CIA O > was XA « JA . V ^ U the « . VO author , , KT volumes volumes * VfJ * of ' A , f also ai History ~ . ot »

    nu ot of mber tne the World World of students J / in in ' tnree three manuals , <& c . ; : » u ™ - Jl - ¦ „ ' ' | . - ——¦— -m *^^* i ' , «—^^ THi

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1885, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051885/page/8/