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    ^ ^ The Readers' Pension Fund!—The Reade...

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    almost universally used for foolscap papers . Another favourite design for a water-mark

    probabl size ( lira a n . littl lif y . fl gave e o smaller Rm rise nller to tban than the term toolscap foolscan pott . and and paper wnicn which for a .

    thoug allmade h nearl . y Post an obsolete no size doub , is still t , derives occasion its - , y paper , ,

    name nnrnft from from the the old old post Dost--norn horn , . which wnicn stil stm l re re--mains the water-mark of this size of paper . When the General Post Office was established it

    was customary to blow a horn on the arrival and departure uepUL uUXtJ of * JL the tile royal llKjyaii . mail iXLOiXio s , , cuilul and to vu this oiixo cir ^ u-

    cumstance ^ no doubt , this water-mark owes its ori # t *¦¦¦> BBff in ! . For the larger sizes of writing and

    account ^ g m ... * .. ' ^ -book . ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ papers — — ^ ^ the fleur-de-lis is ^ 9 juaed for a vV water-markeither plain as for ¦ copy !; or

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    super ^—^ m ~^^ v ^^ v ^^ *^ " -royal ™ — ^ ^^^ » ^ " , and ^ - ^ imperial a . These water ^* m ^ m -marks , m arehowevernow very often either not used

    at all , , or are , superseded by the name of the nianuiacturer Tnanufactiirer . wnicn which is is or often ten accompaniea accompanied bv oy

    the year in which , the paper was made , or other words _ v ^^^ - ^_^_ — ^ — _ - to - ~ - — denote — — — — the qualit BJ y A ^ B of the

    manufacture . —CasselVs Technical Educator . The ' Barton Collection ' of Books at

    Boston . —The ' Barton Collection' in the Boston Public Library is known to all

    collectors of choice books in this country and also in ——— Europe j ^ . Mr . Thomas P . Barton i , residing t _*

    in New York , began the collection more than fifty o ^ ba ^ Bbv ^ bBb ^^ r w years ^ f ^ B ^^ r ^ B ^^ r ^ Bbr w ^^^ ago ^ b ^* bjb ^^^^ bi ^^^ , ^ B and ibj ^^^ f ^ " * " »^ ^^ r ^^ with ^ ™ ^^¦ ™ ^^ ^^» *^^ amp ^^^^^ ^^ m ^^^ *™^ ^ le ^^— ™ ¦ means —^— ^^^ — ^ ^^^ ^^^ — ^^ carried ^ ^^ ^» ^^^— ^^—~ ^ - ^ ^ ^^

    on the pursuit and capture of treasures , with all the enthusiasm of a genuine t bibliophile

    until about the year 1866 , r » . He died three , years later . His great passion was for

    Shakspeareana . He sought not only the best books ^ in — - the — — beat . _ — - editions , j but the best cop ies , in

    large paper and uncut , if they existed , and he put — them _ in luxurious binding . He searched

    for j ^~ the early Shakspeare quartos ^ j , and secured a wonderful collection . His four early folios

    are , immaculate , and cannot now be duplicated . He collected the early editions which

    followed the folios and illustrated them with autographs and portraits . He had also a taste

    for the early English drama , and for the French , . Spanishand Italian dramatic writers and early

    , chroniclers Bb BB ) * ¦ . The B »^ »* 4 department * V . . of earl y voyages and travels he also took inand indulged in

    DeBry , Purchas , and Hakluy , t . Besides these -. 5 acquisitions -I , he made a scholarI ' s general C

    library . His widow , in order that the library might be kep i t together and migj ht perpetuate

    the name of her husband a , in 1873 < . sold x . a the . entire collection to the Boston Public Library at

    a nominal price , on the conditions that it should be kept in a room by itself ; that no book

    should be taken from the library ; that a catalogue CJ should be prepared X * . ; and that it shoultd

    be known as the * Barton Collection . ' In 1880 a catalogue O of the Shakspeare M . portion A . of the

    library Part II . was called published i Miscellaneous as Part I ' . ; is and issued now

    which includ , es all of the collection , not Shak , - spearean in its character . It is a royal octavo

    volume of 631 pages , and is printed in a typo-

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    graphy befitting the subject matter . The subj V ^ BV ^ to ^¦ ^ IN B > ective ^ B ^ ^ B ^ ^ BP . ^ V ^ BBP and ^ VB ^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^^ B * cross ^ BV ^ B ^ ' . ¦ JB' B ^ BV B ^ Bf re « M ^ B ^ fe BBJBB ¦^ Br rences B . BV ^ B ^ ^^ r ^^ m ^ ^^ BFr I H are ^ B ~^ P ^^^ ^ B ^ V very W ^^^^ ^^^ V ; full ^ ^ B ^^ BTBB ^ fj ^ . QJ

    Titles of books , dramas , poems , & c , appear in the alphabetical arrangement , as well as authors , making the work a valuable contribution to I

    bibliography . The work is ' Published by the ¦] Trufstees , ' and presulnably may be bought .-

    —Chicago Dial .

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    83 The Publishers' Circular jui 715 , iss -9 1 1 ¦ 11 * 11 . 1 11111 ,

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    The late Mr . J . O . Halliwell-Phillipps ' s Library was sold at Sotheby ' s on the first four

    days of this month . The collection consisted of a rough-looking lotwith just a nice book here

    and there . Perhaps , , the most extraordinary thing t ^ 3 in . connection with this sale "was the

    prices realised for the entire remainders of Mr . Halliwell-Hhiliipps L . L ' s Privatel 4 y VPrinted

    Publications ; of these only small . numbers were printed for presents , in some cases only

    twenty copies , but surely an average of a shilling a volume all round was very low .

    The following are the principal results of the I ¦ ^ ' Shakspeareana ^^^^ ^^^ ^ . ^^ * ^ ¦ ^ p ^ V ^^^^^^* *^^^ V ^^ ' ^ ^ ^ _> ^ ^^ _ ^ ~_ V . ^ ¦ ^ V ^^^ BBBBP ^ ^^^ ^ ^ bh ^^ P ^^ v ^^ v ^ v ^ v ' ^ : v — _ ^ The ^^^^^ ^ P ^ W ^^ B ^^^^ ^ 1623 W ^ BV ^^ BF ^^^¦^^ ^^^ " ^ WB folio ^^ ^^^ ^^* ^^ " Bi ^ B ^ F , ^ JB V sold ^ B | P ^ OBP ^ P A ^ ^^ V ^ BBV with * ^ B ^ B ^^^™ . ft ^ P * _ ^ P ^ V Bh ^^ W all ^ . V ^ . ^^^^^^^ . — ^ — ^

    faults , £ 95 , Bennett ; the . * . same , fourth . edition , 1685 £ 30 ; < Rape of Lucrece' 1632 one of

    ¦¦¦¦¦ same onl a y , , two wanting ^^ k - - cop 7 « h ies fronti A A . known . a . a . . ^ h . sp - ^ b . iece , £ , 75 £ 22 ; , another ; l Much , of A _ the B doe ^

    About ^ Nothing , ' 1600 , several leaves in ^ fac ^* - simile _ h . £ 50 ; « Merry Wives Bh Jh of Windsor d b / 1619 Bk , * , . . » ^ . ¦¦ . ~ . * ^ . ^

    with three leaves in facsimile , £ 15 . 10 s . ; | ' Pericles / 1609 title reprintedand wanting j

    two leaves , £ 30 , ; Ashbee ' s reprints , of Shakspeare ' s Early Quarto Plays 48 vols .

    halfmorocco , uncut , of ' which , only , thirty-one , copies were printed £ 55 ; Mr . Ouvry ' s set of these

    reprints sold for , £ 176 ; the copyright of 'Out-¦ lines **¦> ^ " ^ m W ~^ B ^ p ^^ on ^ tfP ^ " BBBBl the ^ BP " ^ B "" *^^ ^ Life ^—^—W < H ¦» ^ ' ^ of ^ BW BBB « Shakspeare W ^ p * ' B ** ¦ " W «¦ ^*^ Bb B ^ B * «*^ ^ PP 1 ^ B"W ^^ V , »¦ ' b ¦ ¦* y W * Halliwell BVBBWBM V **^ . BBBBBBBJ < B » J ¦/ V "BB ^ «¦*¦* - .. ¦¦

    Phillipps , was purchased by Messrs . Longmans for £ 50 ( we hope they will quickly reprint this | ;

    alread useful y Life been , sol of d which out ) . The seven other editions most note have - |

    worthy lots-were , the first Guide to Brighton . 1769 £ 6 . 10 s . Byron PriP ' s 'Hours of Idleness' large

    ¦ paper ¦¦ I . BBH 4 The Q ^^ , BH , First ^ - ^ 1807 ^ T V ^ . BBt a ^ pP' ^^ Booke , «^ ; H calf « . «^ W * BBb , ~* g of SfeH ilt > P ^ the ed BpPBbvtfB ^ pB ges ^^ Famous W BB P . BB , P ^ fcp' £ ^^^ 9 . tpBB ^ Pjl 5 PIP ^ Bb s Historye ^ BBV . . Bh « ; V ^ H ^ Gordon n . a— V ** p , H B * W . M 9 ^" of % 's ^*^

    Penardo and Laissa , ' 1615 , £ 14 ; Chettle's 'Englandes Mourning Garment / printed by

    Y , S . ( 1603 ) , £ 12 . 15 s . ; Drayton ' s ' Polyolbion / 1613 , imperfect , formerly John i Milton ' s copywith his abbreviated signature '

    and a list of ei , ghteen songs in his Autograph , £ 43 ; Mrs . Glasse '» ' Art of Cookery / 1747 ,

    £ 20 . 10 s . ; Milton ' s ' Lycidas / Cambridge , 1638 ; Moliere ' fS ' Amphitryon / first edition

    16 G 8 , £ 13 . 10 s . ; Willobie ' s ' His Avisa , or a , True True Jficture Picture or of a a Modest IMLoclest Maide Maide ' ' li 1609 ) UVI . a a nne fine

    co sli py ghtl , y with cut into the , ^ exception 24 . 10 s ., & of c , a , & c few . , leaves

    An interesting sale took place at Sotheby's on the 9 th inst . when a unique collection of

    ' Phiz' drawings , came under the hammer . The 'first forty lots were this famous artist ' s

    illustrations to * "Martin Chuzzlewit . * All the drawings were framed and were accompanied

    by the etchings . Lot 1 was the well-known frontispiece 'Tom Pinch at the Organ' a

    , beautifully finished piece of work—probably one uhd of \ jv jljl H . . K jlv . . . jLJx Browne j \ yv no ' s a best moot ; it * u brought KnyjKKfZM . M . v j £ ^ 35 xjkj * .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 15, 1889, page 832, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15071889/page/14/