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      valuable exhibit of the Maison Gauthier-Villars _ __ . _ et fils ( 55 Quai des Grands-Augustins ) _

      in whose , —^ , _ - ^ ~ r ' stand *^^ - « — ^_~ 9 nearl ^^^ y — - — —^ y every — - — — - — —— phase — — — of — ~ j ^ — science — — — — - — — , is represented .

      M . Eugene Belin ( 52 Rue de "Vaugirard ) has an extensive collection of the classics and

      a number of school books ; and MM . Alfred Mame et fils a very varied assortment in which

      art , religion , and economics predominate . MM . J . Hetzel & Cie . ( 18 Rue Jacob )

      display children ' s and youth ' s story books with and without coloured illustrations ! An

      edition of Jules Verne is noteworthy partly on account of its atrocious binding . In dis *

      tinct contrast is the covering of the capital series of books with the generic appellation

      et of Commercialese ' Bibliotheque des Professions Industri ¦ elles _ _

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      are among , many others on view . , MMArmand Colin & Cie ( Rue de

      M ^ zieres . ) show a number of , usefdl . works , two being especially worthy of note . The

      first , hie Foncin ' of which ' s c La one Pre million miere Anne ies ' are e Geo sold - grap cop

      ¦' every First year Year , ; of and Scientific the second Knowled , Paul ge' ( Bert trans ' - s

      whicli lated into many Eng thousands lish by are the annuall author ' y s exported wife ) , of

      to popular England book and of its which kind . is The one * of Dictionnaire the most

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      over 700 engravings and 800 pages . Historyliteraturejurisprudencefine

      arts , and book , s for the , young , form the , background k ib b i of ¦ the q exhibit i ¦ of MM . E . PlonKourrit ¦ ¦

      ^ p ^ p ^_ ^^ m ~^ Co ^^ ^^ v . ^^^^ ( Rue - ^^ ^ - ^™ ^^ ^^ " G ^ aranciere - ^• m' ^^ ^»™ ~— ¦ ^ - ^ — — ^^ —^^ ) , whilst — ~— — ^ medical — — — — , ~ m —~~ ~ books - ^ »— ^^ - ^ — — and a lengthy series of journaux devoted to

      science distinguish the display of M . G . Masson ( 120 Boulevard St . Germain ) .

      MM . Hachette & Cie . show the Tour du Mondey their new universal geography , Duruy BAA mmi ' s ' History ¦¦¦» of the i Romans' and a grea ¦ t

      varie g ^^^ r ^^¦ W ¦ . ^ h ^^* ty m ^ of ^^ other ^^^^ 1 ^^ " ^*» - ^^ r ~*—w ^ p ^ books w " ^^ ^^ " ^ ^^^ ^ " , ¦ ¦ the - ^ — — ^ - ^ nei ^ ' ^ — ~— ¦ ^ - ^ ^ g ^ ^ " ^— h , ~ m bouring ^ ^ - — ^ — ^^ ^^ ^^ ~— ^ rnm ^^ s t al ^— l ^^^ of MM . Firmin ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ Didot being ¦ also remarkable

      f <> ^¦ F- ^^ qfe r the t ^^^ m « H ^ ^^^^ ^ variety ^^^^ ^^ " ^ ' —* ^^ " ^^ ^^ and I ' ^— ^ m - ^ for P' ^— - — the — - ^^ - ^ H number - ~ ~ ^ ° of ~ - "" their ~~ — - "" publications of which they here have a

      representative selection . The Bibliotheque Charpentier f have bb also a very h varied —— ¦ i series ¦ i i ¦ ¦

      princi ^ m ^^•^ mm * *^ " ^^ ^ h * ^^ B ^ h ^^ pall ^^ mw y ^^» ^ fc *^^ w novels ^* i ^^ ^ fc ^^ ^»^» ** m . ^^* The ^ m ^ ' ^ r' ^ ' —^ Petit — ^ ^~ ' library ^ — —^ - — ~— ^^^ of — , —m this house is a charming series which ought to

      be better known in England than it is . In addition to the foregoing the minor

      publishers have each of Paris smal — l numbering compartmen some t in dozens a long

      double row of glass cases . But our space is h already b t exhausted b ¦ ¦ and ¦ i we - t must ¦ content ¦

      our-^^^^ v ¦ ^»*^ - ^^ ^ . ^^^^ - ^^ ^ m m ^ m ^ ^™ ^^ ^^ . *^ " ^** ^ m ' ^ ^» ^^^ F ^ P » ^^^» ^^^ ^ . ^*» ^ . ^ .. ^^ ^^ - ^ ~ — - ^^ ' - v ^— - ^ ^^ - - ™ ^— ^ — ™^ ™ ^ - ^ ^ - ^ I selves with merely indicating their presence

      hibits + at — — ••*• the . Exhibition well - 11 worth — > , — 4 ' declaring of - « - AM V ^_ - - » V ^^^ visit ' * ' Ar ^^ V * I that —~~ ^^ ^^ ^ their ^^ if ^^ ^^ ^^^»^ ex . " ^^ B -m ^ ^^^^

      -are y a , and that the whole arrangement of this section of the

      ' Universal * is in every sense admirable . The publishers at the Paris Exposition- of 1889 a AS a » A aah alBM « H ^ ^^ ^^~ B ^ ^ _ . ^ ^ bk L ^

      a is chap a subject ter in indeed the ¦ history which of forms the" b production y itself quit of e

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      938 The Publishers' Circular August 15 , 1889

      "V An Edition And Its Life:

      " V AN EDITION AND ITS LIFE :

      A Chapter in the HiSTOiftr of Bookselijng . II .

      Our forefathers had quite a passion , for what we may term the periodical essayist .

      The , Spedatdr and Tatler appear to share the honour of greatest popularityalthou ¦ gh

      posterity has awarded c » , jr the . x . palm •/ 7 , of inerit ^ o -. to the former . All editions were in eight volumes .

      was The in princi the pal market octavo for one sixteen , at forty shillings the duo- , x years

      b > h A Bh Bh BH B K h 0 , ftta the decimo ^ 18 oio , at . sixteen at fourteen shillings ^*^ shillings , for ^ . five ^^ for years aTquarter , and

      of a century , . The impressions , of the two last must have consisted of a great number of

      issued copies . in The the three Tatler , sizes in . four just volumes named , ; the first also

      at twenty shillings , lasting for fifteen years , the secondat ten shillingsfor nine years

      and the - ^ m third _ ^ b , b ^ h , at ei ght ^ H shillings ^ h a a ^ , , for ^^ mM twenty- , two years . Clearly the cheap issues did not

      in command two volumes a very was brisk also sale issued . The in octavo Guardian ( ten ,

      shillings ) , duodecimo , ( five shillings ) , and 18 mo . ( four shillings ) , the supply of one

      impression of each meeting the demand for fourt _ een _ _ _ thirteen _ __ — _ and — — twenty _ .. — — - — four — years _

      respectivel — — , y . The , Freeholder ^ shows ^ j , as indeed ^ might be expecteda worse record than either

      of the foregoing . , It was complete in one volume , the octavo edition at five shillings

      taking sixteen ye & rs , and the duodecimo at three ^ 0 4 * ^ k ^* b ^ b ^ ^ m * shillings w * m * ^ mt ^ . > ' ^^^^^ ^^ " ^^^™ ^» C ^ b ^^ 7 b * r ^ sr thirteen -mm ^^ ™^ ^ mt ^ mmt ^ m ^ ^* b ^ ^* b ^ ^>^ mm * years V w ^^ ^ v ^^^ . v ^ feav in v ^^ Md ^ v the ^^ ^^ ^» ^ b ^ selling ^*» w ^ b . ^^ . ^ i * 4 lb ^^ . ^ * — ^ fe / . ^

      omitted ^¦^ * m . ¦» ^» ^^ The ^^ ^^ ^ b ^ ^*^» ^ nearl "" petitioners ^™ " ^^ ~ v »™ ^"" y w all * ii ¦ ^™ of ^^ »™ ' have the -w ^ mmm ^ m ^ works , wisel ^ b ^ * m » ««» wmr y which , as mwt ^ fc # ^ - ^ we ^ ^ ^™ ¦ | ^ p think ¦ ¦! assed » ' ¦»¦ — ,

      as theology , exegetical and otherwise . It is , never 4 ft thelessinteresting to know that three

      editions MK ^ b ^ w ^^ v >^^ ^^ ^^ M " ^^ v of ^^ B " ^ v r ^^ r ^ Tillotson r , ^ m ^^ b ^^^^ ^^ ^^ p m ^ m " ^^ v T ^^ ^^ ^ in " ^^^ KB ukh thre ^^ r " ^^ e ^ fl ^ n vols ^ ^^ " ^^^ v y . ^«* folio ^ B *^ ^ k' ^ r ^« r ^ v ^ four * ^^ ^ ^^ vols . octavo , and twelve , vols . 18 mo ., sufficed ,

      the market for an aggregate period of sixty-one ¦ fcar the 1 prices bh ¦ being three guineas ¦ I I iTfWJ twenty 4-i

      -four years w ^ I m ^^ ^ shillings , V ^« ' ^» - ~^ " ^^ B ^« r m ^ , ' ^^ a ^^ nd ^^ a ^^ *^ » g ^^ Z uinea 1 *^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ res ^^^ ^^^ k pec ^^ «^ t ^ i * ' ive ^ , V ly . ^^ ' ^—— Dr — m . Samuel Clarke's ' Sermons ' were exceptionally

      for ¦ h eavy the i s toc ¦¦ cheapest k , in ijaore issue ways h in i , eleven perhaps vols , than . 18 ¦ one mo . ,

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      rea pounds ders , . If t , th e demand is undou of bt edl ght y the y case ears , ' Dr TVr . Clarke O ] fl / rk " fl ' s spiritual « nirif . im . l exhortations ftYhorhn . finnw were xsn ^ ren wid ¦ wrirl ely ftlv

      ^ lent read i ^ ^«^ ^» *^ ^ , ^ , i they Doddrid «^ - ^» - - ^^ must B ¦¦ I ^ bpbh ^ mm m ge HtV ^ ^ have *^ ' * s ^^ * ¦ — Rise been ¦ . ^ Br «« ¦* ^^^ ^ and b ^ also ^ . VBtf . * ^ - ^» b . Progress m * m * m extensively *^ ^^ « Bk bi ^ ¦ ^ bt »^ r ¦• of

      better Religion result in the , - Soul the ' natura tavo l ly shows tion , a at much five shillibeing iiiir bh exhaus BBtalv wmm ^^ r ^ ted in eig mm ht earsand

      the W ** m mm ** dfedlVB ^ v »^ ngs m duodecimo * ^* M 4 & P ** , ^ H ¦ ^ kjpv . ^«* v ^ JHik , ^^ B' B ^ at t vtfv h V ^ B * ^ r * ^ B ee ^ ^ H ^^ B ^ m shillings ** fm ^^\ r *^ . ^ ^* ^^ y W , ^ ^ . i % ^ in ^ ** Pf , V four ^^ — '

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1889, page 938, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081889/page/12/