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i n March i , 1886 The Publishers * Circular 215
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Whitefoord Mackenzie ^ , of which we have received the auction - —¦— - ¦ - catal — -- ^ oguehas long been
known ^ Bb ^ mr ^ m ^ — - — - — as - - one — — - ~ of the — — — finest — — — 1 ^ V % private ^^ ^^ , ^ m ^^ ^^ ^^^^ r ^ w collections mmr ^ mm * ^ Ph ^ pvalBBBk ¦ « p ^ b * t ^ bppt ^ Q >^ p ^ ^ in AM - Scotland — " — - — — , as »— " well - » " ^ h as — ~~—¦ the ^ P- ^ p »^ P » - ^— largest ^— V ^ P * ^ BBk ^ VT P ^ p * ^ pT . BJ * Before dB ^^ ^¦ tV ^ fe ^^ pBB » ^^ P **
calling attention to the books , we must pay a tribute * I ^ p » ^ fe r ^ tfr ^^^ v ^ P' ^ " ^ of ^~ ^^~ admiration ^^™^ ^ " ^ p ™ »^ ^^ ^™ ^^™ " ^ . ^ - ^«^ v - ^ v ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ppb to - ^ v ~^» the - ^ r ^^^ pj * ^ . pr manner *¦» ^ pb ^ pa PJBk ^ Ba ^ BiffBt Mm in PbbV WBt which W V wPkbBta ^^^^^ ^ p ^ p * ^^^ ^^^ vpp * ^ pV ^ bV , ^ ¦ 4 ¦) - PB ^ pM A ^^ _ u -.
the catalogue is got up . It is really a pleasure to handle and peruse it—print , paper , and
I other other technical technical details details are are ail all worthy worth v of of the th e * reputation which Edinburgh has in these matters . ¦¦ The —¦¦ catalogue ¦ - " - ppb ¦— is of the first portion of
"" ™ - —¦ — " ^^— - " ~ ^" — — ™ r ^ ¦ ^ - " v ^^™~ " ™ ° ^^™ ^ p » ^^ ^^ ^^^^ •^^ m ^^ m ^^ m w ^& ^* W ^^ ^^ ^ BbB ^^ ^ Ba ^^^ ^ B * ^ B > ^^^ r ^ B ^ the A library mm Bt mm ( A to J . ¦¦ . M » . * ¦ ) which mmi A mmL will a . _ ^ occupy ^^ the ¦ ** seventeen ¦* ^^ ^~^ ' ^~ ~^ ^^ ^ ' ¦ " ^^^¦ W ^ lawful ^ «« V V V ^^ ¦ ^ - ^» ¦ days *^^ BMI W I H ( « ¦ ^ excluding | pr > d ^ pT ^ B > 'HI B > ^^* B » ^^ ^ fr ^ bpk Saturdays V ^^ T ^ V * V ^¦^ ^¦ ^ f * "^^ % T « W W W ^ P ) g , A
from the 24 th inst . to the 15 th prox . We ^ fear ^ — ^^^ that ^ — — w ^ our ^^ i ^ ^ _ space w- ~ ~^ ^^ ^^ - - ^~ - will 4 » w ^^^^^^ not ^^*^ ^^ ^ BBallow Bt is * Bi * ii 1 *^ v w us ^« b > p ^ to ^ v ^^ r g »* f c ¦ ive * * ^»^ f an ^ fy ^_ b > ¦ ¦ - A > ^ Bh a *
luctantl adequate ^ y confine account ourselves of this collection to gleaning , and a we few re of - the more interesting lots from the catalogue %
^* * — ^^ ~— ^— ~*^ ^^ ^^ ^ BVtf ^^ B « f ^^^ - ^ BB ^» T VH ^ ^ T ^^* MB 1 ^ Bkl ^^ ^ i » pT « BB * ^ B « ^^ ^ BiJBjjBftr V ^ « Hb ^ B' *^* 4 f M ^ Wj _ lW Wm » ^^ Bh * -J B . # First The ~¦ ^~ ^^ ^ 1 ^ two ^^ , of ^^ editions ^ H ^ cours v ^^ B ^^ ^ r ^ iw ^* - ^ Bto e ^^ , *^ comes of ~*^ ^ rm ^ his » «^^ Ba r ^^ works the V F ^^ 4 ^ JMk Burns n _ T of ^ b ^ ^ Bv ^ the * * ^ ^ r >* J JW relics ^ ^ ^" ^^ greatest L ^ ^ b , ^ pv ^ ' ^ , ^^ ^ ^ & / ^ B ^ r ^ % c ^ * .
rarit 1786 y ( a are fine th copy ere , ) t . e and . first the Kilmarnock 1787 ( first edition ) Edin- ,
, burg V h * Bft edition BBj ^ m _ ^ . In ^ a ^^ this - H * A latter ^ Bi is ^ inserted » _ an autograp ¦ k hv h letter by the poet . The few next
^— — ^ —» «^ -v ^ ^« ^^^^ ^—» - ^^ v ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ mim *^^ w ^^ ^^ mw ^^ M ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^~ ^^ ^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^ ™ " ¦^™ ^ B ^ ' < bU ** * rf lots are various editions of Burns ' s Works , in I I which which aut antncrra ographs 'nina are a / m insprf inserted . ftd . We Tnn . v safel safpiv
I I prop Shep hesy herd , th with at Burns lot 1092 ? s autograp , Bamsay h on may 's the Gentl title y e I will be the subject of a hot competition b ,
II Scottish collectors . It is indeed a prizewhich y we - -v envy -v •—••¦» * y the «^ i » j « •*•*¦ * future ^*» « . * vn *> <> h > - ^^ possessor a >_^ ^ -- " *~ rw +-r ~^ s r *^ r * j *^»* r jk , . Two — */ ¦/ ^^ common ^^ ^ . ^ , M . M . n I r 1 _ r ^ n" . -
I place books of Robert Burns's , respectively of I tain ta ^ PP 17 17 « an and and < i ^ 2 lb 16 pp pieces meces ., are to which whinh be sold are arft . believed hfil They iftvpfl con to t . n -
I be unpublished . Then , follows a long ¦ list of I I to editions him f under of Burns the head ' s Works of Burnsiana , and books relating Passing
^^^ H ^ ^~^ " ^ ^^ c ^ i <*^ * ^ fc * ^*^ P » ^ . ^ ^»» ^*** fc ^ B » \^ <^ ^ ^ M ^ fV ^/^^ Bl ^ m ^ *^ ^^ m , ^ " ^^ ^ V JL JL 9 " ^ F Jft , ^^ V - ^ ^ L L / V . Jb _ llfiJI l ^^ XXW bIbH I I after rapidl and learned y page throug of h societies sets the of catalogue ' various hundreds , we literary notice of clubs good page ^^
BB stock standard for books the bookseller , eminently . saleable Many *^ , ant and iquarian J ' good '
I works also notice relating Under to Eng the land heading and ' Scotland we
I of Scots' are . ranged a long series of Mary interesting , Queen I books oooks . . The The nrst first one one (( LV 77 M th day day '' s s sale salelot lot 4578 4 & 7 o ^)
is of great curiosity . It is a copy of , , * Com-¦ I pcdiosa ivuMi Rerum iuvi mil Memorand 4 descriptio
I j ux ' - ^ immensis Francisci ujL « jj . u . vr . uiJllu Patritii .. . quarum K \ KXfMtM . milM Senen . UC < i 3 Vil sis \ -J \ de Ji . \ J / etc 1540 On the sides JJ \^ l . VJ » C » are stamped a
BIBB rogno O 7 V" » J . - » - «< r J - «^> . . ^^ - »* UUU » . t * l- V OUClllt UL ' U C 4 J I oo cro riginal riirinal wn , MR yellum vellum , and hoard board MDLXIIII ?? , enclosed enclosed . in in It a a is . red r ^ in rl rao rnn the --
l ' occo caseand a volume , of uniinterest . I catalogues be The sold second , commencing , will portion be ready ( on L to the full Z ) y 27 of a th the month que of books April before , will and - iia
brief to ncl the . notice first riie portion to a books close . , , and With we take believe this the we , opportunit are bring eqtial our y
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of again congratulating Messrs . Chapman & Son kMdB ) their admirable i \ - ^ tr catalogue of this
library » - ^ - --. mr upon ^ mrrnt w , *¦ - to ^ - ^ ibb > ¦ the w <*«*«^ abaB sale > ' m ^ mr >» of m which ~ mv-w - ^ ^ we tvmtm ^ r mt m b ™ look •*** y % ¦ " ¦ " ^ " ^ , forward ^^ ^~ ^ ^ — ' — - > mw with great interest .
The Napier Library . —Some time ago we announced ^^ ^^ ¦ ~ ^^ ^^ ~~ ^~ ' ¦ — — v ™ ^^^^ the ^^ r —~^ ^ h * ^^^ r ^ fact ^^ m ^ v ^ B * ^ Vr ^^ r of ^^^ ^^^ p the ^ P ^ P ^^^^ BB > ^^^ W intended ^^^^ BT ^ B ^ r ^ B ^ F ^^^^^^ B ^^^^ mt ^^ ^^ v ^^ dispersal ^^ " ^^^ v ^^^> ^^^^ BT ^^^ ^ BV ' ^ * ^^^ ^^ F ^^^^^ v
of the library , and now we receive a copy of the catalogue from Messrs . Sotheby . The sale
BA h BBB h BBBB Bfe H , commencing m * on the _ > 22 ^^ . - ^^^ nd of March ^^ ^ , will ^ mm m ^ be m ^ oontinued during the six following days .
The collection is a fairly good one , and contains many */ interesting 7 books . We
understood that Mr . Napier ' s library contained a copy of the editio princeps of De Imitatione
Christi , but it is not in the sale catalogue . Howeverthere is the rare V Elzevir edition
~~ B ^^^^^ r ^* ^^ A ^ H v ^^ r * ^^^ ^^^ v , ^ B ^^^ ^^^ ^ i ^~ ^ V ^ ' ^ " ^^ mim ^ m ^ h ^ " ^^ f Sfe ^^^ v ^^^ i ^ . ^ B ^ r *^> ^^ ' ^^ mt ^^ mi ^ b ^ p ^^ p ^^^^^^ o ^^^ pv ^^ ^^ . v ^ t ^ w ^^^ ^ w ^ . *^^ P * ^^^ ^ " ^ ^ mw * ^^^ ^^ . > ^^^ , ^ H it is bound ^ m ^ m » b y Riviere ^^—^ . * ^_ , and a good copy ; also ^^ the 1492 edition and many others . Besides
the above are included , 'Chertsey Worthies Library —»^^^^ b A — " ^ ^^ pr ^ .. ^ r ^^ . * w ^ B * / a ^ . v ^ mi . set ^ . v ^ Vp '' ^ . ^ , ^ B * Cranmer ^ BB' ^ .. v ^ B' ^ B' ^ . ¦ 'Bk mmr ^ mF ^ mi ^ mmr ^^ pi ' v s . ^ . * Defence bp ^^^^^ \ - ^ mw ^ mr ^ Mi ^ vp * ^ pm ^ ppb A ^ v ^^ p ^ of " ^ p ^ mmm the ^ K r ^ i ^ bi ^ - ^ ppr ^ m ** . _ ^^^^^^» ^ - ^ m ^^^^^ ^ m ^ mm ^ mm ^ * mm » ^ ^^ ^
Sn-cranient / ' Erasmus / * Enchiridion . Militis . Christiani' * Wynkyn de Worde' 1534
A BBBbBB dk , ^^ P . ^ P « J ^ mi ^ PB . , PBB A a , * Hoper ^*^ 's Declaration ^^^^ ^ ^ of ^» Christ / first edition , 1547 'Martin Marprelate 1 Tracts / a large
^^ ^^^ BB ^^^^ Ph ^ B ^ , ^ H ^*^^ ^^^^^ ^ PP ^ P * ^^^ ^ . ^ ^^ V ^ VPPPP 1 ^ PPH * P ^ PPi ^ P ^ PP ^^ Pf V ^ pr H ^^ ^^^* ^ p ^^^~ ^ PP' ^ PP ^^^ ^^^^ W ^ P > ^ " ^ v ^^^^^ P ^ P ^ ^^ ^^^ P * ^ k PJ ^^ " ^^ V ^^^ ^^^ V ^^^^ ^ BPPPB > ^^^ Ph collection > ^ ^ forming _ ^ " one of ^^ the ^^ chief ^^ ^ . ^ . points ^ . of interest in the sale : More's ' Utopia / first
edition , 1557 , ' Nicholas e s Evangelium Regni / and - ^™ ^ ^^ " " ^^^ several I 4 * ^ PP ^ » ^^ B ^ ^ mw VV ^ PP 1 other ^*^ ^^^ ^^*^ PP" ^ P ^ tmW book p <— ' ^ p ^ ' ' ^ P ^ ^ PP ^^ " ^ ¦ s by Pr ^ pr B 7 the ^ P' ^^ ¦ ^ ^ . ^ ¦ P same ^^^ P ^ ^^^ " ^^ ^^ P »^ . ™ ^ As ^^^^^» ¦
pointed out in the catalogue , the rarity of these books is to be traced to Elizabeth ' s
proclamation , ordering them to be destroyed . * Milton ^ mr-- ^^ mmf ^^^^ m * - ^ - *¦ - ^ mi ^ mm 's w ^ W ¦ ^ Pro pp ^— ^ pp ^ ^ mw Populo ^ P *^ ' ^ pF " ^ p » ^» ^^» v Ang ^^^ . ^ ^^ ^¦ ^ T ^ 'fl ^ licano ^^^ ^ P' ^ ™™ ^ ^^ ¦ ^ Defensio —™— ^» ^ " ™ —^ " ^^ ^ ^ " — ^ m / — _ ^ ppt a . ^ ppjptl BBB . mm * ^ pk pph — ^ k ^ . ^^ ph
1 st edition . We have only space to briefly mention the fine collection of Prynne tracts
and refer our readers to the catalogue for , further particulars mMl .
On the 4 th of this month Messrs . Christie will sell a portion of the library from Moxhull
Hall , Warwickshire , originally collected by Bishop Hacket , temp . Charles II . Some very
interesting books are to be found in the catalogue »» including ' Damp » BBP ppi ier PPPPPft 's Yoy / 3 vols .
1699 mm ^^ ^ . r ^ k > ^ pjBK * m * ^ P * ^ * . ~^ P ^ ; , B | ppppw ' ^^ p Present p ^ ^ ^ pp ^ P > - ^ k . ^^ VPV ^ p ^ ' ^ p «« ppp ^ ppr ^ PBk B - State m ^^ h — ^^ ¦ ^ PJP ^ * F ^¦ ppp' ^ ppp" of ^ BV Jb . New ^* ¦ b ^ ^ ^ b ^ ¦ w pi ¦¦ Eng * VA ¦ ages ^ ^ ^ — pK ^^» ppp » . ^ . pr ' land fl ^ " » with ^^ •^^ sS " ^^ k ^ ^ , respect wmmt to the Indian War / by a Boston
-mar m m m * r ^ mr ^ mr Wm ^ ^ F ^¦ P' ^ PPr . " . > ^ B # r ppBBBpBB ^ PBBj ^ p » tbp « pp »^^^ p' « p »« pp » ¦ p » ' ^^^^ Pi ^ « J » " ^^ ^— — - - ^*~ - ^^ ^» "'^ ^^^^ Merchant PPPPPB ^ AH » ^^ , 1675 _ ^>^ ^ a ~ _ ; * Dug ^ Pi ^^^ k dale PPPfe . ¦ ^ ' s Warwick ^ PPP >^ HP > ^ BPk PPt ^ Bj shire ^ Pl ^ flK ' ( 2 bbb ies -- % pF ) 1656 ' Dugdale ' s St . Paul P VPi ' s / 1658 .
¦ Other ~^*^ pp > ^^ cop ^ H ^ ^ . ^ H ^ pB ^ books i ^^^ p ^ pT , SB ^ A bbBbb ^* r are ^ m ^ ^ mT ; VI also ^ ^ PPppV 'VVkfegBk included A ^^^ B W » m ^ ^ p' . MPl ¦* P * ' APh P ' ^^ in * ^ P' ^ ^ ' the _ - ^ PM ¦ * P" — catalogue v ~~ r * m _ m < iBl - ^ ** mr - *^ - - ^ m- w fro LLUU m -l various VCUXUUD collections \ J \ JXI . KjK ^ llJi \ JXlO , y among dJLlAL / JlXg which WX 1 XV 11 are CLX C 7 the UHO
following : Turberville ' s Booke of Faulconrie or Bible Hawking 1539 VBBiv , ' sli very htly 4 rare imperfect PklBa , 1575 ; ; a Coverdal ¦ ¦ fi ¦ rst folio i e ' s
Shakespeare r ^ - ^ Mm h ^ | m ^ Bp . ^ m * W ^ mT ^ obb Bb Vp ^ T , SB ^^ pv ^ kpp '' **^ , K wanting yi pT 4 Bp . i « pa ¦ g \ BBBh ^* *^ ^ MM PWB » W PBK title ^ ^ PB ^^* i ^ W * M *^ ^^^ , ^^ " ^^ ^^ verses ^^ ^^ 7 ^^ ' ^ , and rmm * - ^ r ^ v mU ^^ last m M ^ - - — - - * m ^ - six leavesa fine of ' Beauties mtm tw of ¦ — . Eng land
and P » p »* . Aa > a >* Wales »^^^* ^ ****¦ *^* ; * / "JJW large « - ^ k ^* fc ^ p ^ ¦ copy ^ ' ^^ paper WmW -m ^ mr m * m extra - ' - ~ mr * rv v » - — illustrated - — - --p- ^ r fj " """" and ' ~^ ~^ bound bound in in red rftd m morofiftn orocco , a a collection collection or of rare rare
tracts , & c . , Another sale ¦ J ¦ of great interest -- tf is that of
vBk J * . . " 4 Jtf ^ m ^ ^ ^*» *•* ^^ ^ " - ""^ ^ ' *• ^»^ X ^ J * . ^ BVP . ^* " ^» 'Bk'P" ^^ ^* -Pfc Mmi ^ pr ^^ ^ - ^ ^ pp « - ^^ p ^^ T ^^ — ^ ¦ - — » - — — - ^ - —^ - the liljrary of F . J . Thynne , of Haynes Park Park . JDedfordshire Bfidfnrrlshirft- o of r which which Messrs Messrs . . Jfuttick Puttick
are preparing , the catalogue , . Among the collecti ies Mmt on of * Purchas several h t ear P l Pil y grimes boolcs / on ¦ 1 st America edition ,
cop X 4 X Hakluy ^_ - ^ . _ ^ ^ - ^ ^* f r ** f ^ fc—f Mm t Voyages ^ L , ' ^^ ^ « Pm *^ mT « k * P « B _ I B » | | J , _ ' ^^ ««« ys ear « ^ i pT ««* . l __ y r f ^» ^ T ** Elzevir m ^ ^ ^ rn ^^ ^ m * ^ ^^ _ ^^ ^^^ »^« A ^ V and " F ** ^^ f ^ *^^ Al " * . " ^ ^ m ^^ dine PPfe ^ - ^ " , J psr edi li + tions . irmR of of the thfi classics r * . l » . ssip . « . rrarfi are chronicles f ^ hroninles . tec . tec ..
We purpose referring , to this collection , at greater length in an early number .
copy At of a sale the first in Staffordshire edition of the the other 4 Ingoldsb day y a
Legends / in 3 volumes , was sold for seventeen guineas , the highest price tliis rare book —^ K
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1886, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031886/page/21/
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