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noon . It consisted of the officials of the town ,
"both civil and military , the professors of the Universitythe law officersand members of
the Chamber , of Commerce . , These formed the first part of the procession . The second
portion consisted of the staff of several of the printing offices of Leipzig and of members of
the other allied trades , such as bookbinders , paper makers , and others . The third
consisted of members of the philanthropic and educational institutions connected with the
book trade . More than fonr thousand persons took part in the processionwhich was
warmly acclaimed JL by thousands , of sympathising spectators who lined the route .
The principal speakers at the ceremony were Herr A . Kroner b President h of the Book-- — — ~~ * *^™~ - ~ - ^ — ^^^» ° " ^^ ^^ ^^ *^^» ^^^ , ^ y ^^^ . w - ^^ v p ^^ v m * ^ fc *^^ ^^^^ . ^^ ^^* ^^ ^ ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^ b ^^ m ~^^^ r w ^^ B *^^ ^*^ ^^ " ^ ^^^^^^
sellers' Exchange "Union , the Ober-BurgermeisterDr . Georgeand Dr . Eduard
—Brockhaus . , The proceedings o , which were of a most enthusiastic character , , concluded with an
intendent exhortation Dr and . Pant prayer and by vthe the sin Rev ging . Super of the
famous chorale of Martin , Rinckart ( see V ^ Publishers' CircularMay 15 ) ' Nun danket alle
GotL' The weather , was charming , ' , and nothing occurred to mar the effect of this most
important and interesting event in the annals of the German book trade .
UNDERSELLING IN THE
NETHERLANDS . We took occasion in our last to call
atten-Berlin tion to aga the inst movement underselling recentl ( Schleuderei y inaugurated ) b ff ^^ the at
Berlin l hooksellers g — - — . - — ' — Our —• — i — - — f ^ contemporary V ^^ ^^ ^*^ ^ " ^ ^ y » the ^* ^» ^ b ^ a ^ Athenseum ( May 29 ) states that the course
to ' suggested he similar to in achieve character the object to that in pursued view seems in
without this country success on . ' various This as occasions sertion scarcely , bub always tallies
tion with of the retail fact that "booksellers the ' — ¦ — society v * —— against ' ^ f' ^ v ^^^ g ^ for ^^ ^^^ - ^ i ^ ^ the ^ the b ^ ^ . ^ ^^^ ^^ m protec under ^ r v ^^ v ^^ ' ^ ^ Mf ~ t i" ^ - - ^^
tooK too sellers k so so , great great in which and and the active active late an an Mr interest interest . Sampson , was was com com Low --
pletely successful until , in an evil , hourthe [ trade admitted outsiders to arbitrate , in a
matter fectly understood which seems by to those have selected been very to adjudi imper - -
to cate some on it exten , and t who desirous ----- may - - , of --- perh hel —• aps ing , have to ex been tend
the ever sal this e of may the be ir , there own — productions — is evidence — ^ m ^^ ^ p m . that T ^^ k But ^^ ^ " ^ a ^^ , strong how ^^ ^^
-not reaction yet in against this country underselling at is setting rate on in the , if
Continent . The Dutch , booksellers any , following the lead of their German confrdre . % have formed
a similar union to that of the Berlin hooksellers mentioned in our last .
interests Underselling of the bookseller is not onl , y but injurious it is also to dan the
gerous remarked to public by Heer moralit GoucU y ; for , as Quine is pertinentl , in the y JVie ^ cwshIad voor den BoeJcfiandel of the 18 th
posi lilt ., tion the ; book that trade whereas stands ( firstl in y ) this in other exceptional trades
the manufacturer or producer does not fix the selling tradeon price the of con his trary productions the price , of in all the literary book
productions , is fixed b , y the publisher ; and
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( of secondl — other — — y goods ) , while differs in other according trades to the place qualit — and y
circumstance g , in the book trade ^^^ this is not the **" case , because the published price of a book is
patent while we to are all book free to purchasers confess . the Consequentl -perfect right y ,
of -- a purchaser - - . ^ - — - — — to — — expect a good article _ - and - - _^ his ^ w ^ ^ . money ' s worth for his moneywe can scarcely
think he is morally justified in , expecting any ! of our trade to give him that lawful profit
which should enable the bookseller to pay his rent , rates and taxes , the salaries of his assisto tants keep , to himself meet his , his other wife business , and famil expenses y . ^ and X j
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548 The Publishers' Circular jUn . i , is ? 6 j
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The sale of the late Mr . Addington ' s books \ took p lace on the 24 th and 25 th days V of May «/ ' , \' i
at Messrs . Sotheby ' s rooms . Though small j the collection was a very choice
oneincluding some remarkable books and manuscri , pts . Among them were the following : —Bewick ^ ! ^ K ^^^ h ^ a __ ^ h ' - ^ _ ^ B ml _ ^ ^ B ' ^ -M ^ * - _~ I
' Birds , ' 1 st edition , large paper , £ 14 . 10 s . ( Ellis ) ; ' Biblia Sacra Latina , ' a MS . on J vellum of the XIIIth century , with illumi- \
nations , £ 200 ( B . F . Stevens ) ; another of the \ . same period supposed to have been in the pos- \
session of St . Iiouis , £ 140 ( B . F . Stevens ) ; jj Billing's ' Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiqui- f ;
ties of Scotland , ' large paper , beautiful copy , 'i £ 16 . 103 . ( Sotheran ); * Boke of Common Prayer / [)
1552 ( Whitchurche ' s 2 nd edition of Ed . VI . 's ii Second Book ) , £ 65 . ( Gibbs ); Queen Elizabeth ^ l |
Prayer Book , 1578 , £ 16 . 5 s . ( B . F . Stevens ) - f a little volume of tracts the fly-leaf of which •;¦
bore the autograph of John Bunyan , 1682 / <\ £ 46 ( B . F . Stevens ) ; * Gospels of the Fower J T 7 i i ' i / 5 1571 -I r- t—t t £ 26 \ r * / "r- » tti Stevens r ^ i \ several "if
Evangelists , ( B . F . ); \ beautiful 1497 ( Venitiis Books Aldus of Hours Manutius were ) sold with , one the dated auto- j ¦ :
vens grap ) h of another Philip , Melanchthon a charming , MS £ 40 . ( on B . F vellum . Ste- [ ij j
stated , to have been tlie one used by the beauti- , j ful and unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots , in ]
her last moments on the scaffold , fetched £ 127 \ ( Nattali ) ; several others fetching hi 1 gh prices j
were & c . ; La boug Fontaine ht by Mr * . Contea Ellis , M et r N . " ouvelles B . J . Stevens / 1762 , j
kerville £ 30 ( Robson ) 2 vols ) ; ., Milton uncut , , 's £ 13 Poetical . 15 s . ( Work ILoekwood s ( Bas ) - ; j )
Poliphili Hypnerotomachia , 1 st edition , 1499 ; j Mo MS £ 26 . . ( on on Quaritch vellum vellum ) , ; Psalterium beautifullv beautitully David lJ illnminntftd luminated is , an . earl £ £ oU 80 y j
( Ellis ) ; Quarles * , ' Divine Poems and Emblems , / j first 1642 folio -3 , richl Shakespeare y bound , £ 23 with ( B . the F . Stevens verses inlai ) ; the d j
£ 280 ( Ellis ) ; the third , folio , 1664 , a very fine , i copy Stevens , with ) ; the some fourth rough folio loaves £ 23 , 1 . 130 10 s . ( ( Bull B . F ) . ; j
Slade ' s Catalogue of his Collection , of Glass , 1871 , £ 15 ( Bain ); ' True Effigies of King
Charles , Queene Mary , & c . / 1641 , £ 65 i ( Ellis ) . A very choice and beautiful volume
printed upon vellum was secured by Messrs . j do H . A Sotheran quino Prima & Co Pars . for Secundse £ 110 , viz Partis . : —S . Sumra Thorns * ' !
Theologioo , 1478 , apparently the only copy ever publicly sold . W . R . ' s ' Comedy of the Three
JL , adies / 1592 , £ 20 ( Pearson ) ; W . Warner ' s
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/10/
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