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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1882, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1231, The report of the Public Free Libraries ...

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      cheap 4 Our Sea editions -girt Isl ol e nis ; ' * The JJaniel * Great ^ Juornv Army of the London Poor ; » ; torie ' & c 3 . [ Vide . Elliot pag ; e 1247 . s

      Dec. 6, 1882 The Publishers' Circular 12...

      Dec . 6 , 1882 The Publishers' Circular 1231

      The Second Portion Of The Beck Ford Libr...

      The second portion of the Beck ford library , which has been removed from Hamilton Palacewill be sold by Messrs . Sotheb ¦ mM Wilkinsonand Hod mm ^ during B the fortniht

      , commencing ^ B ^ »^~ ^™ ^ — — , w with Monday ^ g the 11 « m th ^ inst * ^^™ ^^^ ^^ . ^^ , ™ ^ B * and ^ y m , ending * v ^^ m ^ mw ^~^^*^^» ^»^ B > nr with - ^ m ^ 4 b > ^ B , V Saturday ^^^ BF ^ B > 4 b ^^ Bl ¦¦ pb » b ^ Bb ¦ 1 — ^^ , ge ^ the ^ m * " ^^ 23 ^^^ Bl mmm rd . HM ^ h The ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ catalogue ^^* ^^^ ^^^ ^^ m ^^ m 9 ^^ g ^ B ] Bb , ^^ ^^ r " ^» of this second portion extends from ¦ i ¦ GA ¦¦ to MYand will be found on inspection to contain

      works ^^^ T mm * ^ " ^ m * equal in A ^ B ^ interest ft m ^^ , condition ^^ ^* BH A .. ^ ^^ ^^ - , ^^ ^ and ^^> - ^ " ^ MA ^^ r rarity ^ t ^ ' ^^^^ A ^^^ P ^ V ^^^^ " , ^ H to . ^^^^ *^* ^^™ those ^^ ^* ^™ v W ^^^>^^^ BB 1 in »_ P ^^ F ^ ^ B ^ the _ ^^^ m . ^^^^ ^ B *^ B firs B ^^ B ^^^ B t ^^ bV portion ^ B ^^ V ^ B * ^^ BB ^*^ f ^ ^^^^ , ^^*^ ^^^ which ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^*^^ real ^^^^ ^^^^ a ^ V ^ ^ B ised A ^^^ " ^ ^ P ^ B ^^^ V ^^^^ ^ ^» upwards Bj ^ » J W - - - — — ' - of £ 31 — , 000 . This ^^ second ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ' ' *¦ portion W ™^ ^^ ^^ comprises ^^ ^^ ™^ B * fc » - ^ 4 » Wmm *^ ¦ ^^ * V very T ^ B * m ^ many « B >« b ^ Bj B * BT * ^ B W fine » Bl ^» ^^ and W «« ¦ ^ w ^ B > even ^ B ^ » ^^ <» gorgeous ta | ^^ ^ Bj hA ^^ ^^ B ^ Bl ^ BT

      the specimens Kings of and the Queens bookbinder of France ' s art , and applied of the to volumes most eminent which French were once collectors in the who libraries in this of

      respect were far in advance of our own , countrymen and countrywomen , and many , of the flyleaves are filled with Mr . Beckford ' s quaint and caustic observations in MS ., showing that

      he was not only a collector , but a critical reader . The books of print 3 are extremely fine , including the Heptameron of Margaret de Valoisthe splendid works of Mr . GouldGough ' s

      ' Sepulchral Monuments / the Fables and Conte 3 , of La Fontaine , the Galerie de Versailles , » and other galleriesvarious books of ¦ pageantsroyalreli Bk ious & c . and the works of Holbein ¦ ¦

      Hollar ^ v ^ — — , Houbraken y » , g , Hoga — — — rth —— - — , & 3 - - ^— . —^ Geog Bi ^ ^^ m ^^^^ W ^^^^ rap ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ h ^^^ , ^ P y ^^^ is ^^^^ f well ^^^^^ ^^^ , ^ F ^^^ ^^^ represented ^^^^ " ^ g «^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ , ^ B ^ BS ^^^ B * ^^^ ^ , ^ H here ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ b ^^ ^^ y ^^ " ^^^ various ™ ^ ^—^^^ ^^ ^ collection ™ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^^— ^ ^ s , ^ B of voyages and travels from the ' Itinerarium Portugalensium' of 1508 down to the large

      books on America which marked the middle of last century . Of the Greek and Latin classics , many t / are on larg t- » e paper O . J . , and the Aldus , Elzevir , and other editions are - reported j _ as - being ^ j ,,

      on the whole , in superb conditioii . Among the 15 th century works i 3 the very rare first edition of Lactantiusprinted at Subiaco in 1465 and memorable as the earliest work issued

      in A Ital " ^^ » ^ y with > « 1 a date ^ - . , M 1 ^ BV any very rare volumes ^ will , ^^ also ^ be ^ found ^ . ^ here ^ in A French ^^ F « B > * ¦ and Italian ^ B ^ . «¦ B > literature . The remaining portion of Mr . Beckford ' s library will be brought forward early in

      the new year and will be followed by the Hamilton Library , properly so called .

      The Complaints Made By Certain Eminent S...

      The complaints made by certain eminent Scotchmen of the parsimony of the Sovereign in allowing the Hamilton MSS . to pass into the hands of a foreign country have excited

      considerable attention on the Continent . It is said that the authorities at Berlin are not disinclinedunder certain conditionsto hand over to the English Government those documents

      A . * % ^ B , — ^ B A « a mm ^ k m , mm h l B Bl B ^" h * * m \ m ^ H r to in oppose the latel ¦ ™ ¦ this ^^ y ^^ ^—^ ~ acquired ^^^ purpose m ^^^^* ^^ m mt *&^ ^ t ^ *^^ v ^ ^ M ^ m ^ collection mm is ^ i ^ m ^ ^ ako ^^^ v ^ Hk w ^^ r ^ fe ^ noticeable ^ B ^ ^^^ ^^^ referring ^ iv fl ^ ^ B ^^ ^^^ r w- *^ F *^^ F ^ ^ ^^ ^ i ^ F ^ in ^^ ^^ to mm 9 literary ^^^ ^^ k the ^^ r ^^ ^^^ ^^ c ^ p history ^^ ^^ v ^ h . and ^ v ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ B ^ of artistic ^^ v ^ v ^ ^^^ ^ Scotland . ^ ^ ^ .. ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ . ^^ ^ f circles ^^^ ^^ — ^ ^^^ . ^^^ ^— ' ^^ But ^ . ^ ^ The - a ^^ marked strictest — ^ tendency secre ¦ cy ^

      —and none better than Prussian officials can observe secrecy—is still maintained as to the price paid for these antiquarian treasures 1 but it is 1 believed h that f one and a half million of

      ¦ disposal mark I ~ — s ¦ , " — ~ " or ¦ » ^~ fund ^ ' ^ " ^ " ^ £ " ^™ ^ " . ^ ™ 75 - ^ r ^ ^ ^ m- " ^ will , 000 ^ ^ » ^ ^^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ b » » ^ not ^ B ^ » mm is " ^^ - ^ m ^ b ^ * mw mr about ^ ^ suffice ^ # ^ » *^ ^ ^ ^^ Bv v ^ Bp v ^ Bj ^^ ^ Vh ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ bf m * the Mb ^ b to *^ ^^ v * fc r ^ mmt cover ^ ta ^ sum ^^ ^ ^ r « b ^ ^ a ^ ^^ rf v * Bi . the ^ ^*» i ^ ^ B > «^ ^ Bi In ^ ^ b am ' ' ""^ price , bj W ~^ any ^^ t *^ ^ ** ^ Bb ^ ^ 1 ^ » case ; BJ ^^ ^^ ^ in ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^ ' , which » it »^^ ' ^^ ^ ^™ » *^ is ^» ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ assumed » case ^^ - ^» ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^— ^» a ^~ »~ ^ - » ' ^ - ¦ supp m — ~^ that — ^ m- —~ - v - ^ ^ lementary ~~ — ^ ^— — the — — — so — ~ — - called ^ - item — private would

      have doubt to of be its inserted being cheerfull in the Prussian y granted Bud . Meanwhile get for the , munificent the collection outlay has , been and there closed would to the be public little . The Novoe Vremhas a long articlewarmlendorsing m ± Jm ¦ ml the regrets expressed ""¦ by The Times _____ at

      the b y mj — leg — loss ¦¦ — * "islative ™ " ¦* >• W ¦ of ** ^ ^ f -V J * the » ^ - ^ measure ^ m * manuscri » ^ r « ya II ^ V *•»» - ^^ ^ m .-b . ^ >^ ^ _ ^ / , pts «^ preventing W B "^ Jfc ^ \_ " , f iAV * and » . ^ I Jk *¦ l ^ - _ . * proposing V . _ . ^ b > « A Psuch * - / W , * * _ ' A Jfc •¦>• collections * % * m V _^ M that - ^ b , ** y V / ¦ * » —¦• S A V r > ¦_ tate - " J & . ^ _ ' -mm ¦ _ from , f- 3 b v _^ - should » Jb . _ -. being I ¦> — ^ ^ _ r ¦ ^^ • ¦& ^^ prevent W disposed »** ^ » ^ bF — ' ¦ - ' ^ - ^ ¦* - » ^^ ^ » vandalism ^ of ^ ^ " ¦ out ^ * ^ ^~ w ' ~ of ^^ J ^ the of ^^ this country ^ kind — »* .

      A law of this nature , ' says this journal , ' already exists in Italy , and judicial decisions in the include same direction official documents have frequentl and y other been memoranda pronounced of in value France to the in nation regard . ' to famil l From y papers Russia which also ' f ,

      are it adds yearl , y a taken mass abroad of things , without of great any artistic check , worth even of , the an remains export duty of , former worth Kussian speaking grandeur of . ' ,

      The Report Of The Public Free Libraries ...

      The report of the Public Free Libraries Committee of the Manchester Corporation for the year which than 1881 — 2 , y ¦ 000 " * -- - v 82 , •> 000 -m \ j - \ yj states ^ w persons * S V *• U that a- ^ XA »_ f , * during being H _^ V 4 . * -fTl ** about the ^ - / V-- *_* year */ V 8 - ' , tt 600 >— » the \_ f V ^ every X libraries ** w " 4 _/ « . J day X- » - » _ J and . it To - reading is m ~ " - ' mentioned show » _>¦ - — ^ _ - - - rooms the —— — -- _ - extent — that were — visited of — — the — the b demand - y more

      has 1 , 005 ever , 853 has before volume been baen made 3 hav issued e upon been , the and issued libraries is nearl to 942 y for ten , 807 reading times persons greater , . This than is that a much of the larger first The ine during number year made maci of their than year of oi

      working wonting , . ut Of these these volumes volumes 2 210 1 . 0 . 195 195 were were read read in in the the Reference iXererence jLibrarv __ iDrary . . use use e vol consulted have the umes libraries have , the on been average Sundays used being b has y 8 increased , 110 261 , readers per . day In in , the againat the Reference genera 222 l last reading Library year -rooms . 11 , In 820 , the volumes and of branches 42 , 468 have volumes , 8 been , and 316

      i ^ ewspapera been issued haa been to boys upwards in the of four 150 boys 000 . ' rooms The total . The number number of persons of reader who * have magazines entered the libraries on Sundays has been 200 , , 000 , or an average of 4 , 012 each Sunday . The to special

      reaaing ^ favour eadinor , - and rnnrn rooms are a for frvr well boys Y . nxra filled , now nnw during provided -r > Twirif the 1 « rl whole at nf four fmir time of r » f the f . they ViA branch hran are open h libraries lihrariest , witli , quiet continue continue and to interested grow crroW in m llie addition additioto to the

      juveniles juveniles stock entat of . . books The Tho in number num the hpr libraries of nf volumes vnhimfia has been used uaftd in in 9 , 790 them them volumes has has been been —9 , 306 190 190 ,. 493 493 b libraries libraries y . . purchase The , and n out 384 and me by

      presentation Y * i * 943 «» as otherwise u > n ; : 2 2 ,. 292 292 useless vol volumes umes . There have have he been are « n now withdrawn withdrawn in the Refere trom from the the nce lenamg lending Library 70 , 320 aa as volumes worn worn oux , and , , ana in lilA r \«* n * t . **!¦»« . _ f \/\ A A € m rill _ 1 _ _ £ ___ _ I . . 1 J !_ _ l . t . l . n 4 n ^» I « . !»<« I ' l-m m 4- r » a wmi ril ^^ nri ^

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1882, page 1231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121882/page/23/