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    lgg6 The Publishers' Circular 1367

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    SUinerican !£eto£ anb JJotr^.

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    Mr. Fitzgerald's 'Book Fancier ' I

    L Lres ord of his the experiences chase gives and him conclusions good reason . The to

    Lsiilt - is that we have a book on books of a Character that has not been seen since John Book Hunter

    lill Burton ' s ' ' appeared a good years ago . nany ' I S sorrows early every of hunting thing affecting and preserving the deli are ghts to in The Book Fancier ctiiuici' The chap

    » o fo f » iinci mid m ' JLiie uuuii . x-. . x nc < jnc * p--> e , Book Collectors and Book Dealerson ers he on Caxtons l and Early English Printers , on

    ( il |^ inding \ ^ ^ (^ , uv /** on l / Grangerising / - * 4 / * _ - < 7 / on Auction A j , - tooinsr n Shakspeare Folios , Secwill be * read

    li Hie kith lt , i read - ^ avidity cw-ft- ° er w * . mi . g -3 Qu ht otations be - selected - which from - would , e- very interest •/ pag JL CJ e , 1 1 choos 1 the . 1 folio r 11 *

    but at random , we e -wing as an xaniple —

    iop one in Holyw 'liy exploring ell Street the , and shelves groping of in a the favouri dim te mysterious old book ght Spira within Pliny , I came . Leaves upon , were a maimed wanting imperfect at the copy end , of it this was fcerously p mauled and soiled in placesand it was execrably

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    Kiny a painted capital , richly diglit , though many a one had Ken burnished cat oat— go beautifully ld , brighter designed even than things it was —the 420 larger years letter ago ,

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    ¦ glory , however , was ¦ ¦ rid efront bonlerin page— ? the with threshold burnished of the gold volume and flowers —encircled and by ara a -

    sq sn be --.. KK--. . ncted The The that date date the of of this this leaves huge huge were volume volume without was was 1469 1469 numbers , . and and , it it but was was a ¦ RiU toils ricui ' . ha s still still < i p , , laced as as Greek Greek a number characters characters at the had had head not not of then then each come come page into into . More use use .

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    ¦ ir- mto into r about and and bind bind three up up pounds his his wounds wounds , which . . He He it became became was well m mine ine worth for for . ( some wm It e is --P ¦ a-a nt of and the refreshing and h to ands take of him 420 out occasionally Not , and less ¦ fKuit is it iu to eyes show ir it to visitor years illustration ago . ot what

    mks ¦_ ¦ BiM __ hols rt -- thim be ... so md . . done . . me . reward i ^ rude vw v . in o . iuo those and s the uuc xv clumsy IA days » book uuuii a Oi V . iaibl . effect fancier latiuier His / l as * . surprise 3 . an . Such U . But bui ILlLiS a is all tui ti " LLILUlVJ great find the one ' * De jJt , as - for ; Spira opirn W t his . Ui he

    nantic - ; air . they are very few—have this elegant and ¦ I t / With ^ erald such deli p hts leasant his words readers as throug these hout Mr .

    g Inch ¦ erv one form of his the very three interesting hundred and book odd . pages

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    Wished M ( 'HHrs . a Firmin work of -Didot ordinary of Paris interest have just for

    no | b -Jean ^ student . ui de ue Thumery Thumerv of English . Sieur SiV history . nr de do . Bm Boiss * ' aaiafi La ise Mission . 1598 159 ft-

    f j « ^ y , _ t comprises «) England the in , account the last of four a French , em of - r . lt 1 " 01 l ^ (> f Queen Elizabeth—a very years eventful

    ? ¦ ff f W tliolics t ] vill of ) x , , n eiuDracmg Oiubraciliy KiOf ' t" which e growing i ^ " found luunu the th « discontent conspiracy r- vent vein . r > n « r » iT in in 'Ji . r the lii ' . \/ of of o Gunpowder v f the ^ JEssex Rhspt uuuuwuer Roman and a . Tirl

    ) . I 1 . Jules ? Rothschild / uuoiimu work

    | aitL , Koine . lor \ nal -- from - The -. xiyi the period graceful of announces < HlIlOUIlCt M pen . Yriarto of ; « ; + a < M ^ : ^ new IJCW ' . s ^» Charles visit W < J 1 to VK

    f f umenioal sterna ^ , ] ( Cit ^ Council itir y av A » u s duri / i and m . ;« ng , r the the ^ - ^^^ work sitting contains of ^ p the + ! -. « «^ ,

    ^ onages wen aa aa } well ) encil as sketches numerous of the illustrations principal

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    on steel and wood of the various objects of interest in Rome before it became the capital

    of Italy . It is not often the avocations of printer

    , publisher , and poet are found united in one person . Thishoweverwas the case with

    The ' odore Aubanel , , the , Provengal poet , who died on the 2 nd inst . Born at Avignon on

    March 26 , 1829 , he was the author of manysuccessful productions in Provengal , aniongst

    others a drama in five acts , produced at Montpellierand which will shortly be played

    in a French , translation by M . Paul Arene at the Ode on theatre in Paris .

    It is rather significant of the inspired character of the Hussian press JT that in the year t /

    1883 ( we have no later authentic information ) out of 272 responsible editors in St . Petersburg

    and Moscow , 51 were officers or civil servants of the highest military and civil rank , 65 were

    staff officers and persons holding corresponding rank in the Civil Serviceand 37 officials of

    various ^^^ ^» ^ ^^— ¦ 1 ¦ ™ ™ kinds ^^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ . ^ , - ^^* - ¦ ^ besides V ^ " ^ ^^ . ^ » ^^ P ~ ^^ p » M T 23 ^^^ ^ . " ^ ^^ . ^ , ^ B of ^^*^^ " ^^^ ^^~ the ^^ ^ " ^* . »^ ^ p nobility ^ " ^* ^»^^^ . » J . * " ^^ ^ B ^ ^ " ^ ^» ^^ ^^ l ^ not PP ^ . ^ " ^ ^^^ holding official appointments .

    6 A Nilbraut new novel / is b announced y Georg Ebers for immediat , entitled e

    publication . Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria is

    arranging for the publication of a new book of sport and forestry entitled ' Jagden und ~^ pr ~ ~ IK « H . ah a * ' ^¦ p' ^^ Bpa' a ^ ^ m ^ H- ^ 1 * ^ bi aah a V

    Beobachtungen ^ ' ( Hunting . and Watching . ) . Herren Puttkainmer und Miihlbrechtthe

    well-known law booksellers and publishers , of Berlinhave sent us a catalogue of works

    in Jurisprudence , and Political Economy , which is a marvel of industry in compilation

    and of elegance in production . Without claiming for this catalogue absolute

    completeness as a legal bibliography , Herr Otto Miihlbrechtthe compilertells us that it

    contains all , those works which , , judging from a ^ M ^^ af long pm ^_^ ^^ Pk aa * Vap Vah experience ^**^ « a ^ k a >>^ mar ^^ ta ^^* ^^ pp aa ^^^ ^ Pjpr ^ p > , am ^ he ^ a aaa ^^ considers ^ apr ^ ppr ^^ «^ r ~^~~ —* ^ p ^ p ^ p ^^ ~^ - ^ r of ^ - ^ —^* absolute ^ p- « ' ^ v * ^ p * ¦ ^^ — ~— ~* 'w

    use to the legal practitioner . As a matter of course pj almost pb the collection r i is confined i with

    some -aaPr * w * ^ h ^^ fc ap ipp notable ^> , ^ ^ ^^ —™ am « ^ ' pwp classical - * r" , w ^ p ^ * a > *^ «^ ^¦>^^ - « - exceptions a * ^ pp — — aa ^ p > — - »— - ^ p . ¦—— ^— -- ^ P' , to — - —¦ - the " ^ ^^— - ^ r present ¦ , ^ m - - — — century . An excellent classified index is given

    with the catalogue . The ¦ late t lamented Count Beust has ¦¦ left

    ^ aaav *» ^ B ^ ^ ap * * a « ^^^ pp »^ ^ p ^^ ^>^ *_* ' ^ r a . aa ^ ^^ m ^ ^ b » pa * ^¦ a' ^^^ ^^« " ^ a » ^ 'p' ~ ~ ^ ^ ^^ p ^ w p ^^^ ^^^^ p » - ^ i ^ ^^ ™ " * ^—^ ^ ^^ p 1 ^^^ ^^ ^— ^^ behind him voluminou . s memoirs and correspondence , which will not , however , see the

    light for some year 3 to come .

    Suinerican !£Eto£ Anb Jjotr^.

    SUinerican ! £ eto £ anb JJotr ^ .

    Messrs . Harper Brothers' further new publications will comprise Charles Dudley Warner aaw ~— ' s

    ^_^ a ^ ay . a , ^/ ^ f J ( ^ »^ -J" W W -at -A ^ M ^ ^^ ¦ 'V . ^ A . ak ak _ f ^ a _ Jfc , a ^ j . ^^ . ^ ^^^ f r « a * - - * " # J ^ -- * - ^ - » - P ^ ' - ¦ ' ~ m ~ -m *^^ a * ^ - _ - a - » - ^ ^ ^^ - ^— — travel b l . v Mr TVTr . novel < DJ . . S S . . , Kemhart Rp L Their . iiihnrt Pilgrimag : JtLome Home e , fFancies ' ancies illustrated and and ;

    y Heart Flowers , ' in which engravings by Frank French will a ¦ at b ¦ Mrs k a * rv > . M . E .

    H _ j - \^ j x * ^—* -A -L . » I *_ A * - accompany **/ V ^ \^ T ^ r A A ¦ . B ^ » -- -- jv w poems ms ^^ r ^ p » " - » * - rv . ^ rv _^ y w ^^^ . - » - ^^ m — m m Sangster ; Dr . Von Reber ' s * History of ¦ Medijoval Art' translated bJ . Thacher

    Clarke * JJ _ X _/ ^^^ fc —V- ^ ^^ S , with * V ** - -A J * . J *^ many " - / , ^ ^ - * *» - " illustrations f- " ^* » afff PShP *» Vyrai a . ^ ^^^ ^*~» r *^ - » y T , uniform * - ^ " ^ — ~ ^ -- ^ with ^ p * — — — — his ( lid ' History I 11 O ( J < 'I Y ^ of - ' * Ancient ^ LllvlUJlU Art jC X . AU ' ; ' Ancient JJLlJl ^ iVJllU Cities vyil / iuu

    of the New World / by Desire' Charnay ; ' Retrospeotioiisof America , ' by John Bernhard ,

    the diary of an English actor , edited by — — —¦ ¦ ¦ - — •¦ ¦ — —i ¦¦¦¦ Qr > -- *

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1886, page 1367, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111886/page/9/