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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 16th August 1886, Edition 1 of 1, Page 872, &>a\e Sfottingier.

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      Continental L^Otejf *

      ^ , I amongst various documents and contemporary records was the identification of the exact

      spot in the ' Calle de la Rua' where Borgia ' s bodhad been" placedand herein the

      presence y of the local magistrate , and other , officials , excavations were made which resulted in the

      discovery of a perfect skeleton . But when the Alcalde placed his hand on the skull it

      resolved into dust .

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      &>A\E Sfottingier.

      &> a \ e Sfottingier .

      At length a lull has come in what has been one of ~ — the -- - — busiest .- — _____ of _ __ sal _ e _ seasons . __ — __ — . _ We _ say — ^

      advisedly a lull , for there are yet several notable collections to be disposed of before the season

      can be considered dead and gone . But fox the present , as if by general consent , sales are suspendedand the jaded and weary members of

      X , oh « l h _ -K A ¦ ¦ «/ the _ - ¦ Trade _ m- ^_ m *^_ . ^_> , free . _ --- from the ^_ disagreeable ^ m necessit _> y of attending 'the rooms' areif not more

      busily , yet more pleasantly , , engaged , in packing up their impedimenta for transit to the

      booksellers' watering-place — Yarmouth — which seems to possess irresistible attractions for the

      Trade . Their holiday is well earned and much needed . May it be a pleasant one ! An

      revoir ! Stillfor the benefit of those hundreds who

      perforce , must , from various circumstances , stay in townand who can summon up enough

      energy to , take an interest in ' how things are going , ' we chronicle what little there is doing .

      At Messrs . Sotheby's they have been selling the Earl of Clare ¦¦ ' s ¦ books # ¦ which ta in

      sp - — — — ite — — -f ^^^ B of advers — ~ -- e circumstances — — - ~ — -- — - »^ -r - - ^ - » - ^ - — - ^ of » - ^* -- , w 'time w w ^ - ^ ^ -fc ^_ - ^ .. r ^_>> ¦ -- , M and ¦¦¦— ^ - » ^^ weatherfetched very good ik vi prices . The

      following ^^ — ' ^~~~ are , —w some ~~ — — of the ^_~ — ^^ books ^ p _ . _^^ ~ - ^_^ ^_ sold ^ p- ^_^ >^_ fr » i ^_» ^ Bm ^^ ^^ on g ^ p ^^ r ^ T Thursday ^¦¦¦¦¦ m- <^_* ^__ k ^^^^ ^ -W ^ - ^ ^^^ and ^— — - ^ ^ - — '"' ^ Friday ~ — ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ^ - — — — " ^ " ^ : — —Del ^^— ' — p m — hin ^ n ^ - " ¦ i ^ - > - ^ Classics ^ - " ^ - " ' - ¦ r ^ or n _^ ^ -m ^ ^^ _ p «^ , h with v T *^ ^ Brf ^_ b _ --fc the ^_ # f ^ K ^ k ^^¦ P' | Sup T ^ . ^ ^^^^ U *^^

      -plement to Tacitus , 1 G 0 vols . in calf , £ 18 ; Bumet's Own Time , 6 vols ., large paper ,

      18 1 H ii 2 . _ » , £ £ 1 14 4- ; : Ola ( JJarendon . rfinrlnn ' s Kebellion T ? , « V » fllliAn and fl . nr ) Life T , if <^ , 11 vols ., large paper , £ 15 15 s . ( Bain ) ; Ariosto ' s

      Orlando , 4 vols ., large paper , printed by Baskerville — — - —* - — - — , j - 1773 v y — , -m and * - — — — -w bound -- <_¦ ¦*_ -- _^ ^ ^^ ^_ -b , b f \ - ^ y w Derome . ^ h . i ^ ^ . ^ , ^ - \_ r A _* ^ b ^ , «

      Architectural £ 16 10 s . ( Robsun Works , 5 & vols Kerslake ., large ) paper ; Britto , green n's morocco morocno bv by Mackenzie Mackenzift . £ iL 44 ' 4-4- ; : Cook Onr » lr ' s a Wwa Voa crps es

      , yg , theca 8 the vols Cassano . S , p £ encer 11 Catalogue 5 iana ^ . ( , Robson _ Edes 7 ) Althorp ; vols Dibdin . in ianati ' s C Biblio , large and

      paper , £ 45 ( Ellis ) ; Crasaris , Opera cum , Annot . copy Clarkii ) , 1712 large paper £ 14 , ( Nattali red morocco & Bond ( a beautiful ) HB .

      Caricatures , ( , 900 ) , 9 vols ., with Key 2 ; vbls ., £ — - 30 —— - ~ - ¦ ( Bain - —— — —— ) F ; -y Dug — — — ' — hk d * -- _ ale - ¦ -- —¦ ^ p * - _^ 's r *—* * Monas J »^> J ^_ ^ - ^ _ L ^ «<*^^ Pi ^ i ticon «/^ L \^^ _^ JL ^ ^ and . 'V ^ ^ . ^_> m , St fV _^ *^ .

      p Paul lates ' s , £ 1813 68 ( Ellis 18 , l ) arge ; La Fontaine per , proofs Contes of the et

      Nouvelles , 2 vols . 1762 bound b , Derome £ £ ' 440 U CToovov ( i ' oovo , y ) } ; : Uaplinis Dai , ) lmis , ot ot Uhloe Chloe . y 171 718 ft . an an ,

      early copy , in # reen morocco , £ 6105 , . ; Moliero , , morocco morocco » es CEuvres . £ tlZ 12 , \> (' Ellis iiiliis vols ^ . , : 176 Ixrose Grose 5 , ' s Antiquities c A h ntimiitiea oice copy . 10 in

      vols ., large , paper , 1773 95 , £ 1 € ( Quaritch , ) ; 1835 Lodge ' s £ 18 Portraits ( Young , ) 12 Florentinuin vols . in (> , proof Museum copy ,

      fa 13 —— ucon ' — vols , "J M ., 17 u . 31 mens ' -56 — — M , d e ; 1 £ 10 " * - ¦ " M - r ^ ( onarc ~^ Quaritch r ^ — . _ A . « hi ^_ - » a »* c F ) ran ; V r ^ j » Mont I _» ^_ a ^ i se AKA - , k , , y ,

      5 vols ., largo paper , 11 vols . ; Picart , C _ r _ - & K

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      - j bound portion monies b of y et Derome the Superstitions books , ^ 69 in ; this & , 11 c library , vols & e . ., large A were large bound paper

      proby Charles Lewis , and the greater part have on the sides the arms of the Earl of Clare .

      realised The Middl the disappointing e Hill sale ( first total portion to all ) onl con y -

      cern _ d of £ 2 , 200 15 s . The books suffered ( and therefore the auctioneers ) from prolix

      cataloguing . On the 19 ___ th inst _ _ . _ Messrs _ . Biddell _ __ and » w , * . _ . _ VA

      Blencowe will sell a library at Lavenham Norris Suffolk & ; while Shoppee on , the of 26 Watford th and will 27 th sell Messrs some . ,

      books at Yews . y ' , , - ^ " ' ^ A rx . copy \ jvj ^ jj of _ ¦ _ ai a work rruin . to \ jkj which n ixivu __ it _ is » oetlU said .

      Thackeray contributed— The Undergraduate Papers '—was sold in a bundle the other day

      for 6 s . The fortunate purchaser got , we are credibl ¦ y informed £ 6 6 s . for it ! Even auc

      tioneers __ - — - — — ' cataloguers — — — — , J are -- — — not — — infallible . _ - - ~ - ^ — - ^ «^ — - *^

      Current Educational Literature.

      CURRENT EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE .

      Messrs . Asher & Co . —The educational publications of this firm include Ashers Model

      spondence Books of ; Forei that gn is and to say Comme ' The rcial Eng Corre lish - j

      Correspondent , ' by Dr . H . P , . Skelton ; 'The German Correspondent / by Dr . Chr . Vogel ;

      ' The French Correspondent , by Dr . J . T . Dann and F . Courvoisier ; * The Spanish

      Correspondent / by Dr . J . T . Dann and Don G . Gonzalez ; and ' The Italian Correspondent , '

      ! by Dr . A . Olivieri ; Asher ' s International Reading - Books for Schools ( intended as ! class-books and for self-instruction ¦¦¦] ) ; Gese - ^^ r-

      ! ^^^^ ^^ V ^^ " ^^ W *^ M W ^ t ^ m ^^^^ ^^^* —i — ^^^ - ^^ B w ^^ ~ ^ v ^ ^^ B ^^ . ^ q ^^ B ^^ i ^ ~*^* " ^^^ V ^^ p ^^^ ^^^ B ^^ P 4 ^^^ ^^ . ^^ B W ^^^ ^^^ ^^ B ^^ V ^ B ^ BB * ^ v - ^ . ^ r ^ ^^^ ^^^ m ^ p - ^^ - — — nius's Student ' s Hebrew Grammar , translated from Roediger ' s edition by B . Davies , LL . D . ; A . H . Keane ' s The True Theory of

      German Declension and Conjugation : a Contribution to the Study of the German

      Language , for the use of teacher and student . Messrs . Bacon & Co . —The ' Excelsior

      series Maps . ' of They this firm are now printed form with a fairly taste comp , and lete

      drawn most accurately and clearly . Messrs . Blackie & Son—In the depart

      . ment of reading Messrs . Blackie's books include Comprehensive ReadersGraded

      Readers ; Readings from Standard ; Authors ; JP roetical oatical Keader R ^ adfir . Sfilpp Selections . tinns from from IStandara Standard

      I Authors ; the Shakespeare , Reader , Extracts j from Shakespeare t with rf Notes the British

      I **¦ Biograp ^* ~~^ ^ ^^ p » - ^ - ^ - ^ hical ^ m * ' — ^ ^^ i ^ " ^ Bur Reader - ^ i ^ w ^ ^ ta * r , « T ^ ^ Sketches V » ^ a ^ hta ^ 1 *^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ of ; a ^^ Prominent ^ ^ ^^ ¦ ii—*— Men by Macaulay , Alison , , Brougham ,

      Emcison , Scott , & c . In the branch of Writing , vvc ; and o bserv n the » mj e Vere no 111 / less xv > uo Foster ij successful u . u ( jv ' s / ooiui Educational works « v ui no vu on Copy xm Arithmetic wi -books " ^ " , ¦

      Mathematics , Book-keeping , Grammar , (^' ° g tlie rap imprint hy , His of tory tlie , S firm crip . ture O , ilvie & c ' s , Dictionaries which b ^

      also appear in Messrs . Blackic g 's list . Messrs . W . Black wood < fe Sons . —It ' th

      not long since Messrs . Black wood entered « field of educational competition , but already we find that the care which they beatow up »

      all their publications is followed by the succesb

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 872, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/10/