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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 18th December 1882, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1511

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      Lusus Serius de Amore aGualt . Charletono , M . D ., ante decennium , ' & c , a beautiful ppecimen V of ^ X Monnier JJ-uvr ** *» » . % » . » ' s »* binding ^ « .. »« . ~« . « .. » .. |^ , . with .. « ..- .. « , variegated » «~ ... ^ w 0 »~~ w ^ , leathers a . 'www & av ^ a •* » and u > uu double uvumiv * , j and UiJ , J . Vt . within fT ltlJLI . ll a Ctl tablet U < V I _ SJ . VJ I ; , ex KSJ \ . Mu JlMX . \ XO sseo < XD \ J

      l P 'Hi auli stoire Girardot de France de Prefond , ' 4 to ., — Paris £ 136 , 1749 ( Morgand , bound ) ; b Henault y Derome , ' , Nou splendidl vel Abrege y , and ' Ch with ronolog his ticket ique de — £ 56 ( Quaritch ) ; * H — — einsii — Orationes — — Lug —— d . Bat . L ¦ . Elzevir ¦ ¦¦ *¦*¦ f a / ¦ 1615 « % *¦ with au ^ W thor ' s aut V % vV h

      inscription o ^ \^ *~* » ^ % J ¦*"' partl M ' y erased , arms and , m onogra —Fl m ^^ of - Thuanus ™ ™ ^* .. . *» and * j . » La r ^ W *»^ , Chastre » •* ****• « tl — W * ft £ *•» 66 ' * P « J ( Quaritch ^ V VVfifc ograp & I- **** ) , \ an Jm A Jfc M absurdl ¦• .- * " " ^»« p > - — — •¦— y » hii g ^ i h pri j— — — - c — e — to — — - whi - - c — h it — — w - - as r - ¦¦ u — n ~ up »¦ -- -p— - b " - ¦ - y tj the »^ ¦» ¦* biddings -- ** *• -wm - ^^ c fJW .-Hati jfc ^ k ^^ of ^ " ^ Mr AI ^ A . V Pearson ^_» TL" W A Ba ^ V . ' A A , ft a % -V large ^ L l * V *» ££ t ^ i buyer Ik ^ ^ " % W % j * -fc

      for the American collectors . The fourth day was specially interesting on account of the two extremely fine printed books of the Hours—one in French , on vellum , with beautiful woodcut

      borders borders and ana miniatures miniatures , , spLenciiaiy splendidly bound Douna bv by Clovis < Jlovis Eve jjjve ; : the the other other in in Latin Latin , , with with the the wood wnnd--for cut a each bord e of rs which by G . the T ory rival , also T dealers bound contended 4 in af * the Grolier I Tv ! apparentl sty le y b with y -r V the M J—^ commissions same FP « great > fc bibliopeg unlimited A aa . ak istic , - . bring aaa ¦¦¦— artist ak ing a ^* , _ ^¦ ^ *^ ^ 135 ^^ ^ ^* ^ * ^^^ " ^^

      the price of the first-named up to £ 'and the other to £ 349 . The fine collection of Hollar ' s portraits and other unrivalled engravings , with the Holbeins and the Houbrakens , were other important ¦ lots which brought some ¦¦ of the — ¦¦ — . » hi ¦ hest prices k > s # ever known Xrf The ¦ Homers

      and \^ z v ^«> ^ r * the m ^ ™^ beautiful y- — — — — — — little - Elzevir — - — — — and ^^ — Aldine — — — Horaces — < w ^ , - g > in ^^ - ^ their —~ r ** » -r ~ recherch < -v - ^ - ^^ w - e ^^^ bindings . ^ b . « j » ^ iv a * . , also •_ ^ t ^ ^^ surpassed _ r n \_^ ^ AA ^ rf ^ m * j all former prices , being in such perfect condition . The total of the day was £ 2 , 267 .

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      5 - . _ : = - £ Dec . 18 , 1882 The Publishers' Circular ,

      Some Of Our Readers May Be Surprised To ...

      Some of our readers may be surprised to learn that among the ancient guilds of the City

      of London there is a * Playing-Card Makers' Company . ' At a livery dinner , held on Friday , at ^ . V W ¦ which ' ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ the ^ — — ^^ Lord ^ -.. — — —— — — Mayor - ^ - _^ - ^ — m — ^^ and ^ - v _ - ^ — ^ other - ^ - ^ « . ^ - ^ ^^ . well . ^^ ^* ^ w - ^ known ^» *»«* ^«^ V T ^ « k citizens ^ i ^ A ¦ ^ « b ^ ^^ ^«« P ^^ were T W ^^ ^^ ^^^ present 1 ^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^* ^^ , % each ^^ ^_ T ^ ^^ ^ ^^ guest VM ^^* ^^ *^ " received ^^^ ^^ ^^ A W ^_ 7 ^ Ufc

      a pack of cards , bearing a very pretty and ingenious design , for which the credit is due to Mr . George Clulow , of the firm of Goodall & Son , a member of the company . The centre was filled in by the arms of the companyand the four corners brepresentations of the knave

      of clubs as depicted on playing-cards of , the 16 th , 17 th , 18 th , and y 19 th centuries , the period during which the company has been in existence .

      Messrs . Puttick & Simpson will sell a portion of the library of the Marquis Townshend on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday next . f

      Mr . W . Davenport Adams will contribute to the forthcoming number of the Churchmans Shilling Magazine a seasonable paper entitled * Holly and Mistletoe in Song . '

      At Anderton ' s Hotel , on Friday evening , a number of members of the London press , representing every London daily newspaper and all the pre 3 S agencies , entertained at dinner Mr . J . Goodenougli Tayloron his retiring from the staff of the Morning Post to become part

      proprietor of the . Bristol Dail , y Times and Mirror . Mr . G . M . Bussey , chief of the Hansard ' staff , presided . ' A handsome souvenir of silver plate was presented to Mr . Taylor .

      Amongst the attractions announced in the prospectus of the Portfolio during the ensuing year are a series of papers bthe editor on ' Paris' Prof . Colvin ' s articles on * Italian Sculptors '

      and papers on the ' Authorshi y p of Old Pictures , } by Mr . Walter Armstrong . The January , number will contain Mr . Lumb Stock ' s engraving of 'A Souvenir of Velasquez /

      C ^ X We understand that a new work by Mr . William Andrews , of the Hull Literary Club , will be entitled ' Historic Yorkshire . '

      1 Tlie History of the Year , ' lately publislied by Messrs . Cassell , Petter , Galpin , & Co ., has reached its second edition .

      Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . will bo the publishers of Mr . Archibald R . Colquhoun ' s narrative of his journey of exploration through the South China borderlands from Canton to

      Mandalay . The title chosen by the author is 'Across Chryse / and the work , in two volumes , with illustrations made from , his own photogra 2 ) lis and drawings , will appear as early as possible next year . -Mr . Ignatius Donnell ' s new book * Ragnarok ; ortho Age of Fire

      y , , and Gravel , ' is nearly ready for publication by the same firm . Messrs . Sampson Low As Co . will also publish shortly ' The Boy ' s Percy ' —the great English . Ballads , edited , with 4 an

      introduction Froissart / the , by Boy the ' s late King Sidney Arthur Lanier / and . the This * Mabinog is tho last ion / of have the been set of so which justl the y popular Boy ' s .

      It is To profusel suppl y y the illustrated people . with good cheap literature , ' says a writer in Life , * is one of the chief aims of thoughtful hilanthropists . The enormous sale of the new sixpenny quarto editions

      CD p a JL JL JL started last year by the publication of Lady Brassey ' s " Voyage in the Sunbeam , " and largely continued oont . ini . p » fl b l > v TYin . nv rkiilil ublishers islinrM in in London Tirirwlnn shows fthrjivH the t . iift n inonf , . 1 T am n . m glad Qflad to to

      say I hear from y many a Hungarian p corresponden , t that a similar accuracy movement my has been inaugurated at JJutlapesth " * ' ^ - ^^ * - *¦* m ^ " ^^ P ^ -T ^ . ¦¦> « b . . > In wJf ^ . ¦** * fc order ^ w- ^ a «^ ^ - ^^ ^^^ ^ lh > to »* X ^ counteract ^^ ^ . ^ ^ . "B ¦» a- ^ ^^ ^ - ^ a-b ^»^ V ^^ V the ^ -f ** ¦* ^ k *^ baleful ^ - ^ *^^* - ¦¦» ^^ « b ^«^ ^^ ** influence *» ^ " * * " ^ J » » » ^ - ^ J > * -k ^^ ^ P ^ exercised ^ - ^ - » ¦ " ¦* ^ P- ' ^™ " ^ . * " - ¦» " ^ ^ aF" ^/ - * V b " ^ - » y V ¦¦ the **^ aafc ^* -- shocking V * . v -. V «¦— ^— ™ —^ — J ^^ a ^ l ^ y # sensa ^^^

      -tional and execrably bad * ' hawk-about literature" ( litteraUire de colportaye ) , Messrs . Kevay Brothers have begun have publishing decided on a . series a step of quite small undreamt Magyar of volumes in that country of about of fifty expensive pages books eachneatl ; they

      printed and illustrated , and containing popularly written fiction , , liistory , etc ., by tho veiy , best y authors , all for the sum of—3 kretizery i . e ., three-fourths of a penny !' The January number of Harper ' s Magazine will contain tho first paper of George H ¦¦ .

      <¦ % - ^ flfc ^^ ^^ T "JCWri * Pa > X * - ^ m IW 0 + ¦*¦¦ W -1 ^ l 1 ^ Jl ^ ak F ^ - ^ * Jka / ^ aai ^ - " ^ ^ a , aaVk -a * . " \ i ^^ V ¦ W r * ^ - ' " * # iM T . ^ . V" *• X /^ ' ^ "a * ^ ff " ^ " a * W ? * W * Ifc aVaa " aa ^ **^ ** - » ^ " a . ^ a * - » - ^ ^ ^ " ^ " ^ - ^ - ^ ' — ^ V ' " ™ ¥ ^ ''^ - ^^ ~** - ¦* " •*^ " ^ - ^ ~^ - ^ IT ^ fc ^^ '""" ~" Boug 'Tit Tit hton for for Tat Tat ' s * / Artist ' bv by Charles Charles Strolls Reade Keade in Holland . . Mr Mr . . , ' IS E illustrated . . hi E . . Wale Hale by has has tho written written author a a and Unnstmas Christmas Mr . E . A story storv . Abbey . entitled entitled , and

      , Brown ' Dick ' s ' s Christmas Christinas . , ' ' for In the this same number issue , Mr and . Austin J . T . Bobson Trowbrid 's poem ge furnishes , ' Tho Ladies a poem of St , . * James Widow ' / a . * ak Pa . aat ai ^ aaa ^ ai aB . a bi Ha _ . a ( A ak * k < A ^ VAF ^ M al A "B * B

      will ' be published , with some lllust rations designed by Ik A . Abbey . J

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 18, 1882, page 1511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18121882/page/3/