On this page

• Text (3)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    l : ^ ' T* ' '*^*~' ' • ' - '""' ' '' ' ...

  • 

    £>ate S ottingjS.

  • 

    i <©Bituatji *

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    *O« Continental Hiterarp $Ote$.

    Theodore joyed Probabl the Mart widest y the in translations and populari the t late y are which Mr those . A hav braham of e en Sir

    -Hay ward . A curious circumstance connected with the

    ! founds fmmrl 4 Faust a Dr T ' legend > Faust TTn . na + is . with wifh the Johann . T tradition oh arm Jb T ' ust lis whi t . ch partner nartner con- j

    with Johann . Gutenberg , and who was , said to have been enabled by devilish arts to multiply made manuscri to imitate pts ( which ) . Mr early . W printed . H . Cummings books were , the

    tion musician mnsnVian in an arid arici interesting antiquary ant . innarv paper , . alludes alludes on music to to tin this printing s tradi tradi-- , ! May read . by He him says before : ' The the Musical first books Society , as pro last - ! : bablmost of JL knowwere printed t ¦ v— - to m *

    imitate KJCo KJJL y y Hlv as nearl \ J v ^ y you j V as ^ « - * . possible ¦* - — - * _ . ^— » , * the ^ w *— - ^ - ^ manuscri -- ' — - * . — . —• w ** pt books , then only to be found in the

    possession airkn of r » f ecclesiastics ^ r > n . lf > aif ) . sf . i r > n and a . r \ c wealth woal y v scholars Scholars .. gated cra This fp-rl similarity in in later la +. ftr days rlavs gave . to to rise the the to etiect effect a fable that that Fust JH promul ust was was

    impeached by the , Parliament of Paris for practising sorcery in the multiplication of

    MS TYT secret clear Sl . copies r > himself method nnipH of of , the t of . he hft printing "Bible was Riblft obli . , and and . ged It that th to at is , now divul m in order order known ge his to to

    that no such impeachment was ever made . ' We have received from Mr . Karl Fr .

    Pfau biographies , publisher of celebrated , of Leipzi booksellers g , a collection entitled of

    , * Das Buch der beriihmter Buchhandler , ' which — y J ^ JLAV *'— . _ . has JL _ . CVfcJ interested X _ . JL _ *^ *_ - ^ - ^*— ' V' VV 4 i us ^ - — . P *_» exceedin ^_/ - —_ . _ f _» ^ _ r - _— . _ . _¦_ . g _ k _ l . y w . — It —— . — ' should —_ _ . — . _ - — - _ _ —— - ______ __ •* ™_

    be in the hands of all the younger as well as older members of the tradeWe regret that

    . we to \ J \^ r be f _ have / VV C able 4 * B _ r X no V- / to XJ * space ~ J return — ¦ . * _ * */ ^ . _ to _ . _ . devote to w ^ - ^ it _ . _/ in j . j _— . to a _^/ future _ it _^_ v now ^—>« . —_ ¦ , number - —— but . ^—• _— . _ . « hope _¦ —¦ - _ . .

    Mr . B . Herder , of Freiburg , in Baden , sends us his new Catalogue of Catholic

    Publications in several languages . Judging from the specimens given , the get-up of Mr . Herder ' s publications reflects upon him very

    great credit .

    L : ^ ' T* ' '*^*~' ' • ' - '""' ' '' ' ...

    l : ^ ' T * ' ' *^*~ ' ' ' - ' "" ' ' ' ' ' " - ' " ¦ " '¦ ' '• ' ' " ' , ' - ¦ ¦ .. ' % . ' ¦ ¦•'•¦¦ - -,:. '¦¦' ' . '"' -.. - '¦¦ ¦ - . ¦¦'¦ . ¦ '¦¦¦ ¦ - - .. ¦¦¦ '"• ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ :- ¦¦ . /¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' -. ... ¦ . ¦ . .-. I ¦ ,-.. ¦ - . ...- ¦ . - — --J-.- -- - - ; " - " ^" " ; ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ---v— — n . . v , ; y . ^' -.. ^ .....-. ^^ i ; .. ^ .. ; : . ^; -.-..... y . J . y ..,. ^ i } .. i .., -y ; -fH |_|" -l : " . V ^ ; _ ^ . ^ ^ ^^ p ^ B l 626 The Publisliers Circular Dec . 31 , iSSs

    £>Ate S Ottingjs.

    £ > ate S ottingjS .

    More than the customary lull in the auction world wrvrlH after fl . f +. Ar Christmas niiriatnna . a is is upon unon us us . . There There has has

    been in the first portion of the present season but little of interest , and the prospects for the future are not - ^^ 0 ing Wh . There tf ^ are i 1 sure

    J ^ ^^^^ Wj be J ^^ Q ^ J ^ ^^^ some ^ ^ f J ^ ^^^ J ^ ^^ surprises ^ x m ^ J encourag ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ , of ~^| - ^ TJ ^» 4 ^ m course ^ M V ^ mm , «« in ^^^ ^_ ^ the ^ ^^*^ way " ^^ * V ^ v «^^ p of « . ^^^^ large libraries turning mk ¦¦ and •¦¦—¦¦¦ it is decidedl -- ¦

    ¦ earl B . m > v <—• y ^ y ^^ to ^ jfc •^• jud ^^ m ^ v <* . ^^ ge ¦^^^^ of »*••— the . _ , «» . —>^^ season up ^ " ^ Jt , as -v ^ > a _^ dull — - —— . _ - ^ or — —— - ^ bad - — - — — y m one onfi . while while it it is is yet vet . so so to to speak sr > eak . in in its its mtancy infancv ..

    But , at the same time , we do not , remember in the , last few a season , commencing with

    less promise . years This is corroborative of a re- , mark AAAMMb Alk mad &< t # ik e b fV MrHod M throug ¦— - —»— »— - v ~ Mk h the ^^™ -w- columns ¦_ - — » - ——— —«» r « -

    of a contemporary R » , >*^ , ^ ^^ ^ y » ^ W »^^*» . . , that ,, m -s ^ ^*^ ge ^ sooner ^ ^ " ^ — or —> —• later _ - » the -w sup _ ., - pl ¦ nlv of of books hooka must must decrease decrease . . The The deman demand d tor for

    them y becomes every year wider and more spread , while the supply is stationary or in respects retrogressive . To this cause

    many may we-ieqk for the phenomenally high prices of recent yeatosWe are inclined to believe

    . ^ freq JUL that dV ^ uent UltJA while ^ U , , yet J * great 3 lt prices Jt JM . M book . \}< 3 B will YV J . sales JLJL be WK 3 will higher JLLJ . ^ XI . not 'SJ . . . be What TTJULOii so

    I is the limit in this latter respect , it is imtj | Im possible to say ; of this much we are certain

    ' /*<* \ I J Ail' . / i p ^ T . \* t , _ . * . _ ' , L ^ ..

    £>Ate S Ottingjs.

    that the prices which have been given for books will again and again be eclipsed . An

    eminent statesman has remarked there is no finality in politics , might not we apply a similar remark with regard to prices ? There

    can be no doubt they will be maintained during the present season .

    . JL . of of Saffron SafFrrm On January Wai Walden ^ ftn 5 , Messrs will will sell s « . l Thurgood 1 1 . 000 000 volumes volumes & Son of of ,

    books . , , | A library uiai of \ books \\ will nui be 5 offered uii for sale ooixx ?

    by Messrs c * . u . Waterer jx . K > jjr * . ty & Son , of Chertsey ^^ . ^ svjl ivj * . , on January 13 , at Weybridge .

    At Messrs . Waters & Lawrence ' s Rooms , Canal , Salisbury , some valuable books will be

    sold on January 20 . 14 On Queen January Street 12 , Exeter Messrs . are Hussey going & to Son sell ,

    ^_ h ^* c f ^^ ^ h , d ^ ^ m , ' ^ ^^ ^ ^ A A ¦ *^^ I valuable some 2 , 000 ^^ architectural volumes of works books . , which The sale include will { I

    take place at Dawlish . |

    I <©Bituatji *

    <© Bituatji *

    who - - —> De had ^ . ^ . . m ^^ r < w Samuel been n-r - *~ r -r « connected Bibch _ j < - « 4 . ¦^^ . — «« m Dr with »» . Samuel > A > the «/ AJk ¦ British » Birch -H « -J-Mc f-JJ , — — ' . ^ ^ . _ , . ^* ^ . ^ . _ . ^^ ^^ ^^ — . ^^^ . ^ ^ . .. . J .

    Museum ^ ince 1834 , and who for a number of years has been the keeper of the Egyptian and

    Oriental Oriental antiquities antiauities m in that that institution institution , . died rH « fl on December 27 , after a short illness . Dr . Birch 1 — — ™ - — — _ had •_•¦ - ™ -v _ - just m - ^_ - » w w comp - ^^ - - ^^ . ^^^ m ^ f leted a ^ ^^ «^ ^^ ^^ - ^ his Jb ^^ P «^ P sevent — ' ^^ V ^^ ^ . ^ y W -second Ph ^ ^^ ^ k ^ X ^ AA > > J ^

    year . The deceased was well known as the author Oriental of , and many Egyptian learned subj works ects upon , but Chinese it is in , Egyptology that his reputation is

    mainlestablished . He contributed frequently to y the periodical I" ^^ ~ " " ~ ~^ ^ " ^ —• ¦^ r ^^ tr'm . and v ^ w ^ M . - ^*» scientific ps ^ 'W- * ^ . ^ ^ -A . «^ . « . ^^ k ^^ literature . & , * . ^/ ^^ A . « rfV * p ^ V ^ ^ U ^^ of V- ^^ the UI 4 , L ^ J day VJk % JV If , < k

    including the transactions of learned societies . In 1842 he published his ' Gallery of Antiquities ' the text of Owen Jones ' s * Views on

    ; the Nile , ' 1843 ; Catalogue of Greek "Vases ( X with Mr —»••— . —• . w C - ^ - ^ . v T — - . a „_» Newton « ^* - ^* ^_^ JL Jk ) # , « 1851 . « . V _* r V ^ —— ; ' Introduc J— . ¦_ A U —• V V-fc V > % V ^ -

    tion to the Study of Hieroglyphics / 1857 . In 1857 was also published the * History of Ancient PotteryEtianAssyrianGreek

    Etruscan , and , Roman gyp , ' of , which a new , and , revised — - ¦¦ — ^» -w - —¦ - *»— edition -v - »^— — . v _ . - ^^ was ¦ » ¦» ^ - ^>^»» . issued _ . fh . ^ fs _ r ^ . ^ --K AAA in 1873 -M- >« . These AA A >/ W \ ^* ^^ ^^ * § ^^ « __ _^

    were published by Mr . Murray . In 1863 appeared a treatise on the ' Himyaritic

    Inscriptions of Southern Arabia ; ' the * Papyrus of Naskhem , ' 1863 ; a ' Magical Papyrus' in 1864 ; in 1872 ' Cypriote Inscriptions ' the

    , ; containing ^ ' Records ^—• ¦• n _> _> b ^— . ^ hk of translations ¦ **» ^ -va the «» fsv *^ a . «^ v */ Jfc Past ^— ' rfh ^ KJ > of / ^^ JL 1873 E ~ ' gyptian J—i W W - ~^ 1877 */ A « - * # ^ A and ^ , * A a V « 4 » Assy ¦ series ¦*¦ Hl FJKJ V -

    Birch rian texts ; * A b Guide y various to the scholars Egyptian , edited Galleries by Dr . ' of the »_¦—• - British ¦ A Museum MK / rf ' 1874 14 b the great

    ' " — Harris ^— ^ ——— Papyrus —^ —» . « . rv _¦**— , ' « containing V «* « AA , « . ^^ JJ ^ the k ; VA annals * X ^ rg JL ^** of W —' new Rameses edition III . of , : with * The a Manners translation and , Customs in 1876 ; of a I

    W the Wilkinson ilkinson Ancient in in E three three gyptians volumes volumes , ' by . Sir 1878 1878 J . . Gardner In Tn this fhia i , I

    work he was , assisted by his son , , Mr . W . de G . Birch . In 1879 Dr . Bi ( fch brought out for the

    authorities of the British Museum ' A Guide to the First fc # # and ib Second A ^ w ^^^ i Egyptian Rooms' and

    in ** ^*^ 1880 ¦ ^ < * m r ^ - ^ k . ^ ^ **» Vv * A ^ ^ he V ^» ^^ wrote ^^¦^ L ^^*^ « W ^^ a ^^ ^^ * ^^ Catalogue /^ * A ^ bh * W p ^ ** JH" ^ JfcrA of —i Jt ^ the ^ < t — ^ \ r ^ C ^ J * Jl J » Collec 9 j ^ ^ 9 > , % _ ( < JyJiJl ¦ ^^ VW - tion of Egypti ^^¦ jF <*• an Antiquities at Alnwick Castle - —~— '

    , a , • = 18

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1885, page 1626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121885/page/10/