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A French View Of English Christmas Numbe...
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page 27 . " No doubt , the advertisements , permit the U 1 . 1 . V / sale »?««« . «_/ , at wav f c so ^«^ Iow * vii a «¦ price ujt & uv > . ; , but kj \ j * . \> to % i \ j intercalate uu vvavw uavw
them in the text is to abuse the patience of the _ reader . ' K . :
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read the stories in tnem . ¦
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of Lord We Ailesbury understand t ' s books theire beiii is VmiB # Hk every soid vbt probability by Messrs iw *^^ B .
Christie ^^ . * ^^ B ^ V ^^ r ^^ ^^^ * m ^^ ^^^ m ^^ * w ^ P *^ shortl vV ^ b V Vfey **^ ^^ . ^^ paviy If ^^ this g is ^^^ w the ^**^ ¥ *^ f w case «> ^^ F ** m ** the m ^ m W ^ v sale will , excit very e a great y deal of attention , as the
c includes copy ollection of the among is first an folio other exceptionall Shakspeare gems a y fine fine . and one perf . ect It
| tive Among is that forthcoming of the library sales of the the most late attrac Mr . - ^^^ ^ H ^ B ^ BB ^ k ~ rf ^^ A a ^ 0 ^ A ^ aariA ^ BB ^ A «
, I J Messrs . L . D . . Sotheby Stewart _ . will Commencing disperse this on March compara . 1 - ,
I tivel most y remarkable small but Very item choice is the collection splendid . lot The of books illustrated c < Bj ^| by George Oruikshank
be-I sides " - " ' * - * ' ¦ V ^ -OJ ^ P' ^ this ^ w . M > Bf » sByB there fc ppww »>» ^ are ^ ^^* several ,- » y ««^^ M ^ ^ r - 7 WT very * 1 M »» MM' * tastefully »» V «*«* ; « h ^ % ^ ! extr extra a illustrated illustrated hoolca books . jl a vfirv complete r « nnnnia ^ a collec iv ^ IIap . --
tion of Fraser ' s rare , publications very relating to Scottish families < fcc . The sale occupies three
, days * Prior to the aboveon TuesdayFebruary
hnnira 14 boo , ks Messrs Included TnrtinrlArl . Sotheby is la sell , a a r » very rkir of rk , nice Milton * M * lot i 1 f ^ k-n of ' s
Lycidaa . , , ' 1638 ; 'Paradise copy Lost , first edition , first with edition the seventh , < fec . title-page ; Gray ' s 'Elegy , '
noticed The in copy these of columns the Kilmarnook n ~ short while Bums back
was sold for £ 66 ( Pickering ) . r on At ^ hrifltyV pecembeft 20 weresi > ldthe
t = libraries - of Ad ; ^ niriil ""' " Tucker " ' and " , " " . ^ — F . -
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i : Hanbury ^ F . . ' ;< U ; : " > - . Williams : ' - v - , ; ¦ ¦ . : . Some , ; , ¦ . ; '¦ ' : / hi g h - ';• pricey - /; , -- ~ wore ^ t ; ' ' j obtained . Among the books sold were the j
^ following 7 , 6 * 1 ( Sotheran : Pine ' s Horace ); Froissqxt , 2 vols ' s . red ' Chtbmcles morocco , / : j t ill ¦¦ 523 tr - 5 ¦ printed ¦ 1 ¦ ¦ - ^ r bPy ¦¦ iison ¦ but ¦ f haviiig bi umttm "di tmtm e
¦ j l ^ , I it ^^~^ leaf -mm , y reprinte ^ ^ m ^ — ^ d , y J " £ 13 ^ » # . 5 &; ^ , Higdei ^^ ^^ ^ T ™ ^ s ^ gf Fblv ^ m _ - - ; i croij \/*\ - **«^ ^ *^ on b # ** , « ' . 1527 ^ kV ^ JW § ( y imperfect A itA if v J . & V w v ) !• , £ W- 9 V . 5 1 . F s 4 J . * % ( Pearson •¦> VUfA OV 11 ) . / ;*
¦¦ Rymer first ¦•¦•^ p ;• i ^ folio " - ^^ - ' sj ^ m ^^ < F Shakspeare r ^ r wb o 3 ^^ dera babi w p" - ^ , w r ^^ £ 10 , v wanting w . ¦ ^ 10 ^ « . ^^ b ^ tak A - the y ^ copy mm -mr " title « r * B ^^ of - ^ r- ' and the ^»^^« w
last beautiful l 0 af , — broug indeed ht , £ 100 most ( Quaritch 1 charmin ) . g A set very of Vf Y oltaire » lf « LirA * s works urnrka in in red rAfl morocco nnmvirv » n by liv Sinner S ^ IVniAir .
and sevent with guineas additional . Other proof interesting plates , sold books for ,
were sold y . Included in the recent sale of ' The
Stourhead Heirlooms ' was a most interesting copy of " Sir B . Colt-Hoare ' s * Modern Wiltshire . '
with It was most the author of the ' s orig own inal , and drawings extra illustrated in
waterbesides colour and being i sep further ia by extra Buckler illustrated and others most ,
lavishly & cUnfo with rtunately rare mezzo the -tints set wanted , views , two drawings scarce ,
part . 3 , but , even ^ ith this dtkwbatck , fetched £ 200 ( Robson & Kerslake ) .
li ^~ brary The fe of books b the sold late Mr at mutm tmm ' . Sotheb John itmm yV Hirst 4 tmmtwm forming 4 f realised the trwm
^^^^ ^ B ^^ K ^ v ^^^ W ^^« ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ v ^ ^ r ^^ ^ a ^^ w ^ mw ^^ ^»^» *^*^ mmr **^ ^ *** m ^ gw ^^^^ m < m ^^ ^ mar ^ for very > ' most j ^ a < ^ good ^ of ^ prices the aW lots . Good ^ ~ fc * A ' MM ver competition ^ imp ^ A erfect . — A '* rf existed A ' a AB
Aw ^ # ^ v ^^^ j »» iv ^^^^ ^^ . ^ vmi . «» . ^ b » t ^ b ^« . w Mi rm t ^ w . r ~\ n m ^ r ^~ iK ~^ copy ^^ v ^ J- ^_ y , of Miles ^^ u . _^« .. ^^ CoKeidale . ^^ m *^ ± ^ m ^ ' s Bible ^ k ^^ ta ^ ^ ^^ ^ B , 1535 ^ ^ m ^ ~^—~ m ~ — ( folio _ - ' ^ B ^ L & ) fetched ^ ^ ^ B ^ A
broug £ 7 . 1 ( Barber ht corresponding ) . Other rare ly good but imp prices erfect . . Bibles —
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Charles Augxtstb Lahore . — M . Charles members Auguste Lahure of the , printing one of the fraternity most prominent in PaTisT "
he his of died his according parents ther age e . on Born l intended the entered February llth him theJficole inst . for , 26 in , the 1 the 809 de ' army Saint , 79 at th , Paris -C year and ,
which he left y with the rank of sub-lieutenant yr , and An A was -nrn . fit AtrrnllAfi enrolled in in a regiment racnnrmnf . of nf Carabineers nArfthinflRr « ,
but his tastes were not military , and he did ; ¦¦¦ not VT long remain »» a «» a soldier l . i His marriage i ¦¦» 1 4 WWM ^ with ¦ ¦ ¦
T JT ^ i ^ k ^^ ' ^ kiH ^^ B . ' . ^ ^^ W p ^ - ^*«« A «^* V . *^ p ^^^»»^ ^^ W « H ^ " ^ V * ^ the Crii ^ w ^ a * T | -Br pelet » j-- daughter > r i—11—ir . decided ^^» fc »^» r *^»^ of r ^^ his a « B a |^ vocation m noted ; - ^^ ^ w « r *^ r <** . printer * « M w « f . * Crapelet " ^^ ^ named ^^ j- ** ^ a- ^ ^^ - ^
became mitted him his instructor as partner in in typograp his establishment hy , and ad- , from from which -urhirtH he Via himgelf liimflPtif- shortly frhrtrf . lv afterwards aftiftrwarrifl
retired . L < ahure . ' s energy soon developed a large removal increase from the of Hue business de Vaug , necessitating irard to the a
a Rue — brewery de ^ H Fleurus ^ - ^^ H ^^^ A was , where transformed ^^ T 1 T 11 what ^— _ had ^ te into »«> ^| pK " formerl w ^ p ^ ^^ a colossal ^ H ^ y been MB
VJV PW 4 ^ kr w <^ bT » w . Tf « JVPk ^ ^^ TTTJT n . Jk ^^^> «< w w v ^ ^^^ «^ •«» ^ printing ments - was office the . Amongst composing Lahure and printing ' a ^ achieve of
njurpM 10 , 000 cop in in ies less lana of than th » * Paris n a week WAek / a volume . At At one one of 1 time time , 000
Lahin pages , -e was entrusted . with the printing of all Mes 3 rs . Hachette & Co / a publications * The
French translation of the works of Charles published Pipkens was several printed important by Lahure works . who . himself He re- ¦
Ifred in ^ eresi / from in its tJEie undertakings firm' id 1879 until , but the last took . , an A ' very large nunqLber of printers and publishers J
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1887, page 1849, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121887/page/11/
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