This Sale, which has so long attracted the attention of American
Bibliopoles, commenced on Tuesday, Nov. 4th. It was the means of
drawing together agents for the most prominent Libraries in the United
States. Among others, the following Colleges and Institutions were
represented:--Smithsonian Institution, Harvard College, Yale College,
General Theological Seminary of New York, College of New Jersey,
Brown University, Rochester University, Andover Theological Seminary,
New York State Library, New York Society Library, and the Historical
Society of New York.
The sale being the largest that ever took place in America, of any
private library, the books brought fair prices. A volume of Tracts,
containing the American Whig, &c. sold for 22 dollars 75 cents, to
Bancroft, the historian. Byzantinæ Historiæ Scriptores, a unique
set, containing a beautiful MS. translation of the third volume of
Nicephorus Gregoras, sold for 475 dollars, to Prof. Ticknor, of Boston.
Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, being the celebrated COMPLUTENSIAN POLYGLOTT,
130 dollars, to the Rochester University. The Paris Polyglott, 100
dollars, to Geo. Livermore, Esq. Boston. Vetus Testamentum Græcum,
40 dollars, Harvard College. Muratori, 37 vols. folio, 207 dollars,
to the Theological Seminary, New York. Cranmer's Bible, 26 dollars,
to Rochester University. Tyndale's Translation of the Pentateuch, 41
dollars, to John Wiley. Duchesne's Historical Collections, 24 dollars
50 cents, to Brown University, &c. &c.