Show ini sure iture books botas to bo be sold for some time past it has been ru the famous althorp library which dibdin called the finest private collection in t the he world was about to bo be sold mid and now the announcement is made upon authority it is ia hoped to tell it en bloc but should that not be possible it will be put up to auction selling the most famous of the worlds private libraries in a lump can mean only one thing thin selling it to america ameri ca we trust that may not happen since lord spencers collection contains many volumes which it is a national pride to possess such for instance as the famous Valdar far boccaccio which I 1 lord blandford wrested from the s second ec earl spencer for to be ultimately bought for althorp for the bagatelle a of 2730 it will be an epoch making sale for this great library contains some volumes mostly priceless scarce editions on vellum and large paper pape r magnificent printing and dazzling bindings by an dRoger payne these are its glories many of the books too have famous histories they have felt the touch tonch of the pompadour or of diano diane do de poitiers or the elegant grasp graspo of francis fFrancis 1 I there th ere are eighty two on out of the ninety nine known productions due duct lions ions of caxton to say nothing 0 of the famous mentz isalt psalter er a copy of which has fetched to sell the althorp library indeed is ia almost as though we were to sell the rarest rarities of the printed book department of the british museum st ms james gazette |