Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1881 — A Sale of Valuable Books. [ARTICLE]

A Sale of Valuable Books.

The third part of the American library of the late George Brinley, of Hartford, is to be sold in New York early in April. The catalogue contains 2,700. titles, for some of which there will be a lively competition among collectors and libraries. The first book printed with types, the Guttenberg Bible, is among them. This copy has been described as “the most beautiful of all known copies on paper. It is not only the tallest, and almost uncut, but it is of -remarkable freshness and purity.” Mr. Perkins’ (vellum) copy was sold in 1873 in London for 117,000. His paper copy was sold the same year for $13,450. Mr. Brinley’s copy is the first one offered for public sale in this country, and it is not unlikely to be the last. The collection also contains one of the earliest productions of the press in America. [Rikel: Juan Cromberger, Mexico, 15441—exemplaire magnifique—a century before the Bay Psalm book, in Gothic letter, on English vellum as bright and clean as the day it was printed. Here also are three copies of Eliot’s Indian Bible, John Allan’s famous copy of the first edition [Cambridge, mDCLXIII]: Gov. Stoughton’s copy ofthe second edition (1680), and also Jonathan Edwards' copy. To these should be added the very rare edition of Saur’s German Bible, [Germantown, 1743], the first Bible printed In America in a European language. The collection is especially rich in early biography and personal history; military and naval history; Indian language and history; and in psalms, hymns and church music generally.

It is understood the president has decided to recall General Longstreet, minister to Turkey, and appoint him United States marshal for Georgia. The nomination to the latter place will probably be sent to the senate in a day or two. The coinage at the. Philadelphia mint during March was 4,561,800 pieces, valued at $8,798,401. Of iMs amount $4,871,800 was eagles, $3,298,400 half eagles, and $800,500 silver dollars.