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GEORGE WASHINGTON'S COPY OF GIBBON'S "ROMAN EMPIRE,"
SIX VOLUMES, WITH HIS BOOKPLATE IN EACH VOLUME AND
HIS AUTOGRAPH IN FIVE VOLUMES

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SALE NUMBER 1643

ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM THURSDAY, MARCH NINTH

THE LIBRARY

OF THE LATE

J. HERBERT FOSTER

OF PROVIDENCE, R. I.

CONSISTING OF SPLENDID LIBRARY SETS
IN HANDSOME BINDINGS

WITH ADDITIONS OF THE GREATEST RARITY
FROM OTHER COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING
FIRST AND FOURTH FOLIOS OF SHAKESPEARE
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM MARK TWAIN
TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

EUGENE FIELD'S LOVE LETTERS

MANUSCRIPTS OF MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY "PHIZ” FOR

"A TALE OF TWO CITIES" AND "LITTLE DORRIT" WASHINGTON'S COPY OF GIBBON'S "ROME” WITH HIS BOOK-PLATE AND AUTOGRAPH

TO BE SOLD BY ORDER

OF THE EXECUTORS OF HIS ESTATE
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH FOURTEENTH
AT EIGHT-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK

THE ANDERSON GALLERIES

[MITCHELL KENNERLEY, PRESIDENT]

PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK

1922 LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS

CONDITIONS OF SALE

All bids to be PER LOT as numbered in the Catalogue.

The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final.

Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots purchased to be immediately resold.

Goods bought to be removed at the close of each sale. If not so removed they will be at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges, and The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if such goods are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

TERMS CASH. If accounts are not paid at the conclusion of each sale, or, in the case of absent buyers, when bills are rendered, this Company reserves the right to recatalogue the goods for immediate sale without notice to the defaulting buyer, and all costs of such resale will be charged to the defaulter. This condition is without prejudice to the rights of the Company to enforce the sale contract and collect the amount due without such resale at its own option. Unsettled accounts are subject to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum. All books are sold as catalogued, and are assumed to be in good SECOND-HAND condition. If material defects are found, not mentioned in the catalogue, the lot may be returned. Notice of such defects must be given promptly and the goods returned within ten days from the date of the sale. No exceptions will be made to this rule. Magazines and other periodicals, and all miscellaneous books arranged in parcels, are sold as they are, without recourse.

Autograph Letters, Documents, Manuscripts and Bindings are sold as they are, without recourse. The utmost care is taken to authenticate and correctly describe items of this character, but this Company will not be responsible for errors, omissions, or defects of any kind.

BIDS. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by other bids.

Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for fifty cents for each session of the sale.

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SALE TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH FOURTEENTH, AT 8:15

THE LIBRARY OF

THE LATE

J. HERBERT FOSTER

LOTS 1-232

ALDINE EDITION OF ESOP, 1505

1. ESOP'S FABLES. Vita & Fabellæ Æsopi cum interpretatione Latina; Gabriæ fabellæ tres & quadraginta, etc. Printed in Greek and Roman characters. Folio, full mottled calf.

Venice: Aldus, Oct. 1505

First Aldine edition of Esop, with the 36 leaves of Latin text which are often wanting. Perfect copies of this beautiful volume, praised by both Renouard and Brunet, are difficult to secure. Most of the other authors included in the volume are first editions.

2. AINSWORTH (WILLIAM HARRISON). Historical Romances. With portrait by Holbein and etchings by Rodriguez, Chardon, Decisy, and others, after famous paintings, etc. 20 vols., 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt tops, uncut.

Philadelphia: Barrie, n. d. VICTORIAN EDITION, with the etchings, PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS, on Japan paper, and impressions of the Historical Portraits on India paper.

3. ALDINE. Quintilianus. De Institvtione Oratoria. With Anchor device on title and at end. 8vo, English binding of early 18th century, full smooth red morocco, gilt, gilt edges.

Venice: Aldus, Aug. 1514

Fine copy of the First Aldine Edition, printed in the celebrated italic type, in an early English binding in excellent condition.

4. [ALLSTREE (RICHARD).] The Whole Duty of Man, Laid Down in a Plain and Familiar Way for the Use of All. London, 1711; The Gentleman's Calling. With Engraved Frontispiece. London, 1705. 2 vols., 8vo, full contemporary smooth red morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges. London, 1705-11

Very good copies of these popular old works. In uniform contemporary bindings in excellent condition.

5. AMERICAN STATESMEN. The Complete First Series, with Index. Edited by John T. Morse, Jr. Numerous portraits and illustrations. 32 vols., 12mo, half morocco, gilt tops.

Standard Library Edition.

Boston, 1899

6. ARABIAN NIGHTS. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night. Now first completely done into English Prose and

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