been thinned before his death by the death of one of his daughters, the marriage of another, and the return of his eldest son to Jamaica. Happily, therefore, there remained only the widow and her youngest son, Oliver, for whom, as Bishop Percy expresses it, the munificent trade "account" continued to be kept open. She and they might thus freely subsist, for as long as they could, on the still unsold remainder of books assigned to her husband; yet, alas! her only grateful acknowledgment to her generous patrons was to take flight immediately with her boy for Jamaica. The fate of the married daughter is also traceable. Five years ago the New York Tribune announced: "In the town of West Hoboken, New Jersey, resides an old lady-blind, crippled, and suffering from the want of the necessaries of life. She is the niece of Oliver Goldsmith. Her father was the brother of Oliver, and his junior by ten years. He was married in the West Indies at the age of forty-two. Mrs. Hanson was his third child-Catherine. She was married to Mr. John T. Hanson in 1806." Hardly had attention been thus called to her, however, when her death followed, on the 21st of September in the same year, "at the age of eighty-one." So fared all the known members of this hapless family who had any claim to notice or remembrance in connection with Goldsmith's memory. A few sold and unsold shabby books, "in sheets," represent their pretensions and their hopes, and all that was done to realize them. And how meanwhile had the booksellers fared? They had at once sold all the impressions of the collected works reserved for themselves, and had afterwards issued two handsome editions, unencumbered with any such unnatural interception of their natural profits as a charge for the family of the author. Who can doubt, then, that throughout these transactions the advantage remained clearly with the "trade," and that their prudence as shrewd men of business had been amply asserted and rewarded? B. (PAGES 155 AND 196.) A CATALOGUE' OF THE HOUSHOLD FURNITURE, WITH THE Select Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Valuable Books, IN ENGLISH, LATIN, GREEK, FRENCH, ITALIAN, AND OTHER LANGuages, LATE THE LIBRARY OF DR. GOLDSMITH, Deceased. WHICH BY ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, MR. GOOD, At his GREAT ROOM, No. 121 Fleet Street, On TUESDAY the 12th of July, 1774, at Twelve o'clock. To be viewed on MONDAY, and till the Time of Sale, when Catalogues may be had as above. Ist, The highest Bidder to be the Buyer, and if any Dispute arises between any two or more Bidders, the Lot in Dispute to be put up again, or be decided by the Majority of the Company. IIdly, No Person to advance less than Six-pence; above one Pound one Shilling; above five Pounds, two Shillings and Six-pence; and so in Proportion. IIIdly, The Buyer to give in his Name and Place of Abode, (if required) and pay five Shillings in the Pound as Earnest for each Lot. Lastly, The Goods to be taken away, with all Faults at the Expence of the Purchaser, within two Days after the Sale is ended, and the remainder of the Purchase-money to be paid on the Delivery; otherwise the Lots to be re-sold, and what Deficiency may arise with the Charges, to be made good by the first Purchaser. 1 This is an exact reprint, throughout, from the original catalogue in the possession of Mr. Murray, and for its mistakes and misspellings the worthy auctioneer is solely responsible. Lot CATALOGUE, &c. TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1774. HOUSHOLD FURNITURE. 1 A Bath stove, compass front, open border, fender, shovel, tongs and poker. 2 One blue morine festoon window-curtain compleat. 3 A mahogany dining-table. 4 Six ditto hollow seat chairs, covered with blue morine, finished with a double row of brass nails, and check cases. 5 A Wilton carpet. 6 A sun-shade, line and pulleys, and a deal side-board stained. 7 A tea-chest and 2 mahogany card-racks. 8 A four-post bedstead, crimson and white check furniture. 9 A feather-bed, bolster, and 2 down pillows. 10 A check mattrass. 11 Three blankets and a counterpane. 12 Three blue morine window-curtains compleat. 13 Two oval glasses, gilt frames. 14 Two ditto two-light girandoles. 15 A very large dressing-glass, mahogany frame. 16 A three-plate bordered chimney-glass, gilt frame. 17 A large Wilton carpet. 18 A mahogany sofa covered with blue morine, finished with a double row of brass nails, and a check case. 19 Eight ditto chairs and check cases. 20 Two mahogany compass front card tables, lined. 21 A ditto Pembroke table. 22 A stove, brass fender, shovel, tongs and poker. 23 A stained matted chair, and a wainscot table. 24 Two telescopes. 25 A steel hilted sword, infaid with gold, and a black hilted ditto. 26 Eleven blue and white octagon dishes, 18 ditto plates and an enamalled bowl. 27 A teapot, 5 coffee cups, sugar bason and cover, 4 saucers, and 6 cups. 28 Two quart decanters and stoppers, 1 plain ditto, 11 glasses and 1 wine and water glass. 29 A pair of bellows, a brush, a footman, a copper tea kettle and a coal scuttle. 30 Two pair of plated candlesticks. 31 A mahogany tea-board, a fret bordered ditto, a large round japanned ditto, and 2 waiters. 32 The Tragic Muse, in a gold frame. BOOKS. Lot 1 Harduini Opera, Amst. 1709. 2 Kercheri Latium, Amst. 1671. Militia Equestri Antw. 1630. FOLIOS. Plinii Hist. Naturalis. Francf. 1582. Lot 3 Gesnerus de Quadrupedibus, cum fig. 1551. Baconi Opera, Franc. 1665. Blount Censura Authorum, Lond. 1690. 4 Photii Epistolæ, Lond. 1651. Thuani Hist. sui temporis, 4 tom. Franc. 1625. 4*Buchanani Opera, 2 tom. Edinb. 1715. 5 Rowe's Lucan, 1718. Jure Divino, 1706. Prior's Poems, 1718. Du Bartas. 6 Chaucer's Works, 1602. 7 Davenant's Works, 1673, and 2 more. 8 Camoen's Luciad, by Fanshaw, 1655. Cowley's Works, 1674. Skelton's Don Quixote. 8*Wood's Athenæ Oxoniensis, 1691. 9 Heylyn's Cosmography, 1703. Knolles's Hist. of the Turks, 1638. 10 Raleigh's Hist. of the World, 1614. 11 Breval's Travals, 1738. Horrebow's Hist. of Iceland, 1758. Ludolphus's Hist. of Ethiopia. 12 Pietro della Valle's Travels, 1665. Sir J. Chardin's Travels, 1686. Herbert's Travels, 1638. 13 Ambassador's Voyages and Travels, 1662. Sandys's Travels, 1637. Life of John de Castro, 1664. Taverner's Travels, 1684. 14 Stanley's Lives of the Philosophers, 1701. 15 Rolt's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, 1761. 16 Croker's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 3 vols. 1768. 17 Stephani Thesaurus, Ling. Lat. 2 tom. Par. 1543. 18 Fabri Thesaurus, Lips. 1726. 19 Calipini Dictionarium, 2 tom. Bas. Scapulæ Lexicon, Gen. 1619. Photii Bibliotheca. Rothom. 1653. 20 Aldrovandus de Quadrupedibus, de Piscibus & Ornithologia, 3 tom. Bonon. 1619, &c. 21 Oeuvres de la Mothe le Vayer, 2 tom. 1656. Oeuvres du P. le Moyne. 1671. 22 Dictionaire de Commerce, par Savary, 3 tom. Par. 1723. 23 Aristotelis Opera, 4 tom. Par. 1639. 24 Xenophontis Opera Gr. H. Stephani. Gen. 1581. Diogines Laertius. Lond. 1664. 25 Kappii Bibliotheca, Amst. 1744. 26 Rushworth's Collections, 3 vol. Machiavel's Works, 1675. 27 Hill's Natural History of Fossils. 1748. 28 Terentii Comœdiæ, Lat. & Ital. cum. fig. Rom. 1767. 29 Historia da Angeloni, Rom. 1641. 30 Histoire Romaine, Paris 1625. Lot QUARTOS. 1 Fenton's Poems. Williams's Poems. Say's Poems. The Secretes of Maister Alexis, 1580, and 9 more. Literary Journals, &c. 2 Acta Lipsiensa, 7 tom. 1736, &c. 3 Oeuvres de Voiture, Par. 1650. Histoire de Turcs, Pieces Curieuses, 1644. Lot *3 Histoire de Poissons par Gouan, 1770, and 7 more. 4 Chefs d'Oeuvres de Marmontel. Par. 1773. Histoire de Ciceron, 2 tom. ib. 1745. 5 Puffendorf droit de la Nature, 2 tom. Oeuvres de Boileau. 6 Hist. de Blois. Tournefort's Voyage du Levant. Amst. 1718. Tournefort's Herbaria. Par. 3 vol. 1719, and 5 more. 7 Bonda Carmina ex Lap. Antiq. 1751. Casaubon's de Rebus Sacris, 1654. Institut. Univers. Philosoph. 2 tom. Donati Roma Vetus a Recens, 1695, and 11 more. 8 Miscellanea Græcorum aliquot Script. Carmina a Maittaire, Lond. 1722. Bohadsch de Animal. Marinis, 1761. Noodt Opera Omnia, 1713. 9 Rosini Antiq. Rom. 1663. Wolfi Element. Matheseos, 2 tom. 1717, and 5 more. 10 Miscellanea Curiosa Medico. Physica, 19 tom. Lips. 1670, &c. Orlando Furioso di Ariosto. Ven. 1564. 11 Davila Hist di Francia, 1642. L'Ercoma del Sig. Biondi, 1624. 12 Philosophical Transactions, 3 vol. The same abridged, by Lowthorp and Jones, 5 vol. 13 Cibber's Apology and Considerations on the Life of Cicero, 1740, &c. 14 Astruc on the Venereal Disease, 1754. Owen on Serpents, 1742. 15 Revolutions d'Espagne par le P. d'Orleans, 3 tom. 1734. 16 Statii Opera, 2 tom. Par. 1618. Ennii Fragmenta, Nap. 1590. Salmasi Epistolæ, L. Bat. 1656. 17 Bulwer's Artificial Changling, 1653. Verstigan's Antiquities, 1634. Hartlib's Legacie, 1651. Sir K. Digby on the Nature of Bodies, 1645. 18 Histoire des Insectes par de Geer, 2 tom. Stock. 1771. 19 Dictionaire Raisonne & Univers. des Animaux, 4 tom. Par. 1759. 20 Leland's Life of Philip of Macedon, 1761. 21 Wharton's History of English Poetry. 1774. 22 Killarney, a Poem, by Leslie, Dub. 1772. Chambers's Oriental Gardening, 1772. 23 La Jartiere, a French Poem in M. S. S. dedicated to the King, elegantly bound. 24 Terentius, Horatius, Virgilius, Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius, 4 tom. Cant. 1701. 25 Lucretius, Lond. 1712. 26 Encyclopedie ou Dictionare Univers. Raisonne, 25 tom. 1770. OCTAVOS, TWELVES, &c. Lot 1 Voyages to Bengal and Buenos Ayres. Three odd volumes of Plays. Epistles of Aristænetus, and 4 more. 2 Collier on Trade. Chapman on Education. Travels to Arabia. Henry and Frances, 3 and 4 vol. Vanburgh's Plays, and 4 more. 3 Brook's Natural History, 5 and 6 vol. The Idler vol. 1. Scot's Epigrams. Pac on the Roman Poets, and 4 more. 4 Bons Mots de Santeuil. Lettres de Montesquieu. Dictionaire Gentilhomme. Four odd vols. of Corneille's Plays, and 7 more French books. |