. One hundred years of book auctions, 1807-1907; being a brief record of the firm of Hodgson and Co. (commonly known as "Hodgsons") ... n thecatalogue—which, it may be added, is now diffi-cult to obtain—was a copy of Hogarths works,which realized just over ;^ioo, and respectingwhich a note (added to the catalogue descrip-tion) states, that from the intimacy which ex-isted between Garrick and Hogarth this is, asmay be naturally expected, a very superiorcopy. In connection with this sale it may bementioned incidentally, that a few of the booksfrom the library were again sold by the firmin Februa
. One hundred years of book auctions, 1807-1907; being a brief record of the firm of Hodgson and Co. (commonly known as "Hodgsons") ... n thecatalogue—which, it may be added, is now diffi-cult to obtain—was a copy of Hogarths works,which realized just over ;^ioo, and respectingwhich a note (added to the catalogue descrip-tion) states, that from the intimacy which ex-isted between Garrick and Hogarth this is, asmay be naturally expected, a very superiorcopy. In connection with this sale it may bementioned incidentally, that a few of the booksfrom the library were again sold by the firmin February, 1902, when, amongst others, thecopy of Paul Hentzners Journey into Eng-land, presented to the great actor by HoraceWalpole (by whom the book was printed athis private press at Strawberry Hill), realizedjC9 ios. as against ^2 3^. in the original were, of course, other notable featuresin the catalogue which cannot, however, be re-marked on here; indeed, the sale was one ofthe chief events of the year, and the fine library—the collection of early quarto plays from whichhad been previously presented by Garrick to. the British Museum—was worthy of the famousowner. The sales continued to be held at No. 39,Fleet Street, until Lady Day 1829, when thisinteresting old building passed into the handsof Messrs. Hoare, the bankers, who had beenestablished in the adjoining house for severalgenerations, and who now pulled the buildingdown to extend their own premises. The newrooms, which still retained the name of ThePoets Gallery, were situated at 192, FleetStreet, at the east corner of Chancery Lane, asite which also has its literary and historicassociations, for it is said that the father ofAbraham Cowley, the poet, kept a grocers shophere; whilst the opposite corner is memorable ashaving been the site of a house occupied formany years by Izaak Walton. A few monthsbefore moving, the entire control had passedinto the hands of Mr. Edmund Hodgson, whofor some years previ
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