*.N interesting accession to the library. 



A copy of a sumptuous and costly new acquisition, the phi 

 raphic reproduction of the Dioscurides Codex Aniciae Julianat 

 icturis illustratus, nunc Vindobonensis Med. gr. I phototypia 

 dittis, is now on exhibition in the Library. This work is of 



ount of the large number of pictures of plants which were 

 he most part based on originals presumably of the first c< 

 ury, and are now here reproduced in facsimile for the first tin 

 'he original manuscript is one of the treasures of the Impel 

 jbrary of Vienna. It is said to date from 512 A. D., and was 

 ,-ritten and the miniatures painted for the Princess Anicia Juliana 

 { Byzantium, and is the basis of all the early herbals. The 

 /ork is Vol. 10 of the Codices Graeci et Latini Photographici 



inder the editorial supervision of Dr. de Vries, the Librarian of 

 he University of Leiden. It consists of two folio volumes bound 

 1 heavy oak boards and is a faithful facsimile in black and white 

 if the celebrated painted original, reproducing it down to the 

 mallest fragment. The plates are of great beauty and remark - 

 ble for a certain vigorous distinction and decorative character 

 hat illustrators of the present day would do well to study. 

 ■Jot the least interesting are the miniatures showing groups of 



lictures, the portrait of the lady Anicia Juliana herself, and lastly 

 . most beautiful ornamental title-page. Historical, prefatory and 

 lescriptive matter are by Anton von Premerstein, Carl Wessely 

 nd Joseph Mantuani. 



Previous to the present facsimile, some reproductive plates of 

 his manuscript were prepared under the supervision of Jacquin, 

 wo impressions of which are known to be in existence ; the one 

 laving been in the possession of Linnaeus is now in the Library of 

 he Linnaean Society of London ; the other was sent to Sibthorpe 

 d be used in the compiling of his Flora Graeca. This latter 

 opy is now preserved at Oxford. 



Anna Murray Vail. 



