DEOPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 



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were presented, 53,463 received by Copyright, 601 by Colonial 

 Copyright, 1,647 by International Exchange, and 21,301 acquired 

 by purchase. 



Ma'ps. — 59 atlases, 178 parts of atlases, and 1,575 maps in 

 3,991 sheets have been added to the collection during the year. 

 Of these, 15 atlases, 24 parts and 976 maps were presented; 27 

 atlases, 81 parts of atlases and 482 maps received by Copyright ; 

 13 atlases and 18 maps by Coloniol Copyright ; 2 parts of atlases 

 and 1 map by International Exchange ; and 4 atlases, 69 parts of 

 atlases and 976 maps acquired by purchase. 



Music. — 10,843 musical publications have been added to the 

 collection during the year. Of these, 1 book was presented, 9,890 

 books and 1,251 parts received by Copyright, 774 books by 

 Colonial Copyright, and 178 books and 128 parts acquired by 

 purchase. 



Neivs'pa'pers. — The number of newspapers published in the 

 United Kingdom and received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the year was 3,079, comprising 204,665 single 

 numbers. Of these newspapers, 1,141 were published in London 

 and its suburbs, 1,439 in other parts of England and Wales, 284 

 in Scotland, and 215 in Ireland. 39 sets, comprising 11,422 

 single numbers, were received by Colonial Copyright ; 1 set, com- 

 prising 434 single numbers, by International Exchange ; 353 sets, 

 comprising 50,116 single numbers, have been presented; and 90 

 sets, comprising 16,055 single numbers, acquired by purchase. 



Miscellaneous. — 1,852 articles not included in the foregoing 

 2>aragraphs have been received, consisting of single sheets, photo- 

 graphs and postage stamps. 



Acquisitions of Special Interest. 

 The following is a list of the most important and interesting 

 books, maps and music, acquired by presentation or purchase 

 during the year: — 



Books printed in the Ibth century. 



Mapheus Vegiu&, Carmen de morte Astyanactis. Robertus de 

 Fano and Bernardinus de Bergamo, Cagli, 1475. The first book 

 printed at Cagli, and a very rare tract. 



S. Francis of Assisi, Fioretti. Giovanni Lionardo Longo, 

 Yicenza, 1476. The first edition of the Fioretti and the first 

 known product of Longo's press. 



Augustinus Datus, Eloquentise prsecepta. Leonardus 



[Pachel] and Henricus [Scinzenzeler], Milan, 1478. The 

 only book known to have been produced by this partnership. 



Zeichen der falschen Gulden. [Anton Sorg, Augsburg, about 

 1480.] A placard, with woodcuts of base coin in circulation. 

 No sheet of this kind was previously represented in the Museum 

 collection, 



Psalterium cum canticis. Bartholomseus Ghotan, Magdeburg, 

 1481. A fine copy of one of two dated books known to belong 

 to this press, both of which are very rare. Presented by Major 

 George Anson. 



