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Donations. — The following important donations have been 

 received during the year : — 



A copy of a limited facsimile edition of a manuscript of the 

 Gospels in Old Servian, written on parchment and illuminated 

 by Gregorius the Clerk in the twelfth century, executed at 

 the expense of the King of Servia. Pretiented by i7.il/. the 

 King of Servia. 



Conde de Valencia. Real Armeria espanola, Madrid, 1898. 

 Presented by H.M. the Queen Regent of 8'pain. 



Eleven volumes of broadside ballads, five of old music, and 

 eight of garlands, chap-books and similar matter. Presented 

 by the Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, Rector of Leiv Trenchard, 

 Devon. 



A very extensive collection of documents relating to Marat, 

 formed by Monsieur F. Chevremont, comprising a complete 

 file of " L'Ami du Peuple," in 11 volumes, with two additional 

 volumes of " faux numeros ;" fifty-six books and pamphlets by 

 Marat ; and numerous books, pamphlets, placards, engravings, 

 and MS. documents concerning him. Presented by Monsieur 

 Chevremont. 



Seven folio volumes, containing 2,491 congratulatory and 

 other poems in Latin, French and Flemish, addressed to 

 distinguished patrons or members of the University of 

 Louvain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 

 Presented by James Hilton, Esq. 



Two sets of the most important Colonial Newspapers for 

 the years 189G and 1897 respectively. Presented by the Royal 

 Colonial Institute. 



An extensive collection of tracts on vivisection, humanity 

 to animals and kindred subjects. Bequeathed by G. R. Jesse, 

 Esq. 



Forty volumes of the works of Balzac, translated by Miss 

 K. P. Wormeley, of Jackson, New Hampshire. Presented by 

 Miss Wormeley. 



Maps. — Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas, ou Repre- 

 sentation du Monde universel. 2 vols. Amsterdam, 1633, fol. 

 The map of the world, dated 1630, Vol. I., p. 50, is the 

 earliest known attempt to delineate in a general atlas the 

 early discoveries of the Dutch in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 



A. E. Nordenskiold. Periplus : an essay on the early history 

 of charts and sailing directions, with numerous reproductions 

 of old charts and maps. Stockholm, 1897, fol. The "Periplus" 

 is regarded as a second volume of the author's " Facsimile 

 Atlas," published in 1889. 



Autotype Facsimiles of three Mappemondes drawn at 

 Arques, near Dieppe, all probably by Pierre Desceliers : — 



(1) Circa 1536, Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5413. 



(2) 1546, Bibl. Lind. French MS. No. 15. 



(3) 1550, Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 24,065. 



The introduction, by C. H. Coote, forms part of the 

 " Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Collations and Notes." (No. 4, 



