26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BiliTlSH MUSEUM. 



7 volumes, and 122 Maps and Charts, in 267 sheets, have been 

 presented. 



Among the more interesting acquisitions may be men- 

 tioned : — 



" Hie vides Orbis imagine." A. Lafreri exc. A copper- 

 plate reproduction of Oronce Fine's double-cordiform projec- 

 tion of the World, as adopted by Meicator. This is a copy of 

 the earliest impression from the plate as engraved and 

 published by A. Lafreri, circa 1550. The second impression, 

 which is also in the Map Collection, was issued by Ant. 

 Sal[amanca], circa 1555. 



Theatre, oft Toonneel des Aertbodems ; by A. Ortelius. 

 Ghedruckt by Gielis van Diest ; Antwerpen, 1571, folio. This, 

 the first Dutch edition of the "Theatrum," is exceedingly rare, 

 the only other copy known being that in the Plantin Museum 

 at Antwerp. Of. Hessels, p. xxvii, D. 



"Estland" and " Frisland." These two remarkable copper- 

 plate maps of the Shetland and Faroe Islands probably 

 formed the basis of the famous Zeno Map of 1558, the genesis 

 of which is still the subject of research and controversy 

 amongst cartographers. The two maps were probably 

 engraved and published separately at Venice, circa 1550-55, 

 before their insertion into Ant. Lafreri's " Geografia. Tavole 

 moderne di geografia." Roma [1556-72]. With the exception 

 of a copy of the impression " Frisland : Petri de Nobilibus 

 formis " [Rome ? 1560 ?], already in the Map Collection (S. 10. 

 1. 156), the only other known examples of either of these two 

 rare maps are those in Baron A. E. Nordenskiold's copy of the 

 above-mentioned Atlas of Lafreri. 



The following three facsimiles of maps, by Gerard Mercator, 

 preserved in the " Breslauer Stadtbibliothek ; " the originals of 

 the first two of which maps are unique : — 



Europse descriptio, per G. Mercatorem. Duysburgi, 



Anno Dni. 1554. In 15 sheets, from the original copy in 



6 sheets. 



Anglia3, Scotias & Hibernise nova descriptio. Duysburgi. 



1564. In 8 sheets. 



Nova et aucta Orbis Terra3 descriptio, ad usum navi- 



gantium emendate accommodata. Duysburgi, 1569. In 



18 sheets, from the original in 4 sheets. 

 Disegno dell'armate Christiana et Turchesca nel quale si 

 rappresenta il conflitto . . . seguito il di 7 d 8'^'^ 1571, 

 tra la bocca del golfo di Lepanto. [By] Horatio de Marii 

 Tigrino. Michele Tramezino ; Roma, 1572. This fine print, 28 

 inches by 35f inches, of the Battle of Lepanto, was apparently 

 unknown to Drugulin. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



