DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 27 



A few books in bindings of special interest and value 

 have been added to the Library during the year. 



Among these are : — 



"The Works of King Charles the Martyr," London, 

 1G52. In a finely tooled contemporary English binding. 



" The Art of Tonnage and Poundage," London, 1702. 

 With the Arms of Queen Anne on the binding. No example 

 of a binding bearing the Arms of; Queen Anne has hitherto 

 been in the British Museum. The acquisition of this book 

 completes the collection of English Royal Armorial bindings 

 from Henry VIII. to the present time. 



Donations. — Among the many Donations with which 

 the Library has been enriched during the year 1905 are 

 the following : — 



Rossetti, Gabriele : " II Mistero dell' Amor platonico del 

 medio evo," 5 vol. London, 1840. 



A presentation copy to the Right Hon. John Hookham 

 Frere, containing many MS. notes by him. Presented by 

 Paget Toynhee, Esq. 



"Wintertage auf Ithaka," by H.I. and R.H. the Archduke 

 Ludwig Salvator, Prague, 1904. Presented by the Archduke. 



"Zante," by H.I. and R.H. the Archduke Ludwig 

 Salvator, Prague, 1904. Presented by the Archduke. 



" Le Galerie de Tableaux de Monsieur Rodolphe Kann a 

 Paris." Paris, 1905. Presented by Monsieur Rodolphe Kann. 



" Une Croisiere au Spitzberg. Yacht Maroussia," 1904. 

 Presented by H.R.H. the Duke d' Orleans. 



''Chantilly. Le Cabinet des Livres," Paris, 1905, and 

 " Le Triomphe et les Gestes de Monseigneur Anne de Mont- 

 morency. Poeme de Jean de Luxembourg." Paris, 1904. 



Presented by Monsieur L''opold Delisle. 



" Armorial des Princes du Sang royal de Hainaut et de 

 Brabant." Paris, 1905. Presented hy Prince Edouard de 

 Block. 



" Lavori in ferro battuto di pubblici e privati Edifici in 

 Vicenza, 1905." Presented by the Munici'pality of Vicenza. 



"Richard Wagner. Engraved throughout by Mr. Allan 

 Wyon for the Honourable Mrs. Burrell on specially manu- 

 factured paper, with watermark facsimile of Richard 

 Wagner's autograph signature." One hundred copies only 

 printed. Presented by Mrs. J. Henniker-Heaton. 



A collection of Newspapers published in the British 

 Colonies during the year 1904, in continuation of the series 

 previously presented. Presented by the Royal Colonial 

 Institute. 



