26 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



" Summa Rudium." Printed by Johann Otmar at Reut- 

 lingen, 1487. A theological and liturgical encylopsedia for 

 unlettered priests. 



Lull, Raymond : " Janua Artis." Printed by Pedro Posa 

 at Barcelona, 1488. 



Molitor, Ulrich : " De lamiis et phitonicis Mulieribus 

 Tractatus." Printed by Johann Priiss at Strassburg, 1489. 

 With seven interesting woodcuts. 



Petrarch : " Opera Latina," Printed by Simon Beuilaqua 

 at Venice, 1493. 



Guido, de Monte Rocherii : " Manipulus Curatorum." 

 Printed by Jacques Le Forestier at Rouen, 1497. In a fine 

 contemporary binding. 



" Livre d'heures a I'usage d' Arras." Printed by Philippe 

 Pigouchet at Paris, 1499. The only known copy. 



Bindings. — Several books in sumptuous or interesting 

 bindings have been added to the Library during the year. 

 Among these are : — 



Cudworth, Ralph : " The True Intellectual System of the 

 Universe," London, 1648. Bound by Samuel Mearne in red 

 morocco with gold tooling. 



Three books bound in black morocco with blind tooling ; 

 a description of binding used in England during the later 

 years of the seventeenth and early years of the eighteenth 

 centuries. All three are fine specimens of this curious form 

 of binding. 



Fortescue, Sir John : " Diff'erence between an absolute 

 and limited Monarchy." London, 1724. In a fine contem- 

 porary English binding in black morocco with gold tooling. 



" Book of Common Prayer," Dublin, 1750, folio. A fine 

 specimen of Irish bookbinding of the eighteenth century. 



Donations. — Among the many valuable donations which 

 have enriched the Library during the year 1907 are the 

 following : — 



Le Grand, Jacques : " Sophologium." Printed at Strass- 

 burg about 1477, by the anonymous printer (probably Adolf 

 Rusch) known as the " R printer " from his use of a peculiar 

 form of the letter R. Presented by George Dunn, Esq. 



The last ten leaves of the *•' Historia Baetica " of Carolus 

 Verardus. Printed by Eucharius Silber at Rome, 1493, 

 completing the copy of the work in the Library. The last 

 leaf consists of the music of a four-part song printed from 

 blocks, probably the earliest example of mensurable music 

 printed at Rome. Presented by A. H. Littleton, Esq. 



The original copper-plate of the form of Commission 

 issued to the Customs Officers in Boston, Massachusetts, in or 

 about the year 1773, together with three impressions of the 

 plate. Presented by H.M. Board of Customs. 



