DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 2-7 



Abraham, ben Samuel Zacuto : " Almanach perpetuum 

 celestium motuum." With the imprint '' Opera et arte Magistri 

 Ortas anno 1496 sub celo leyree," and on this ground attributed 

 to the press of Abraham Ortas or Dortas at Leiria, but by some 

 bibliographers considered to have been more probably printed 

 at Venice. 



" Itinerarius de J. de Hese a Hierusalem." Printed by 

 R. Pafraet, Deventer, 1499. 



Jacobus, de Lenda : " Sermones " (for Advent and Lent). 

 Printed by Felix Baligault for Jean Richard, Paris, 1499. 2 pt. 



Apianus, Petrus : " Cosmographia." Printed by Johann 

 Weyssenburger at Landshut, 1524. The first edition, with all 

 the moveable diagrams complete. 



" Libro da compagine : Con i tre ufficii continuali." 

 Florence, 1596. Hitherto there has been in the Library no 

 example of the Service Books of the religious confraternities of 

 Florence. The present book shows marks of use, espcially in 

 the Burial Service. 



Donations. — Among the many valuable Donations with 

 which the Library has been enriched during the year 1908 are 

 the following : — 



" Andreae Alcia.ti de formula Romani Imperii Libellus." 

 Basileae, 1559. This volume contains the editio princeps of 

 Dante's " De Monarchia." Presented by Paget Toynhee, Esq., 

 D.Liit. 



" Compendio del arbore di Don Roberto Dudleo Duca di 

 Northumbra." [Florence, 1620 ?] A genealogical tree setting 

 forth the claims of Sir Robert Dudley to the Dukedom of 

 Northumberland. Presented by His Grace the DuJce of 

 Northumberland, E.G. 



Mill, John Stuart: " Principles of Political Economy." 2 vol. 

 London, 1848. This copy contains numerous notes and annota- 

 tions by John Ruskin. Presented by the widow of Thomas 

 Thornton, Esq. 



"Newfoundland Parliamentary Reports and Official Docu- 

 ments issued between 1851 and 1898." 47 vol. Presented by 

 the Government of Newfoundland. 



" Catalogue of the Early Printed Books in the Library of 

 'J. Pierpont Morgan." 1907. 3 volumes, folio, sumptuously 

 printed and illustrated with facsimiles. Presented by 

 J. Pierpont Morgan^ Esq. 



Curtis, Edward S. : " The North American Indian : a series 

 of volumes describing the Indians of the United States and 

 Alaska." 1907, etc. Vol. I and 2 of the text, and 2 portfolios of 

 plates, being No. 3 of five hundred numbered sets. Pres^ented 

 by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq,, who proposes to present to the 

 Museum the other volumes of the work as they appear. 



