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Histoire de I'Art du Japon. Ouvrage public par la 

 Commission imperiale du Japon a I'Exposition universelle 

 de Paris, 1900. Presented by the Japanese Imperial 

 Commissioners for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. 



" A la Memoire de Jean Gutenberg." Hommage de I'lm- 

 primerie nationale et de la Bibliotheque nationale, 1900. 

 Presented by the French Minister of Public Instruction 

 and Fine Arts. 



6. Copy of a Bible, 1772, presented to Dr. Johnson by the 

 Reverend George Strahan, with the autograph of Dr. Johnson ; 

 and a copy of the " Imperial Family Bible," 1811, containing 

 notes and annotations in the handwriting of Mrs. Piozzi. 

 Bequeathed by the late Captain G. E. A. Ross. 



The Amherst Papyri. Being an account of the Egyptian 

 Papyri in the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney at 

 Didlington Hall, Norfolk. By P. E. Newberry, 1899. 



The Amherst Papyri. Being an account of the Greek 

 Papyri in the collection of Lord Amherst. By B. P. Grenfell 

 and A. S. Hunt, 1900. Presented by Lord Amherst of 

 Hackney. 



A collection of play bills of Covent Garden Theatre, 

 1791-1880; Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1805-1879; Lyceum 

 Theatre, 1809-1891 ; the King's Theatre, afterwards Her 

 Majesty's Opera House, 1808-1848; Royal Kent Theatre, 

 Kensington, 1834-1846, and of other London Theatres and 

 places of amusement. Presented by the Honourable Sidney 

 Carr-Olyn. 



" Facsimiles in photogravure of six pages from a Psalter 

 written and illuminated about 1325 A.D. for a member of 

 the St. Omer Family in Norfolk, subsequently c. 1422 A.D. 

 the property of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester." Presented 

 by H. Tates-Thompson, Esq. 



" A series of progressive Proofs of the plates in ' Oriental 

 Ceramic Art/ by S. W. Bushell." Presented by H. Walters, 

 Esq., Baltimore. 



An extensive collection of Colonial Newspapers for the 

 year 1899, in continuation of the series previously presented. 

 Presented by the Royal Colonial Institute. 



Maps. — The most important additions to the collection of 

 Maps have been : 



" Europse descriptio." A photographic reproduction in 

 sixteen sheets of Mercator's Map of Europe, 1572, preserved 

 in the Grand Ducal Library of Saxe-Weimar. Presented by 

 the Belgian Government. 



" Military sketch of the Biggarsberg, and of communica- 

 tions in Natal, north of the parallel of Lady smith. By Major 

 S. C. N. Grant." Eighteen sheets, 1897. Presented by the 

 Director of the Intelligence Division of the War Ojfice. 



