24 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



new " Guide to the Exhibition in the King's Library," with 

 plates and facsimiles of the most interesting books, has been 

 issued. 



Acquisitions of Specicd J'^z-ieresi. — Seventy-three Incuna- 

 bula, and a considerable number of valuable English books 

 of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries have 

 been added to the Library during the year 1901. 



Among the English books the most interesting are : — 



An imperfect copy of the " Liber Festivalis " of John Mirk, 

 1493 ; remarkable as being the first book printed by Wynkyn 

 de Worde with his own types. Only three other copies of this 

 edition are known to exist : the first, a perfect copy, in the 

 Bodleian Library; the second, an imperfect copy, in the 

 Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, and the third, also 

 imperfect, in the possession of a private collector. 



" A copy of the Letters wherein our Souerayne Lorde 

 Kyng Henry the eight made answere unto a certayne letter 

 of Martyn Luther," printed by Richard Pynson, 1528. 



An English translation of Luther's reply to Henry VIIT. 

 " Assertio septem Sacramentorum," and of the King's 

 rejoinder, with a highly interesting preface by Henry VIIL, 

 in which Martin Luther is described as " late a frere 

 Augustyne, and now ron out in Apostasy and wedded." 



" A Conference or Dialogue discouering the sect of Jesuites, 

 written in Latine by Christian Franken and translated by 

 W. C." Christopher Barker, 1580. The translator is probably 

 William Charke, known as the author of a controversial work 

 against Edmund Campion which was answered by Robert 

 Parsons. 



'' Orlando Furioso, in English historical verse, by John 

 Harington." R. Field, 1591. A fine copy printed on large 

 paper and in a contemporary binding impressed with the 

 arms of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. 



" The most famous history of the Seven Champions of 

 Christendome, by R. Johnson," 2 vols. London, 1608. 



" Markham's Maister-Peece," London, 1615. The second 

 edition of Gervase Markham's work on Farriery and 

 Horsemanship. 



Eleven editions of " Eikon Basilike," all dated 1648, and 

 therefore published before the 25th of March 1649. Eighteen, 

 editions dated 1648 are known to exist, all of which are now 

 to be found in the British Museum. 



" The Highland Rogue ; being a history of the Highlands 

 with an account of Robert Mac Gregor commonly called 

 Rob Roy." London, 1743. The first edition of this book, 

 which is usually attributed to Daniel Defoe, was published 



