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Maps. — The most important additions to the collection of 

 Maps have been : 



A Terrestrial Globe about 3 feet 6 inches in diameter in 

 twelve gores. Engraved by Vincenzo Coronelli at Venice in 

 1688. A fine example of cartographical engraving, giving a 

 more complete delineation of the entire World than had up 

 to that date appeared. The companion celestial globe by 

 Coronelli published at Paris in 1693, was presented to the 

 British Museum in 1884. 



" Groot Plan van Gent, gemaakt in 1619 door Jac. 

 Horenbault. Chromolithographisch fac-simile door A. Heins," 

 Gent, 1900. A coloured plan of the city of Ghent in 15 sheets. 



A Facsimile of the unpublished Manuscript Ma,p of the 

 British Head Quarters, New York, 1782. Reproduced from 

 the original drawing in the War Office, in 24 sheets, scale 

 about 6| inches to the mile, by B. F. Stevens, London, 1900. 



3Iusic. — The accessions to the collection of Music have 

 been more than usually important. The most noteworthy 

 additions have been : — 



" Missarum Josquin Liber Secundus," printed by Petrucci 

 at Fosso'mbrone in 1515, 



Four Bass parts of the very rare edition of the four books 

 of Masses of Josquin des Pres printed by Pasoti and Dorich at 

 Rome in 1526. 



" Breve Introduttione di Musica misurata," by G. del Lago, 

 Venice, 1540. 



" Intabulatura di Lautto, Libro Quarto, de la Messa di 

 Antonio Fevino Intabulata dal Messer pre Marchiore de 

 Barberijs," Venice, 1546. 



" Intabolatura de Lauto di Simon Gintzler. Libro primo." 

 Venice, 1547. 



" Intabolatura de Lautto Libro Settimo. Recercari del 

 divino M. Francesco da Milano," Venice, 1548. 



" Madrigali a cinque voci," by Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of 

 Mantua, Venice, 1583. 



" Second Livre de Clavessin," by N. A. Le Begue. Paris, 

 about 1680. 



A set of the proof sheets of an unpublished Collection 

 of Sixteenth Century Motets and Madrigals formed by 

 E. T. Warren and printed in 1777. 



G. K. Fortc&cue. 



