•28 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Lurcker, Erhard, " Historie von einem Ritter Thorelle 

 genannt," Strassbuvg, about 1517. A romance in verse with 

 many woodcut illustrations. The only edition of this 

 romance known to have been printed. 



" Vita de sancti Padri vulgare hystoriata," printed by 

 Gulielmus do Fontaneto, at Venice, 1518. With one hundred 

 woodcuts. 



'•' Ordo perpetuus diurni officii," printed by Antonius 

 Bladus, at Rome, 1520. On vellum, in a fine contemporary 

 binding with the arms of Pope Leo X. 



A copy of the so-called Augsburg Chronicle, printed by 

 Melchior Ramminger, at Augsburg, 1522 ; containing ten 

 large signed woodcuts by the Master H. S., and a border by 

 Hans Burgkmair. 



Donations. — Among the Donations which have enriched 

 the Library during the year 1902 are the following : — 



A fine copy of " L'Atto publico di Fede celebrate nella citta 

 di Palermo, a 6 Aprile 1724, dal Tribunale del S. Uffizio di 

 Sicilia," Palermo, 1742. With several plates illustrating the 

 processions, &;c. of an Auto-da-Fe. Bequeathed by the late 

 B. T. Fawcett, Esq. 



Forty-three Spanish and Mexican books of the seventeenth 

 and eighteenth centuries, illustrative of the history of Mexico 

 during these centuries. Presented by Lord Aldenham. 



" The Metz Pontifical." A manuscript written for Reinhald 

 von Bar. Bishop of Metz, 1302-1316, and now belonging to 

 Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart., F.S.A. Edited by E. S. Dewick, 

 F.S.A. With four plates in gold and colours, and ninety-six 

 plates in collotype. London, printed for the Roxburghe 

 Club, 1902. Presented by Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart. 



" Die Dresdener Bilderhandschrift des Sachsenspiegels. 

 Facsimile-Ausgabe in Lichtdruck and Farbendruck, herausge- 

 geben von Karl von Amira," 2 Bde. Leipzig, 1902. Presented 

 by the Royal Library of Dresden. 



" The Discovery of the Solomon Islands, by Alvaro de 

 Mendana in 1568. Translated from the Spanish. Edited by 

 Lord Amherst of Hackney, and Basil Thomson." 2 vols. 

 London, 1891. Presented by the Lord Amherst of Hackney. 



"Codex Nuttall : facsimile of an ancient Mexican Codex, 

 belonging to Lord Zouche. With an introduction by Zelia 

 Nuttall." Cambridge, Mass. 1902. Presented by the Pea- 

 body MuseuTii of American Archaeology and Ethnology. 



" Yale Bicentennial Publications." A series of volumes 



repared by the Professors and Instructors, to be issued in 



connection with the Bicentennial Anniversary. 23 volumes. 



New York, 1901. Presented by the President and Felloius 



of Yale University. 



